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- From: donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: .45 caliber handguns
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.023032.19198@igor.tamri.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:14:58 GMT
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- Organization: TOSHIBA America MRI, South San Francisco, CA
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- At this point, I'm considering various .45 caliber handguns, with an
- eye towards purchasing one of them within the next few months. Unfortunately,
- purchasing all of them is not an option. :(
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- My strongest inclination is to get a 1911 Colt or clone, because of the
- fact that it has been around for 80 years and is still one of the best
- (and THE best, in the opinion of many people) combat handguns in the
- world.
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- However, I have a couple hangups about the gun that may be baseless or may
- be factors that will influence my final decision. One of those hangups is
- that, if I buy the 1911, I seem to have two choices: either save my
- allowance and spend the extra cash on a Gold Cup OR get the low end model
- and spend approximately the same amount of money having it customized (to
- handle non-FMJ loads and in the interest of accuracy). (How do the
- Colt 1911 variants (e.g., Combat Commander) stack up in this regard?)
-
- Last weekend, I visited Trader's gun shop in San Leandro (CA) and I thought
- I saw a better alternative. They had a Springfield Armory clone going
- for $700, the salesguy promised target gun level accuracy...however, when
- I slid the empty magazine in and tried to work the slide release, it
- didn't work; we had to pop the magazine out a little, release the slide
- and then slide the magazine back in. Is that a Springfield Armory quirk,
- a 1911 Colt/clone quirk or a quirk of that particular gun? If it's a
- Colt/clone quirk, that would tend to rule out my getting a 1911 COlt/clone.
-
- Anyway, after all that rambling, here is the question I would like to
- ask:
- Is it possible for me to get an accurate 1911 Colt/clone for less
- than the price of a Gold Cup (about $800) and STILL have it be a
- versatile combat handgun?
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- If the answer is NO, I will have to consider my next two choices (Sig P220
- or Glock 21 (both excellent guns but I LIKE the Colt) more seriously OR save
- a long time and get the Gold Cup.
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- Thanks for your time and, again, thanks to our humble moderator for
- providing an important service, very well done.
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