New 1911 time,choices choices

I recently picked up a 9mm Colt but it has only one of your requirements, not stainless. Its an old blue S80 with walnut grips and standard sights. If you haven't decided what to buy yet, you're welcome to meet up at the range one evening and run as many rounds through it as you like. Hell I'll bring my Super .38 along too and you can see which you like more. First couple mags are free, after that you are on your own dime. If my wife told me to buy a new pistol I'd....well I don't know. It wouldn't happen.
 
Have you looked at the Dan Wesson PM9?,they come with great reviews and pretty much have everything you are looking for.Are slightly more than your $1500 budget though(but still less than a STI Trojan and are better guns)
 
How come?
Was looking myself for one, and it's the only ''cheapish'' 1911 that seems to have a nice trigger guard undercut, something very important to me.
 
MartyK2500 said:
How come?
Was looking myself for one, and it's the only ''cheapish'' 1911 that seems to have a nice trigger guard undercut, something very important to me.
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The overall fit on it wasn't very good,there's a #### load of over travel on the thumb safety I've seen 5 others with varying degrees of it as well. The trigger defiantly could come down a 1.5lbs for sure and the adjustable rear sight is pretty much #### and I'll probably swap it for a non adjustable Novak in the future. On the topic of the sight and this is debatable and I've debated with others and I see both sides to it,the front sight is freaking huge and the rear notch is wife enough to drive a truck through. I know the big front sight (find optic) let's in alot of light which it does and the wife ass rear sight is fast to pick up im just not in love with the combo.

It's a good gun it's accurate and extremely reliable but the longer I own it the more I feel like I paid a $300 premium for the colt name.
 
skoal said:
The overall fit on it wasn't very good,there's a #### load of over travel on the thumb safety I've seen 5 others with varying degrees of it as well. The trigger defiantly could come down a 1.5lbs for sure and the adjustable rear sight is pretty much #### and I'll probably swap it for a non adjustable Novak in the future. On the topic of the sight and this is debatable and I've debated with others and I see both sides to it,the front sight is freaking huge and the rear notch is wife enough to drive a truck through. I know the big front sight (find optic) let's in alot of light which it does and the wife ass rear sight is fast to pick up im just not in love with the combo.

It's a good gun it's accurate and extremely reliable but the longer I own it the more I feel like I paid a $300 premium for the colt name.
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Thanks for the honest reply, will scratch it off my list.
On my end since i'm temporarily or maybe indefinitely out of competing, i cannot justify a 2500$+ 1911 in the safe.

In the 1300$ budget it's hard to find something that has undercut trigger guard + nice adjustable sights as in bomar/lpa style
 
MartyK2500 said:
Thanks for the honest reply, will scratch it off my list.
On my end since i'm temporarily or maybe indefinitely out of competing, i cannot justify a 2500$+ 1911 in the safe.

In the 1300$ budget it's hard to find something that has undercut trigger guard + nice adjustable sights as in bomar/lpa style
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Dont let me discourage you I'm a minority in my feeling towards this gun. I take it too the range alot and shoot it alot but I tend to overly critical towards to I feel the sig that I posted when I first started this thread is what I should have went with in the first place and aside front the under cut (but you gain checkering) it ticks your box's



Edit : I'm at the range right now with the colt and this is 8 round at 10 yards,the dot is 1.5" I think shooting a fast but not mag dump cadence.

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