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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:32:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dan Wesson Specialist Commander... what I have now lol Dan Wesson Vigil Commander 
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:35:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had the same desire awhile back. I went with a Colt Classic. Then added some Harrison Design, Ed Brown, Cylinder & Slide, Novak, and retro plastic grips. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/115858/Classic-1783427.jpg |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 8:45:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Call me simple minded, but this is the antithesis of what I want in a 1911. Classic lines with some modern flare. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I had the same desire awhile back. I went with a Colt Classic. Then added some Harrison Design, Ed Brown, Cylinder & Slide, Novak, and retro plastic grips. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/115858/Classic-1783427.jpg  Antithesis? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 4:39:10 PM EDT
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Emphasis on "simple minded".
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Posted: 1/18/2021 5:59:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Antithesis?  That don't mean what my brain thought it meant
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Posted: 1/18/2021 6:01:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Emphasis on "simple minded". 
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Posted: 1/18/2021 10:01:20 PM EDT
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I’d suggest looking for a gun with the desired mods standard. May cost more initially but mods are damn expensive Parts, labor and shipping. Adds up crazy fast. Even the most trivial mod will start at $100. Manufacturers have tons of models with a huge range of choices. $1500 base plus a very few mods and your well over $2k.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 11:40:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’d suggest looking for a gun with the desired mods standard. May cost more initially but mods are damn expensive Parts, labor and shipping. Adds up crazy fast. Even the most trivial mod will start at $100. Manufacturers have tons of models with a huge range of choices. $1500 base plus a very few mods and your well over $2k. Either that, or just order a full custom from scratch that some builders offer. No point to buy $1500 gun and add mods. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 8:21:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Either that, or just order a full custom from scratch that some builders offer. No point to buy $1500 gun and add mods. Because a $4000 custom is going to be a whole damn lot more expensive than a Springfield Loaded that's been checkered, a barrel fit, and some bar stock parts thrown at it. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:33:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: External extractor + weird ass slide = hard pass Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Of the ones I have actually shot, a Sig. External extractor + weird ass slide = hard pass |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:34:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had the same desire awhile back. I went with a Colt Classic. Then added some Harrison Design, Ed Brown, Cylinder & Slide, Novak, and retro plastic grips. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/115858/Classic-1783427.jpg If I was wanting a basic 1911 today to mod, that /\ (Colt 01911C) would be my choice. Only slight negative is the laser engraving. I would try very hard to find one that was actually roll marked (some were released with rollmarks). Not a show stopper by any means, just a personal preference. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 3:28:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol, what's your definition of full custom? Because a $4000 custom is going to be a whole damn lot more expensive than a Springfield Loaded that's been checkered, a barrel fit, and some bar stock parts thrown at it. Just my opinion, I would never buy mid tier pistols (like Dan Wesson, SA TRP...) and spend more money to replace good functional parts and add other features. It will be easily add thousands when one try to go full out. Full custom means build either using your quality bare bone slide/frame (Colt 1911C, SA Milspec etc) or the custom 1911 smith can source it for you. So it make more sense to get the basic slide / frame to begin with (Colt, Springfield, Caspian....). Not high-end semi-custom like WC, NHC, EB, ACW. Also go full custom doesn't mean you will need to spend $4000. Custom 1911 by default would be expensive (no double). But it could be utilitarian 1911 that will not cost more than semi-custom gun and allow you to truly build to your specs. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 10:34:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whoops That don't mean what my brain thought it meantQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Antithesis? That don't mean what my brain thought it meantI use wrong words all the time. Just not usually the opposite of what I want lol. Its usually completely unrelated. 
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:26:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just my opinion, I would never buy mid tier pistols (like Dan Wesson, SA TRP...) and spend more money to replace good functional parts and add other features. It will be easily add thousands when one try to go full out. Full custom means build either using your quality bare bone slide/frame (Colt 1911C, SA Milspec etc) or the custom 1911 smith can source it for you. So it make more sense to get the basic slide / frame to begin with (Colt, Springfield, Caspian....). Not high-end semi-custom like WC, NHC, EB, ACW. Also go full custom doesn't mean you will need to spend $4000. Custom 1911 by default would be expensive (no double). But it could be utilitarian 1911 that will not cost more than semi-custom gun and allow you to truly build to your specs. 
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:48:25 AM EDT
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It started out as a plain old 70 series nickel-plated Government model. And I customized it the way I wanted it by just putting a new top end on it , the combat Government model, and a few drop in parts.
The nickel plated slide and Associated Parts I put on a Norinco frame and sold it. It paid for most of the upgrades. 
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:58:30 AM EDT
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Colt
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Posted: 1/20/2021 1:03:42 AM EDT
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Colt
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Posted: 1/25/2021 4:31:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ok I should have said a 1911 under $1,500. I don't like them that much. For your price range ... used Les Baer UTC. |
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Posted: 3/27/2021 1:43:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To modify I’d probably go with a basic Colt or Springfield My favorite shooter.... Nighthawk Warhawk.45 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/86935/D617D480-2869-4FD4-A693-FFDB64406A35_jpe-1778437.JPG Do you edc that Warhawk? How reliable has it been? |
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Posted: 3/27/2021 3:00:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ok I should have said a 1911 under $1,500. I don't like them that much. I just got a dan wesson vigil and for the money it's amazing, its one of the nicest 1911s I've had under $3000 |
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Posted: 3/27/2021 3:09:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2021 3:17:04 PM EDT
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A used DW Valor, or Specialist, which has all the basic stuff, checkering, good sights and quality parts you need already on it, or for the same reason, a used Baer UTC or TRS.
All other add ons or custom touches are bumfluffery. Which is fine, but for your $1500 budget, look for a used gun where the owner has already dumped all the money into it. Baer was $1200  DW Valor- previous owner DLC'd it $1300  DW Valor- $1200 sent to J Reid for some added work:   |
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Posted: 3/27/2021 4:10:44 PM EDT
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I've been modding my GW Guardian. I've done sights and about 87 trigger jobs!
I'm having fun with it and just picked up another Guardian. 
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Posted: 3/27/2021 7:27:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2021 8:02:35 PM EDT
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I have 4, all slightly different. If I had to choose 1 in your price range it would be the Springfield TRP or Colt Wiley Clapp Government.
5” no rail in .45. |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 12:03:02 AM EDT
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I don't carry a 1911 but I did mod my RIA GI model. Installed a better sear and spring and bobbed the hammer which bit me, then had better sights installed by Heinie. Even installed the dual spring recoil system from the M45A1. Never had a single problem with it.
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Posted: 3/28/2021 10:32:41 AM EDT
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Colt. Both started out stock. Doug Jones did all the work. They replaced my 69 C series that I used to carry all the time.
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Posted: 3/28/2021 11:01:36 AM EDT
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Nighthawk
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Posted: 3/28/2021 12:21:25 PM EDT
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My utilitarian USMC MEUSOC clone built by Springfield Custom Shop. Total cost with the gun and build charges was about the same as most entry semi-custom 1911 (SACS, Ed Brown, Les Baer, Wilson).
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Posted: 3/28/2021 12:35:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I bought it. Springfield TRP. |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 12:43:42 PM EDT
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SA Loaded.
I went the Milspec route and had to: Change hammer/trigger/sear Add and fit beavertail Get slide cut for Novak sights Buy Novak sights Refinish All of which could have been avoided by just buying the Loaded |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 1:48:31 PM EDT
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Colt, then Springfield.
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Posted: 3/28/2021 3:42:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: So if you could only have 1, 45acp, and wanted to carry/shoot/and modify some. Which would you choose? OP says one, and that it must be a .45ACP So far it has handled every type of ammo I have put through it, including semi-wadcutters. Weights from 185gr to 230. Yes, it is heavy-ish and more difficult to conceal, but OP said one......  Attached FileIf OP allows two pistols and another caliber. 9x23 Built by myself by "throwing some parts at it".   Attached FileNeither of these have come close to OPs budget, including multiple magazines for both, holsters and 1000 rounds of ammo in each caliber. |
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