Dream 1911?

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by k9870

I might add something you can get realistically, before anyone comes in saying " a mint condition singer."

When you mean "Dream 1911" I assume you mean the most expensive piece of hardware and to me, it has to be engraved, extended slide release, compensator, extended mag, front cocking serrations and adjustable sights.

[Krel]

A relaunch of the Randall, left-hand models.

David.

[k9870]

I will never buy a colt, overrtaed company that your paying for the name, and they lack features. Most have a small safety, basic sights and no checkering. Smith and wesson has a lot of scandium commander, i want all steel, and with nightsights, good checkering, tuned trigger, smith triggers are genrally a bit heavier and there checkering real light and no tritium.

Les baer puts together some good commanders.

[predator20]

Originally Posted by k9870

I will never buy a colt, overrtaed company that your paying for the name, and they lack features. Most have a small safety, basic sights and no checkering. Smith and wesson has a lot of scandium commander, i want all steel, and with nightsights, good checkering, tuned trigger, smith triggers are genrally a bit heavier and there checkering real light and no tritium.

Les baer puts together some good commanders.

Man not that Colt bashing again. You may be buying a name when it comes to Colt. But they don't make shit guns. They also hold their value well too. They lack features? XSE line has extended safety, Novak sights, beavertail, etc, your choice of steel or alloy frame. Other than Taurus, very few come with checkering without paying out the ass for it. S&W, the scandium or alloy frames saves about 10oz. It may not be a pound but you'll notice the difference. When the Commander was first introduced by Colt I might add, it was only available in alloy frame the Combat steel frame came later. So a "true" Commander to me has the alloy frame. I'm pretty sure S&W triggers are already aftermarket, so they could be tuned pretty easily. My SW1911PD might have a little heavier trigger, but it's nice and clean. (I was comparing that trigger to my Springfield which has had some work done outside the factory.) The line serrations on the front strap may not grip as good as checkering. but it's better than nothing. The sights could always be upgraded to tritium ones.

Both Colt and S&W 1911s are pricey, but they're both made in the U.S. While Kimber and other custom makers are too, you'll end up paying a lot more.

[Excalibur]

And regular sights? What's wrong with adjustable sights like Novek or tritium?

[Swordfish941]

Mine would be a Colt Mk IV Series 80 fitted with Novak sights, a commander style hammer, beavertail grip safety, Pachmayr grips, extended beveled magazine well, and loaded with 8 round CMC magazines.

[k9870]

most colts i see ar enot xse s. All i see is series 70 repros and 1991s. Theyve got basic white dot sights and palstic triggers half the time. A springer milspec costs less, same features, and a metal trigger. Colt literally charges for a pony emblem. Their ar-15s are rediculously priced and no better than a bushmaster/rock river. They make good 1911s, sure, but cost more than a comprably good one. And they treat civilians as a side market. They dont even bother with R&D to innovate, hell the newest thing they got is a dao 1911, i cant wait to watch that fail.

Those chip mccormicks are great mags by the way.

[Yournamehere]

Surprised no one has said my frst choice...

WWII Colt 1911A1, preferably pre 1942 so it will have the checkered mainspring housing instead of the straight vertical serrations.

After that I'd want a pre 70 Colt Government Model made in 1967, for the sake of a song reference.

Third is a blued Colt Commander manufactured any time before the Series 80 changes were implemented.

To chime in on the Colt talk, as I have with my selection, the modern company is a shadow of it's former self, but their guns are not badly made. They are relatively high priced (overpriced in my opinion), and they don't have a wide range, but you get the name. I'm a purist, though, and I like to do things right, so if I were to own a Colt, it would be one made in an era when they were king and nothing but quality.

On the other hand, for those people who think all 1911s but Colts suck, they are wrong too. I only want Colts because they made them first. Furthermore, they didn't design the gun, they just produced the first models after getting the design from John Browning, so it's a slap in his face to refer to all 1911s as Colts (like saying "wow cool a Colt 1911" when looking at a Kimber or something). 1911s are 1911s. Colt 1911s are Colt 1911s. 1911s are NOT Colt 1911s unless they are manufactured by Colt and are stamped as such.

[k9870]

A lot of people think the name is important, i hear a lot of people say only Colt ar-15s are worth buying, yeah, thats why they lost the m-16 contract, because their quality was too high