What is wrong with this picture?
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here goes
Honesty....here goes...
As a multiple colt 1911 owner i expect some slop, and i truley love the look of a 1911 and have bought many a minty series 70 and 80 colt for $500 and up.This gun is not only ugly but its bubba'd, i wouldnt buy it for $300, not to rain on your parade, but look at it.....its frankinstein, im not sure who if any, it will appeal to
HH
Honesty....here goes...
As a multiple colt 1911 owner i expect some slop, and i truley love the look of a 1911 and have bought many a minty series 70 and 80 colt for $500 and up.This gun is not only ugly but its bubba'd, i wouldnt buy it for $300, not to rain on your parade, but look at it.....its frankinstein, im not sure who if any, it will appeal to
HH
I know it certainly isn't a minty stock colt, but come on, the scope setup alone was $400, show me a race gun that isn't "Frankenstein"...
I can see that as a collector piece or something it is worthless, and I doubt the O1991 will ever be a collector's piece, but it is a good shooter and has a use as an I.P.S.C. gun.
Should I part it out perhaps?
I can see that as a collector piece or something it is worthless, and I doubt the O1991 will ever be a collector's piece, but it is a good shooter and has a use as an I.P.S.C. gun.
Should I part it out perhaps?
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that scope scares me!
take it off and put the rear site back on. Include the mount and the scope in the deal but take a new photo of it off and your half way to selling it.
my 2 cents.
take it off and put the rear site back on. Include the mount and the scope in the deal but take a new photo of it off and your half way to selling it.
my 2 cents.
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Thats it in a nut shell...holes in the lower frame....no one will want that, I personally wouldnt buy a fancied up 1991 series 80, perhaps a 70, but an 80 is not near as popular even stock
Take it back to stock and sell it, throw in the spares, keep the scope if you like for your next "project"
Thats it in a nut shell...holes in the lower frame....no one will want that, I personally wouldnt buy a fancied up 1991 series 80, perhaps a 70, but an 80 is not near as popular even stock
Take it back to stock and sell it, throw in the spares, keep the scope if you like for your next "project"
not that I am trying to be disrespectful, furthest thing from it, but why would Wilson Combat make a rail mount if absolutely NOBODY wanted one? I have seen many guns at IPSC shoots with this type of mount that has holes drilled and tapped in the frame to mount it. I did try and remove it once just to clean the pistol, but I broke an Allan key off trying to loosen the screws... I can't budge them. Also to remove the Comp, I would have to replace the barrel, as this one is threaded and would not work with the regular barrel bushing anymore.
Maybe I will take your advice and remove the aftermarket stuff, but I thought it was worth more as is than back to stock.
Maybe I will take your advice and remove the aftermarket stuff, but I thought it was worth more as is than back to stock.
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Ski911,
The people interested in that type of pistol are a small select few. That pistol doesn't appeal to the majority.
Also unfortunately sometimes "extras" that modify the gun from it's original state actually devalue the firearm. Which isn't necessarily what the majority of buyers want.
It's been heavily modified and the mods can't be easily undone without leaving evidence that it was done in the first place. It requires some work, and you have competition with regards to other pistols on the market. You have to decide at what price you're willing to sell it for and at what price you're willing to keep it and how long you're willing to list it. Then make your decision.
Anyways hope that helps.
The people interested in that type of pistol are a small select few. That pistol doesn't appeal to the majority.
Also unfortunately sometimes "extras" that modify the gun from it's original state actually devalue the firearm. Which isn't necessarily what the majority of buyers want.
It's been heavily modified and the mods can't be easily undone without leaving evidence that it was done in the first place. It requires some work, and you have competition with regards to other pistols on the market. You have to decide at what price you're willing to sell it for and at what price you're willing to keep it and how long you're willing to list it. Then make your decision.
Anyways hope that helps.
Price fixes everything. I just sold my first pistol for about half of what I paid for it and put into it. It's not buddies fault for buying it, that's what it was worth so that's what it sold for. Really, that's what it all comes down to. If your just looking to unload it, lower the price, if you won't take that, than make it your project gun.
+ 2 lower the price or keep it.
The gun that you have does not appeal to the average plinker. Or most IPSC shooters. The minority of ipsc shooters that shoot open would not be that interested due to the caliber. The 45 does not work the comp as well as other choices. So you are very limited to who you can sell this do.
Lower the price, or keep it or you might look at stripping all the parts off of the gun and selling it that way. Ie the scope might not be appealing on the slide but somebody might like it on a 38 super
The gun that you have does not appeal to the average plinker. Or most IPSC shooters. The minority of ipsc shooters that shoot open would not be that interested due to the caliber. The 45 does not work the comp as well as other choices. So you are very limited to who you can sell this do.
Lower the price, or keep it or you might look at stripping all the parts off of the gun and selling it that way. Ie the scope might not be appealing on the slide but somebody might like it on a 38 super
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Personally,
I've looked at the occasional 1911 style pistol, but for me the biggest "NO" factor to yours was the photo of the compensator, showing what appears to be a bunch of crud in it.
I'm not saying you didn't clean it, but it looks like it's still dirty to me.
I'll ditto in on removing the optic. It's actually overpowering your pictures. Take the optic off, clean the compensator, take some better pictures with better backgrounds (wooden spoon!) and maybe consider a price drop, or toss in some goodies like a set of reloading dies or something?
NS
I've looked at the occasional 1911 style pistol, but for me the biggest "NO" factor to yours was the photo of the compensator, showing what appears to be a bunch of crud in it.
I'm not saying you didn't clean it, but it looks like it's still dirty to me.
I'll ditto in on removing the optic. It's actually overpowering your pictures. Take the optic off, clean the compensator, take some better pictures with better backgrounds (wooden spoon!) and maybe consider a price drop, or toss in some goodies like a set of reloading dies or something?
NS
If you are targeting this gun to the IPSC crowd I'm sorry to say that you will have no luck. The compensator is probably circa 1985 and a .45 with a compensator is next to non-functional anyway in terms of real compensation, and the Tasco "beer can" scope is obsolete as well. IPSC is all about finding hundredths-of-a-second savings in time in order to gain competitive advantage, and the equipment being used now in no way resembles what you have there. You would have better luck taking the scope off and mounting it on a .22 or something, and fixing the gun up a little if you still want to sell it to someone who wants a single stack to mess around with. At the very least you would have to re-barrel it and put some iron sights back in. Probably not worth it for the money you would have to spend.
