SAM 1911 Omega for only $399.00!!!!

big_e said:
Buy this in a second if it was 9mm.

Keeping my fingers cross for them to run a special deal for 9mm.
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Not trying to dash your hopes but if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath. A while back there was a thread about the SAM pistols and I believe Mr. Wolverine (John) mentioned that they were dropping stainless guns and some of the less popular models, hence the great deal on the 40 1911 (I bought one BTW). Prices were also going up. Great guns for the money, probably the best combination of price + quality in 1911s. I just hope the increased prices and reduced product lines don't kill them off. They're getting into the Ruger SR1911, Remington R1 and STI Spartan price range and with that competition it will be hard for them to compete.
 
ted_dent said:
Not trying to dash your hopes but if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath. A while back there was a thread about the SAM pistols and I believe Mr. Wolverine (John) mentioned that they were dropping stainless guns and some of the less popular models, hence the great deal on the 40 1911 (I bought one BTW). Prices were also going up. Great guns for the money, probably the best combination of price + quality in 1911s. I just hope the increased prices and reduced product lines don't kill them off. They're getting into the Ruger SR1911, Remington R1 and STI Spartan price range and with that competition it will be hard for them to compete.
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No promises but we are looking at maybe more specials, on some selected models!
 
I have three sams now and if a deal comes out on the titan I will be trying one of them out, by the way does anyone on here have the titan model
 
Shipped today, can't wait to see it... I see mixed reviews on here, mostly because of the calibre. One question though, are the grips wooden on this beauty?
 
Allcree said:
Shipped today, can't wait to see it... I see mixed reviews on here, mostly because of the calibre. One question though, are the grips wooden on this beauty?
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The grips on my two stainless commanders were black coloured wood so I'm guessing these will be wood also. They were pretty cheesy looking so I replaced them with some nice cocobolo wood grips & they looked great. I'd say the grips were the only sub-par parts on the guns. Luckily they're also one of the cheapest parts to replace.
 
I received mine today...very nice indeed. It is my first 1911, and this one seems to fit my hand quite nicely with the stock grip. Trigger seems ok...about 2 mm of takeup, and breaks at around 7-8 lbs pull. Nice flat black finish.

Can hardly wait to get it to the range.
 
Allcree said:
Shipped today, can't wait to see it... I see mixed reviews on here, mostly because of the calibre. One question though, are the grips wooden on this beauty?
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Wood grips, same as you see in the pic....meh kinda grips, replaced mine quickly as well.
 
I got my Sam pistols the omega is a very nice gun it is nicely finished and is the best buy out there by far.The stainless thunder bolt I got is also well made with lots of features only thing I didn't like was that it came with the idiat scratch by the slide release it was done at the factory because the gun was still in the sealed plastic bag when I got it other than that I like it just have to get used to the rail
 
I got mine today, only 8 working days after I placed my order. Hat's off to Wolverine and whomever processed the registration at the Gestapo. Very efficient, indeed!

Like some one else already said in here, this must be the nicest 1911 you can get at this price. The flat black finish is very pleasing to the eye, although there's no way to tell yet how tough it is.

The barrel is not ramped, however once you chamber a round it shows almost no case head. It certainly shows a hell of a lot less case head than the ramped barrel on my Para P14/45. Everything on it has a better fit and finish than my Norinco NP-29. It certainly doesn't make you feel like you're holding a knife by the blade, like my NP-29 sometimes does.

Trigger action is much better and smooth than on the NP-29, however it is just as horrendously heavy, much too heavy at 7lb 9oz. The trigger on my Norco is now down to 5lb, after I cleaned it up a bit, but still has more take up and feels a little scratchier than on this SAM. The SAM's trigger has very little take-up, no creep and a clean, albeit very heavy release.

The wood grips are not very good looking. After a first, quick look I thought they were made of some weird wood/glue mix like the wood on a CZ 858, but they're just plain/stained wood. Maybe even some exotic, tropical wood but just with a pedestrian finish on them. Unfortunately for me, they don't feel very good in my hand. The are too thin for me and make the grip feel longer than it really is. The grip feels longer (front to back) to me than the grip on my P14, which is actually a little longer. Even the cheapo-flat tip diamonds-checkered Chinese wood grips that CanAmmo sold a while back make the grip feel much better to me. The feeling I get with these grips is similar to that of the thin, wrap around Packmayr grips on the Colt Delta Elite. I never liked that feeling. :(

The recoil spring feels kind of light for a .40 Cal semi. It is lighter than the spring in the 9mm NP-29 and way lighter than the 18.5lb replacement spring in my P14. It feels, if I remember correctly, just as light as the spring in the Colt 1991 from the late 90's (I can't remember its weight). So I am getting my back-pack and boots ready for the long distance expedition to try to locate all my brass on the ground, after I've finished shooting it.

The one and only mag that came with the gun feels and looks much better than the Norinco NP-29 mags, which have worked pretty fine for me. It is marked 9mm/40 and it does feed both calibers (slide operated by hand) very well, unlike my NP-29 mags which only work well with 9mm ammo, because the spacer in the mag leaves a front to back opening in the mag too short for the .40S&W.

Now, I hope I get to shoot it this weekend, and I definitely need to start working on getting that un-ramped 10mm barrel I need. I have got to chamber this baby in a real manly round, now. ;)
 
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