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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #20 on: October 17, 2008, 10:10:27 AM »
If I was buying now I'd go for a Para...all the ones I've had my hands on recently were really nice (and a friend of mine now runs their QC department and he knows as much about 1911s as any living human). They're innovative, routinely include features that are up-sells in other brands and have the wonderful laboratory of Todd Jarrett to beta-test ideas.

The Sigs used to be made by Caspian, but now  they're all made in-house. All the later ones I shot back when Sig was still speaking to me were excellent, but be VERY careful of the early ones!

I also have a Taurus, and dang it, that thing is rock solid. Can't say a bad thing about it. It make be the best low=pirce trick with Rock Island out of the mix.

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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #21 on: October 17, 2008, 10:24:37 AM »
MB,

Have you ever heard of "American Classic"?  They are selling them in the SOG magazine for the same price as RIs (which you can't get right now).
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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2008, 01:39:50 PM »
If I was buying now I'd go for a Para...all the ones I've had my hands on recently were really nice (and a friend of mine now runs their QC department and he knows as much about 1911s as any living human). They're innovative, routinely include features that are up-sells in other brands and have the wonderful laboratory of Todd Jarrett to beta-test ideas.

The Sigs used to be made by Caspian, but now  they're all made in-house. All the later ones I shot back when Sig was still speaking to me were excellent, but be VERY careful of the early ones!

I also have a Taurus, and dang it, that thing is rock solid. Can't say a bad thing about it. It make be the best low=pirce trick with Rock Island out of the mix.

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2 questions, your friend knows all about 1911's, does he know anything about Quality assurance ? That one was being a smart a$$ but seriously, what did you do to PO Sig ?

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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #23 on: October 20, 2008, 11:33:37 AM »
My Sig GSR has been nothing but solid from the very first round. I'm probably going to get a compact SIG 1911 in the near futrure. And Sig still talks to me BTW.
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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #24 on: October 20, 2008, 11:43:50 AM »
My Sig GSR has been nothing but solid from the very first round. I'm probably going to get a compact SIG 1911 in the near futrure. And Sig still talks to me BTW.

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Re: 1911 on a budget...
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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #25 on: October 20, 2008, 01:49:01 PM »
Thanks again for all the input guys. I'm still quite undecided about it though (I know, it's hopeless. Deep down inside, all of us know the same thing... We want ALL of them.) I'm leaning towards a Para, the Gun Rights SSP model. It's a beautiful 1911, MB reviewed it and he seemed impressed. And a portion of the money goes to securing our Second Amendment RIGHTS (which are RIGHTS not privileges, seeing as we have to fight to keep them every day makes me sick). And thanks for your input as well, MB. It's great to be able to correspond with someone on the "inside" of things.

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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #26 on: October 20, 2008, 02:02:10 PM »
Thanks again for all the input guys. I'm still quite undecided about it though (I know, it's hopeless. Deep down inside, all of us know the same thing... We want ALL of them.) I'm leaning towards a Para, the Gun Rights SSP model. It's a beautiful 1911, MB reviewed it and he seemed impressed. And a portion of the money goes to securing our Second Amendment RIGHTS (which are RIGHTS not privileges, seeing as we have to fight to keep them every day makes me sick). And thanks for your input as well, MB. It's great to be able to correspond with someone on the "inside" of things.

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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #27 on: October 20, 2008, 02:06:42 PM »
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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #28 on: October 20, 2008, 02:13:55 PM »
I always take the advice of fictional movie characters.  ;D 

There will always be somone who says "Glock" when you ask what the best 1911 is. The same kind of person is on another forum and answers "Honda" if you ask what the best Polaris ATV is. And the best Chevy truck is a Toyota.  ::)  There's one on every forum.
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Re: 1911 on a budget...
« Reply #29 on: October 20, 2008, 02:25:38 PM »
I always take the advice of fictional movie characters.  ;D 

There will always be somone who says "Glock" when you ask what the best 1911 is. The same kind of person is on another forum and answers "Honda" if you ask what the best Polaris ATV is. And the best Chevy truck is a Toyota.  ::)  There's one on every forum.

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