9mm 1911 recommendations

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I’m looking for suggestions for a full size 1911 in 9mm. I had my mind set on a Staccato R but it looks like they’ve discontinued it, so I’m back to the drawing board and open to suggestions. It needs to be IPSC Classic division legal, and I’d prefer a ready to go complete pistol rather than piecing something together with a patch work of upgrades. Price range between $2500-$3000ish.
 
Had the Bul m5 limited custom 1911 40. S&w...it was a fine pistol...shot dead on...but not a small frame 1911...was chunky with that double stack grip...
 
gooch said:
I was looking at the Bul Armory stuff. This is definitely the type of direction I want to go - dialed right out of the box. Do you have any hands on experience with them?
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Sorry, I don’t. All of my Classic guns are STI.

But... If I needed a new Classic pistol - and I didn’t want to spend SVI money - I’d go Bul.
 
The Red Deer Shooting Centre had a decent selection.

<https://www.rdsc.ca/rifles-handguns/semi-auto-handguns.html>
 
If you are spending that much why choose a factory gun that has been slapped together from a parts bin where you could have a custom gun built by a great gunsmith with all the parts fitted. A master gunsmith might take days making a pistol. A factory can produce many pistols an hour they make way more money that way and they pump that money into marketing.

Can a factory gun keep rounds in the A Zone at 100 yards and work reliably. You never need that level of precision in a match but it is certainly nice to know its there. And no super duper sponsored shooter will be shooting one if they are paid to shoot a factory gun. 99.9% of us are not sponsored for me it is about getting the best quality for the best price.

I was susceptible to marketing to. I was shooting revolver in competition Jerry Miculek shoots smith and Wesson so of course I and every body else is shooting a smith. However the smith is not really suited for high volume ipsc shooting and practice. I have had the trigger stud fail 3 times on two different n frame revolvers. Not a problem with a sponsored shooter like Jerry hey smith send me a few more I broke two this week. But me I have to send them in to lousy smith and Wesson and wait over a year to get them back.

Now I did have a problem with my dlask built by joe the front sight was moving in the dovetail. Send it back he returned it the next day fixed.
 
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Agreed above, build one, just make sure by a good smith, otherwise those great parts are just wasted
 
A few years back I bought a new Springfield RO 9mm.
I had it 6 months. It wouldn't shoot a group. I sent it in for warranty. It had a bad barrel. It took 6 months for me to get it back. I don't like 1911s anymore. It used to be the only gun for me. Buy a CZ Shadow. They're much better.
 
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