what is your idea of the best made 1911 type
 Captain
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Dec 29, 2006 7:17 pm
If you could buy any 1911 witch one would you buy and why? |
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Captain
Points: 141
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Dec 29, 2006 7:20 pm
As for myself it is the Kimber custom 2 and TRL model I have both and they shoot as sweet as they can get and the fact that Kimber will do what they have to do to keep you happy. |
 Brigadier General
Points: 770
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Dec 29, 2006 7:49 pm
Probably Wilson Combat's KZ-45 Tactical Carry model......looks simple, yet modern, is somewhat lightweight and has tritium night sights. |
   General
Points: 1850
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Dec 29, 2006 9:25 pm
Start with a Gold Cup, add all the great stuff available through the Brownell's catalog and there it is. Life is short, THIS IS NOT A DRILL! |
  Lieutenant Colonel
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Dec 30, 2006 6:49 am
I would buy the AMT m1911 HARDBALLER |
  Major General
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Dec 30, 2006 7:49 am
AMT are nice, but they are very picking about ammo, hollow points rarely work in them. I've always loved the Springfields, but I think I'd take the Heinie custom model. |
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General
Points: 1850
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Dec 30, 2006 10:04 am
SuperObi, The AMT is an ok gun but very few custom parts are available for it. I haven't seen one in years but as I recall you have to do a lot of mods on it to add a beaver tail of just about anything else. The long slide is cool as hell but that is not enough to win me over. Go to http://experts.about.com/e/a/am/amt_hardballer.htm and read some of the reviews about it. The #1 .45, in my book is the Les Baer Para Ordinance FBI Hostage Response Team custom. It has all the goodies, 14 shots and the ultimate in reliabilty although a bit pricy. SEALs and Spec Forces have tossed the 92S in favor of the same gun. I picked one up at Quantico back in '97 or '98 and have shot the hell out of it with no problems. The frame is a bit thick with the double stack and it is a bit heavy (14 rnds weigh a lot) which is why I don't carry it every day but it is one hell of a machine. Life is short, THIS IS NOT A DRILL! |
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Brigadier General
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Dec 30, 2006 10:30 am
There's an excellent 1911 site I just discovered recently.....chock full of pics and info. |
 Lieutenant Colonel
Points: 360
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Jan 2, 2007 8:05 am
THe kimber Desert Warrior is one on the best pistols ever made in the 1911 series Im glad to say i own one and it is superb. |
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Brigadier General
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Jan 2, 2007 11:50 pm
An original Colt 1911, that has been modfied w/ all the goodies, so it has charicter |
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Lieutenant Colonel
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Jan 4, 2007 8:11 am
I know that the is gun is very rare(what i think is good) and that the Hardballer is not looked highly upon by gun experts or collectors but im fan of the Hitman game series series and i love the Hardballers because they look great -best looking 1911 for me(http://www.m1911.org/images/amt_hardballer.jpg)- and i know that the gun has some problems, but with some "re-machinement" the gun will be just fine. |
  Second Lieutenant
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Jan 5, 2007 9:30 pm
I would give just about anything to have my father-in-laws Colt 45 auto he carried during his island hopping during WWII. He and many many of the other members of the Marine Fighting Third (Third Marine division) counted on their trusty sidearms when they jumped from Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima, as well as so many other islands and locations. I still feel a deep awe from some of the stories he told me about their first weeks on Iwo Jima. Those were heros, not that the great men and women today are not. Through his stories, and his tears, I learned exactly what honor and duty truly is. Our freedoms are a result of the sacrifices of countless hundreds of thousands of American military personnel. I'd rather go hunting with Dick, than driving with Ted: |
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Second Lieutenant
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Feb 24, 2007 1:06 am
Anybody have experience with the Les Baer custom 1911's? Pricey, but some of them are gorgeous and I have considered collecting one or more, but wouldn't want to "collect" a piece of crap shooter. |
  First Lieutenant
Points: 92
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Jul 28, 2007 1:09 pm
I have always wanted a Les-Baer .45, or a Kimber. I hear that the Les-BAER is a great gun but I can't seem to get past the $2000.00/$2500.00 price tag. |
 Major General
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Jul 28, 2007 3:06 pm
i own the desert warrior also,the gun will not rust,ya! they used carbon barrel , for few dollars, stainless nm. would be improvment. how do you like the gripps ,a little rufff on the right side cut out ,for the pin to spring housing ,i changed mine to a pair of wood.(DIMOND) brown & green looks and feels mutch better. i also have tricked out s70 colt.gov.both are very nice! THEN i HAVE SPRING FIELD ARM 1911. A REEL ONE MADE IN AMERICA NOT BRAZIL. and remington rand M1911 (1943)PROPERTY OF THE US ARMY( THIS GUN SHOOTS DEAD ON)S80 GOV. MOD. LAST BUT STILL NICE !S70 GOLD CUP!THATS IT FOR 1911 COLECTION (DAM I HAVE SPENT SOME CASH $$$$$$$$$$$$ O WELL I WILL LEAVE THEM ALL TO MY KIDS!) |
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Captain
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Jul 28, 2007 8:25 pm
I would buy the Browning M1911A1 for saveral reasones, it's the pistol My great Grampa used in WW2, My Grampa used in Korea, My Dad used in Vietnam, and it was the pistol I used during my 2nd tour in Iraq, It kinda runs in the family. The one I used in Iraq took it's share of shrapnel, it has been barried in sand, dropped countless times, and all the times I had to fall on it and not one single jam or miss fire, They take a beating. |
  Sergeant Major of the Army
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Aug 1, 2007 7:08 am
working incognit |