1911? Which one to avoid a like a psycho ex-girlfriend?

Brutus said:
I myself believe, that the series 70 versus series 80 debate is mostly just a waste of time and kind of silly.

just my own silly opinion ;)
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Why do you think Dan Wesson, Ed Brown, Les Bear, Nighthawk, STI don't use them? These not the run-of-the-mill 1911 manufacturers...

I spoke with someone at Nighthawk at SHOT and they gave me the same answer as all of them will tell you - you don't need firing pin safety on a 1911!

Then again it's your money and you can spend it however you want.
 
I really like STI, amazing bang for the buck. The Rangemaster is my top pick for a range gun. For IPSC it wouldn't be the best but PPC and 3gun it's great.
 
This is a big decision depending on how much money you really end up spending. Colt for old fashioned extractor. Smiths for the external extractors in my opinion. The Remmy's are nice too as are SR1911's. Hard to go wrong with any of the regular names. Larry Vickers says that Kimbers have more issues than Time magazine though.
 
I think kimbers are overpriced but not a bad gun if they were $550 dollars.

I like norc or SAM with a tune up by a known gunsmith.

I find more pricey 1911s usually need a bit of gunsmith work to start out with. It kind of bugs me when you spend $1000 and it still needs work.
 
TheAntler said:
I know that the 1911 is a great pistol and I really want to get one. Since I am not a rich man, I don't want to get ripped off on my first pistol. I know that there are some great 1911(sig saure, kimber, browning etc.)
Seeing as some of those are a little out of my price range. Which are great for the price? Which should I avoid like a psyco ex-girlfriend with herpies and a lazy eye?
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Now, now, they only get better after a case of beer. :cheers:

I love my Remington R1

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Best bang for the buck in my opinion is the Sig. After that the Rock Island Armory are very good and if your pockets are getting deeper there's a little known Canadian company that makes unbelievable quality 1911's called Canstar Arms, made somewhere in Ontario. Best metals, all parts hand made and hand fit, polished to mirror like finishes, etc. The Canstar 1911's are some of the nicest ones I've ever seen or fired but they're all close to or above the $3K range.
Just my 2 cents.
 
Springfield pistols have worked well for me. As noted by another, not likely to find a new one these days, but of mine only one was purchased new. They have all been excellent (ranging from 6-800 dollars).
 
Ok not sure where to start on this one but a Glock is good to go out of the box, much like the SR1911 you speak of. Choosing to make upgrades is the individual shooters choice and can take place on any firearm and with any platform. Glocks do not require upgrades and/or are not more susceptible to failure without them!! Glocks are a reliable service tool that come at a reasonable price point and thats the bottom line. That is no indication or them being subservient!
tazik said:
Man...he spoke for all what was to say , agree i am, like some are paying a glock 750$ and ending up later up to 1200$ with upgrade... Not for me ...(and they Will tell you that glock are cheaper!!?! 1200$ and up with upgrades,,,,
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Canadian Made para's were decent....I have heard that after a period of producing less than satisfactory 1911's, they are now on the up swing producing some quality 1911's again. I love my 1911 in .45acp made by STI. I got the Lawman, with tritium adjustable sights and magwell.
 
My Canadian made Para SSP was my first and my last Para product! I bought the SSP because some IPSC shooters I knew were running older Para 1911's and they swore by them and I wanted to support a Canadian manufacturer. I had sight issues with SSP out of the box (shooting low) and wound up replacing them on my own dime, a few hundred rounds later I noticed peening at the slide stop which Para considered "normal". Everytime I dealt with their "customer service" I got a "Wedgie". I could excuse the sight issue but I certainly could not excuse the slide stop peening after a few hundred rounds. I couldn't understand how it could be considered "normal" when I had a Colt with a few thousand rounds through it with absolutely NO peening at the slide stop but I couldn't get any satisfaction out of Para until the pistol failed!. I guess it was a "Paranormal" experience. The SSP functioned well with no feeding or ejection issues but the peening really bugged me so I traded it at a huge loss. At the time I knew of other Para owners who were equally disappointed with their Para's, two involved LTC's (Commander sized version of the SSP) who sold them off as well. I certainly hope Para has stepped up the quality of their products since then but, for me, it's a little too late. I will never buy a Para product again!
 
LV2XLR8 said:
Best bang for the buck in my opinion is the Sig. After that the Rock Island Armory are very good and if your pockets are getting deeper there's a little known Canadian company that makes unbelievable quality 1911's called Canstar Arms, made somewhere in Ontario. Best metals, all parts hand made and hand fit, polished to mirror like finishes, etc. The Canstar 1911's are some of the nicest ones I've ever seen or fired but they're all close to or above the $3K range.
Just my 2 cents.
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I don't know where you get the information. Canstar infact never produce any to sell, there are quite a lot of topics here that people place order and never get the f@*king gun. I was quite excited about our own Canadian gun company but they screwed out hopes. They don't made the parts either.

Trigun
 
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