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Posted: 2/11/2018 9:33:49 PM EDT

I bought this guy NIB in January 2017, I bought 10k zero 230 FMJ bullets at the same time. I have 1400 bullets left. It jammed the very first round out of the Baer magazine not once since. I’ve since switched to Wilson ETM’s 8 and 10 round mags.

I’ve owned a Wilson Supergrade, 3 CQB elites, a CQB, SA Pro, TRP, some Dan Wesson’s and Colts and none of them have come close to fitting my hand like this gun does. Other that pulling the CZ shadow out occasionally to make sure it still works the Baer is my handgun.

I can usually put 8 rounds into a 1" dot at 25 yards with my 4.4gr load of WST/Zero combo (rested of course.)

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Posted: 2/11/2018 9:54:46 PM EDT

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nice! they are great guns. I have a competition version with i literally don't even know how many rounds through it, and a new to me TRS with a good few thousand in the last year alone. I have owned everything from Armscore, Colt, SA, Kimber, Dan Wesson, etc, and I'll be damned if the Baers aren't the nicest in the bunch. I am convinced you can spend more on a 1911 but you can't get more out of one.

Posted: 2/11/2018 10:02:18 PM EDT

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They are great. I have a much older one, and after a lot of lead downrange it is still a shooter, and smooth. Like oil on ice when the slide moves.

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Posted: 2/11/2018 10:19:15 PM EDT

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Bluing shows wear very quick. I think it looks good.

Posted: 2/11/2018 10:33:07 PM EDT

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I’ve bought this guy NIB in January 2017, I bought 10k zero 230 FMJ bullets at the same time. I have 1400 bullets left. It jammed the very first round out of the Baer magazine not once since. I’ve since switched to Wilson ETM’s 8 and 10 round mags.

I’ve owned a Wilson Supergrade, 3 CQB elites, a CQB, SA Pro TRP, some Dan Wesson’s and Colts and none of them have come close to fitting my hand like this gun does. Other that pullng the CZ shadow out occasionally to make sure it still works the Baer is my handgun.

I can usually put 8 rounds into an 1 dot at 25 yards with my 4.4gr load of WST/Zero combo (rested of course.)

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Very nice 1911, what grips are those?

Posted: 2/11/2018 11:25:58 PM EDT

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Bluing shows wear very quick. I think it looks good.

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A blued 1911 with appropriate wear marks in the best looking handgun out there to me.

Posted: 2/12/2018 12:56:40 AM EDT

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For me I'm always focusing on the front strap blend job with the grips. Like the two tone Baer above. That one looks like it would be so nice to grip (I really like that one). A frame like that feels a ton better to me than a standard frame. Unless you put pachmyrs over the standard frame. Then it's good to go.

Posted: 2/12/2018 1:52:35 AM EDT

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The TRS is one of the nicest looking 1911s ever built, in my opinion.

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Posted: 2/12/2018 5:53:46 AM EDT

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Baer/VZ wood.

Posted: 2/12/2018 8:50:48 AM EDT

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My shameful contribution, ordered early `01. I have exactly 100 rounds through it. Been sitting in the strong box all this time. Night sights are toast.

Posted: 2/12/2018 10:09:57 AM EDT

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That's a great looking gun.

I've debated getting the TRS for my full size.. still haven't decided.
Currently working on breaking in my Stinger.

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Posted: 2/12/2018 10:17:41 AM EDT

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After getting used to his weird frame, I have come to love the Baer's. I don't get to shoot them near enough.
UTC and TRS Commanche

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Posted: 2/12/2018 12:49:43 PM EDT

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After getting used to his weird frame, I have come to love the Baer's. I don't get to shoot them near enough.
UTC and TRS Commanche

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Send me that bottom one, I'll make sure it gets shot.

Posted: 2/12/2018 5:21:10 PM EDT

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My MAGA Christmas present to myself in the form of a built 18 years ago, sub 200 serial number TRS. I fitted a new mainspring housing and installed new bushings/stocks...
https://imgur.com/NKSg4jx

Posted: 2/12/2018 6:17:55 PM EDT

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Looks good with the Walnut grips.

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Posted: 2/12/2018 6:58:29 PM EDT

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I like my Les Baers, one is a two tone concept 1V and the other is an alloy framed Stinger. I have read that LB only made 65 of them with an alloy frame. It makes a great light weight carry gun, I can't stop buying 1911s. I just picked up another STI today.

Posted: 2/12/2018 8:04:23 PM EDT

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This thread needs more ugly frying pan finish.

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Posted: 2/12/2018 11:01:41 PM EDT

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I carried a LB for a good while. Great guns.

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Posted: 2/12/2018 11:21:33 PM EDT

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This thread needs more ugly frying pan finish.

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Always wondered...is it THAT ugly in person? Never seemed too terrible in pics? Definitely looks good in yours. How does it hold up? Is it the newer finish they use on the SRP? Notice any improvements in the SRP over the TRS etc?

Posted: 2/12/2018 11:41:42 PM EDT

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Always wondered...is it THAT ugly in person? Never seemed too terrible in pics? Definitely looks good in yours. How does it hold up? Is it the newer finish they use on the SRP? Notice any improvements in the SRP over the TRS etc?

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It's pretty dang ugly compared to a nice blued finish or something like melonite, black nitride, etc. It looks better in pictures than real life. It seems to hold up reasonably well, though mine looks worse in person than in that picture. Like most SRPs that have been used it has a fair amount of wear on the barrel hood, the sharp edges of the slide and frame from holster wear, and a couple dings and scratches here and there.

I've never shot a TRS, but there's something about this SRP...I just can't put it down. It's more accurate than I can shoot it, perfectly reliable, and has this "all business" attitude that really appeals to me.

Posted: 2/12/2018 11:55:14 PM EDT

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Just got a boner.

Posted: 2/13/2018 1:13:25 AM EDT

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I carried a LB for a good while. Great guns.

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My first Baer looked just like that after a year and a few cases of ammo. The bluing is so thin a leather holster will just about wipe it off.

This Springfield Custom Carry was close to 40K when this picture was taken. It's Armory Coat.

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Posted: 2/13/2018 9:11:50 AM EDT

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A TRS is my Grail gun.

Posted: 2/13/2018 12:36:01 PM EDT

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I carried a LB for a good while. Great guns.

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this would be the most beautiful picture on the internet if it wasn't for those feet :P

Posted: 2/13/2018 1:37:48 PM EDT

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Haven't owned a Bauer yet but its getting higher on my list everytime i see one.

Posted: 2/14/2018 8:17:15 AM EDT

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Same here, this thread is both fantastic and rough at the same time!! I'm doing my best to wear my Colt out, these worn 1911's are amazing!!!! If I ever find a TRS pistol around here it's happening somehow.

Posted: 2/14/2018 8:22:03 AM EDT

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The TRS is one of the nicest looking 1911s ever built, in my opinion.

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Thats a great looking pistol.

Blued 1911 with honest wear is about as cool as it gets.

Posted: 2/14/2018 8:32:14 AM EDT

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They are Awesome!

My ‘98 PII has 65k and my ‘04 TRS is at 16k. They are butter smooth and reliable.

I’m thinking of adding a pistol this year. Decisions, decisions...

Posted: 2/18/2018 2:53:01 PM EDT

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my first 1911 was a Bear too. Customer Carry in stainless. God I miss that sexy beast

Posted: 2/18/2018 3:26:18 PM EDT

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So what about their frames is different from standard?

Posted: 2/18/2018 4:50:01 PM EDT

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Frontstrap and dust cover is thicker. The one I had wouldn't fit in kydex for a 1911. Milt Sparks makes different holsters just for Baer guns.

Posted: 2/18/2018 7:58:14 PM EDT

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Frontstrap and dust cover is thicker. The one I had wouldn't fit in kydex for a 1911. Milt Sparks makes different holsters just for Baer guns.

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I knew the frontstrap was larger, I didn’t know about the dust cover. I guess that’s why that leather holster seemed a little tight, all broken in now though

Posted: 2/25/2018 1:04:27 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/26/2018 3:48:12 PM EDT

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The TRS is one of the nicest looking 1911s ever built, in my opinion.

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That's a beauty. I need one.

Posted: 2/26/2018 10:21:53 PM EDT

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Here’s my contribution to this thread.....UTC minus the front cocking serrations

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Posted: 2/26/2018 10:27:55 PM EDT

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I carried a LB for a good while. Great guns.

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I like a 1911 soooo much better without the front cocking serrations.

Posted: 2/28/2018 9:41:51 PM EDT

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I like a 1911 soooo much better without the front cocking serrations.

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Agreed! I understand tacticool and all that but old school sexiness is just something you don't get anywhere else. They're called classics fora reason

Posted: 3/1/2018 12:21:27 AM EDT

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I love my Commanche, but as the rounds pile up, I may send it off to get coated in Ionbond. I'm going to see when the time comes.

Posted: 3/2/2018 11:24:01 PM EDT

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When it was new, G10 black grips and some wear on it now. Need to get some updated pics.

Posted: 3/9/2018 2:03:58 PM EDT

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Bought my first 1911 in 1984. That gun was a USGI Colt Slide on a craptastic Essex frame. The following year, Colt released the Officers Model. I traded the parts gun and cash for a new Officers. The Officer Model didn't work reliably. During the 34 years between that first junk parts gun and today, I've owned many many many 1911s. Some have been utter garbage. Some have been marginal. A few have a been good. Fewer yet have been great.

I've had:

AMT
Auto Ordnance
(many) Colt
(couple) Dan Wesson
Ed Brown
(couple) Essex Parts Guns
IAI
(many) Kimber
(6 or 7) Les Baer
Llama
(couple) Norinco
(many) Para Ordnance
(couple) Remington
(couple) Ruger
(many) Sig Sauer
(couple) Systema
(many) Smith & Wesson
(many) Springfield Armory
Taurus

Dan Wesson makes a very nice 1911 in the Valor series. However ....

My favorite 1911 is without a doubt Les Baer's UTC. Over the years, I've owned 2 blued UTC, 2 or 3 blued Custom Carry, 1 stainless Custom Carry, and 1 HC SRP. My current LB is a Blue NFCS UTC that I plan to keep for the long haul.

I love seeing everyone's well loved and worn LB's. They just look "right" to me.

Posted: 3/11/2018 4:26:52 PM EDT

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I carried a LB for a good while. Great guns.

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I'm not a Baer fan, by any stretch, but damn that gun has worn to perfection.

Posted: 3/12/2018 1:54:59 AM EDT

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All you fuckers made me do this! I got it on gunbroker for $1200, with 7 mags and 2 holsters....
Best 1911 I have ever shot! I have owned Kimbers, and Wilson combats! But this UTC is by far the finest 1911 I have ever touched! Thanks guys....

Posted: 3/12/2018 2:24:16 AM EDT

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Got tired of fighting the rust, so now it is hard chromed....I have to admit I do miss the worn look.

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Posted: 3/12/2018 5:56:44 AM EDT

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All you fuckers made me do this! I got it on gunbroker for $1200, with 7 mags and 2 holsters....
Best 1911 I have ever shot! I have owned Kimbers, and Wilson combats! But this UTC is by far the finest 1911 I have ever touched! Thanks guys....

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Nice find.

Posted: 3/12/2018 12:24:03 PM EDT

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All you fuckers made me do this! I got it on gunbroker for $1200, with 7 mags and 2 holsters....
Best 1911 I have ever shot! I have owned Kimbers, and Wilson combats! But this UTC is by far the finest 1911 I have ever touched! Thanks guys....

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nice pick up, that's a good price.

Posted: 3/12/2018 11:40:15 PM EDT

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c'mon guys way to make me wanna go out and get Les Baer... love the worn blued finish. no safe queens here

Posted: 3/15/2018 7:41:06 PM EDT

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Buddy of mine let me borrow his Thunder Ranch Special for a few weeks.

I really like it but i prefer different sights and flat triggers in my 1911s

For the guys that have ordered from Baer.... Can you have them built with sights and trigger I'd prefer (send them in or have them source them) or are these things I'd have to have swapped after...???

Posted: 3/16/2018 9:53:27 AM EDT

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Buddy of mine let me borrow his Thunder Ranch Special for a few weeks.

I really like it but i prefer different sights and flat triggers in my 1911s

For the guys that have ordered from Baer.... Can you have them built with sights and trigger I'd prefer (send them in or have them source them) or are these things I'd have to have swapped after...???

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You can generally get sights and triggers that Baer offers, nothing else, IE 10-8 style.
Uncle les is kind of a dick when it comes to using non-baer stuff.

His nights sights suck ass, as does SA version.

Posted: 3/25/2018 3:57:29 PM EDT

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My shameful contribution, ordered early `01. I have exactly 100 rounds through it. Been sitting in the strong box all this time. Night sights are toast.

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You and I really have to get control of our lives. Lol.