You have my pops drooling. Back in 07-08 he had a 1911 from every year ever made. His collection was rather impressive. Unfortunately had to sell off about 70% to keep the business going at the time. He actually met one of his best friends off gunbroker bidding on 1911s against each other. Terry aka “fatboy” on gunbroker had the largest Luger collection in the U.S. he unfortunately passed about 5 years back. That’s a really nice piece.
I have two 03a3s , One is Rock Island armory ,One is Springfield Awesome weapons TooJust have one…1903 Colt I believe. How about a Smith Corona 03A3
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Dude… buy one right fucking now.. Do not wait..
My range had DCM programs for Garrands
Uncle Mikes maybe ? all my Hip and shoulder rigs are Cordura types cept My UM 44 mag deal
thank but I think I might go with the 1930 Austin as soon as I can find a pic of the back of it
Thats a nice piece!
If you like 1911s, look up Alchemy Custom Weaponry.
I was on a hunt in Texas in January and one of the guys had a FFL and sold guns. He said they are completely handmade and he would choose this 1911 to protect his family any day of the week.
I held it. It was probably the most solid gun that I've ever seen. Super low tolerances, nothing rattled, racking the slide was smooth and it was locked in.
Now I just need to find $4,500
If you like 1911s, look up Alchemy Custom Weaponry.
I was on a hunt in Texas in January and one of the guys had a FFL and sold guns. He said they are completely handmade and he would choose this 1911 to protect his family any day of the week.
I held it. It was probably the most solid gun that I've ever seen. Super low tolerances, nothing rattled, racking the slide was smooth and it was locked in.
Now I just need to find $4,500
Ok now I’m not putting down anyone that wants to spend the big bucks to have the gun they want but I have to ask. My Springfield target is built in the Springfield custom shop. Tolerances are tight as prom night P., nobody other than Colt has more experience building 1911s and can be had for about $1800. How do you justify the cost for one of these high end customs??
I was told full custom and brands like Dan Wesson are semi custom. I haven't researched enough but that's what I was told.
The price seems to increase exponentially for every little bit of quality. I'm guessing customer service is better with a smaller custom builder as well.
Ok that makes sense. If All you’re after is exclusively and you just have to have burnished stainless with gold accents and Bubinga waterfall grips, we’ll the heart wants what the heart wants but from a functional standpoint (accuracy, smoothness of operation and dependability) I’ll take mine all day long. Especially since for the price of one of those super customs I can buy two of mine plus a cheap Rock Island for a throw away and still have enough left over to do a serious range day with a Starbucks coffee afterwards.I was told full custom and brands like Dan Wesson are semi custom. I haven't researched enough but that's what I was told.
The price seems to increase exponentially for every little bit of quality. I'm guessing customer service is better with a smaller custom builder as well.
Personally, I've only spent over $1500 on two guns so far... a Tikka 300WM rifle and a Browning Maxus II shotgun. Those have a purpose.
I expect certain guns to partially be safe queens. Just high end, look pretty, get shot a few times a year, and are good conversation pieces with buddies. The custom factor also comes into play when the builder doesn't make a ton of them. Are you the only person on your street with one? Only person in your neighborhood? City? County? State? Not trying to be better than anyone, just cool to have a rare piece.
I tend to buy firearms 90% of the time for no particular purpose. Maybe I watched a review, read an article, walked into a gun shop and liked how it looked. Hell, maybe I want a second one in a different color.
So the high end customs tend to be solid guns, that hold their value and that you don't see in everyone else's safes.
Somebody who is way deeper down the rabbit hole with ballistics and tactical use of certain guns will probably have a better reason than mine where I just say that's cool, I want
Very pretty.
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Damn those grips are memorizing!
Niiicee! How do you like the CZ?
The CZ is a lot of gun for the money, fires both single or double action. smooth easy trigger pull with a perfectly repeatable break, will eat any ammo that you can find and is more accurate than I am. The other thing that I like is that I have fairly large paws and the CZ fits my hand perfectly YMMV on that point but most agree that it is a comfortable fit,
Looking forward to hearing as always considered getting a SIG 1911.
