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Posted: 2/13/2021 12:22:52 PM EDT
Was at my local shop this morning and they had a Briley that seemed really nice. I don’t know much about them but it had a really nice trigger on it and it’s in 40 S&W.
I have a bunch of 1911s but don’t have one in 40 and have been kind of looking for one just because. The supposed story on this one was that it was a prize gun for Doug Koenig in the ‘99 Bianchi Cup. I know, but the gun not the story but he is local so it is possible I guess but need to call Briley and see what info they can give me on it. Anyway, here it is. I put some money down to hold it and would run me $1700 out the door for it. Anybody know more about this gun or Briley’s in general?  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 1:48:38 PM EDT
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Is that an officer length grip? Looks short. Maybe not.
I know nothing of Briley but I think they are supposed to be GTG. More edit...copy from a 1911 board, and a few years old. Briley is a custom shop run by a master gunsmith named Claudio Salassa, who also worked with Paul Liebenberg, who was the master smith who started and ran the S&W Performance Center custom shop. They are both legends in the custom 1911 world. They developed some spherical bushing that gun may have. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 8:40:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They developed some spherical bushing that gun may have. Yeah, I had to look it up to see which one it was. I thought it was the collet bushing but it's not. Bushing |
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Posted: 2/14/2021 11:24:33 AM EDT
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That grip safety looks very poorly fitted and uncomfortable. I'm guessing it's not original to the gun. Hard to say what else may have been changed. 1700 seems like a lot for that IMO.
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Posted: 2/14/2021 6:58:23 PM EDT
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A Commander-length Versatility is a bit unusual. That grip safety does not look original. The double-struck roll mark is a bit off-putting. $1700 is a bit high; $1400 is more reasonable. That being said, a .40 1911 is not the most common thing to find in a shop in normal times, let alone in these times.
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Posted: 2/14/2021 7:36:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A Commander-length Versatility is a bit unusual. That grip safety does not look original. The double-struck roll mark is a bit off-putting. $1700 is a bit high; $1400 is more reasonable. That being said, a .40 1911 is not the most common thing to find in a shop in normal times, let alone in these times. Honestly I'd have a tough time paying over $1000 for it, but maybe that's just me. I think you'd be ahead of the game to find a 10mm and then fit a .40 barrel to it. |
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Posted: 2/14/2021 9:13:58 PM EDT
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Yeah, I had noticed the double stamp and that kind of bothered me but in my haste didn’t notice how bad that grip safety looked.
I put down a $100 on it so I could research it some more and make a decision but I agree, I think I’m going to pass and keep looking for another 40 |
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Posted: 2/15/2021 2:25:20 PM EDT
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I would use the cosmetic issues to negotiate a better price if the .40 S&W 1911 is a want. That may be difficult with the current supply and demand issues, but it may be worth the effort. The Briley slide and frame were, IIRC, Chip McCormick forged parts. I do not remember if the fire control parts were all CMC, but the hammer sure looks like a CMC part. The Briley sear, on the other hand, is not the best part. It seems to have been only surface-hardened and the hardened layer was sometimes penetrated when the sear was fit.
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Posted: 2/15/2021 3:24:20 PM EDT
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That was already the “good customer” price on it. They had it marked like $1700
I took it off hold today and used the $100 for a box of 10mm, 38 Super and 9x23 to feed my other 1911s I already have. |
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Posted: 2/16/2021 12:33:08 PM EDT
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Seems pretty high anyway. You can do better in .40 I bet.
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Posted: 2/17/2021 9:07:10 AM EDT
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topton
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Posted: 2/17/2021 9:40:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That was already the “good customer” price on it. They had it marked like $1700 I took it off hold today and used the $100 for a box of 10mm, 38 Super and 9x23 to feed my other 1911s I already have. I think that's a great decision. The grip safety fitment (or lack thereof) gives me pause...somebody added that later and didn't know what they were doing. |
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Posted: 2/21/2021 11:59:02 PM EDT
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I'd pass. Doesn't look like $1700 to me.
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