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Posted: 12/1/2018 5:15:13 PM EDT

Countless 1911s of many flavors. I can find love for most, but this is my favorite pistol.

Posted: 12/1/2018 5:29:16 PM EDT

[#1]

Fine looking gun you have there.

I have g10 grips on my 1911 but something about double diamond wood on a .45 is just right.

Posted: 12/1/2018 7:31:15 PM EDT

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Yeah, my TRS is my favorite as well...

Posted: 12/1/2018 7:32:07 PM EDT

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Ooops, double tap

Posted: 12/1/2018 7:42:59 PM EDT

[#4]

same :)
got it new to me. stupid clean and barely had a mark on it.

and now, a few dozen hundred rounds and hours in leather and kydex...

Posted: 12/1/2018 8:06:53 PM EDT

[#5]

my favorite is the combat elite

Posted: 12/1/2018 8:14:01 PM EDT

[#6]

Nice pistol.

Posted: 12/1/2018 9:48:53 PM EDT

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I spent years shit talking Baer based on not liking Les or the look of his guns or a bunch of other nonsense. Decided to actually shoot a Baer one day and now I own three.

Posted: 12/1/2018 10:49:16 PM EDT

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No handgun looks as perfect, to me, as a well worn Les Baer TRS.
I have owned many handguns. Many that I've really enjoyed and shot extremely well. None of them caught my eye like the first worn blue finish Baer TRS I saw. I knew I had to have one. I finally purchased a brand new TRS earlier this year. Such a nice shooter.

Posted: 12/1/2018 10:50:39 PM EDT

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Countless 1911s of many flavors. I can find love for most, but this is my favorite pistol.

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That is a damn fine looking 1911

Posted: 12/2/2018 12:05:33 AM EDT

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I own or have owned Wilsons, Browns, Novaks, Wessons, Colts, Kimbers, Springfields, and Nighthawks.

Something about Les’ guns just does it for me.

Posted: 12/2/2018 3:04:15 AM EDT

[#11]

Looked well carried. Nice pics.

Posted: 12/2/2018 8:34:30 AM EDT

[#12]

Fine looking 1911 there. The older I get and more firearms I go through, guns with blued steel and wood grips/stocks are the one's I love the most and hang on to. Starting to understand now why my dad didn't have many "cool" guns when I was growing up. Just a bunch of older stuff.

Posted: 12/2/2018 9:23:54 AM EDT

[#13]

Nice combo

Posted: 12/2/2018 12:24:17 PM EDT

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So, les Baer has these on the site for 1700, but I can’t find one less than 2k online really. What’s the actual price? Do you order straight from Baer? This is relevant to my interests

Posted: 12/2/2018 12:53:32 PM EDT

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So, les Baer has these on the site for 1700, but I can’t find one less than 2k online really. What’s the actual price? Do you order straight from Baer? This is relevant to my interests

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Search "Crazy John" or 1911heaven. He's the man to order from. There is a Baer TRS with no front serrations for $1800+. It's the last one in stock. He has many Baers in stock. John is a friendly guy and if you call he will talk your ear off.

Posted: 12/2/2018 1:43:20 PM EDT

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Nice looking pistol my friend!

Posted: 12/2/2018 9:28:10 PM EDT

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I took the advise a while back to call "crazy john" about a Baer and he didn't do me any favors on pricing. Have seen the model I was looking for go for several hundred less recently. Not that he doesn't ever have deals, but not that day.

Posted: 12/2/2018 9:53:22 PM EDT

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Les Baer TRS for sale right now in EE for $1500. That's a great deal

Posted: 12/2/2018 11:08:04 PM EDT

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God, the Baer blue looks so good after a few seasons in a holster.

Posted: 12/3/2018 8:00:50 AM EDT

[#20]

That’s one nice 1911 OP!

Posted: 12/3/2018 11:50:52 AM EDT

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Thanks, man. Haven't even had a chance to shoot the Tac-14 HW yet. Surprisingly well put together, though. Remington's putting in some effort.

Posted: 12/3/2018 4:04:32 PM EDT

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Thanks, man. Haven't even had a chance to shoot the Tac-14 HW yet. Surprisingly well put together, though. Remington's putting in some effort.

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@THR-Thumper shit that's a stock Tac 14 hard wood? It looks way too nice to be modern production remington. I think you may have just cost me $400

Posted: 12/3/2018 4:48:56 PM EDT

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I really really wish I had gotten a TRS with no front serrations before Les dropped the TRS's. The TRS logo and no serrations was the sexiest looking Baer.
Also wish I didn't have to sell my TRS commanche.

Guess I my UTC will have to do it for my blued gun.

Posted: 12/3/2018 8:44:58 PM EDT

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Thanks, man. Haven't even had a chance to shoot the Tac-14 HW yet. Surprisingly well put together, though. Remington's putting in some effort.

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Thanks, man. Haven't even had a chance to shoot the Tac-14 HW yet. Surprisingly well put together, though. Remington's putting in some effort.

I've heard that. I really like the hardwood tac14s.

Posted: 12/4/2018 7:24:58 AM EDT

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I have a nice new Wilson CQB sitting in the safe, 3 mags through it. Can't stand it.

This guy goes everywhere with me.

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Posted: 12/4/2018 8:50:39 AM EDT

[#26]

Some nice looking Les Baers in this thread!

Posted: 12/4/2018 9:44:41 AM EDT

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Although the UTC 9 has sort of left a bad taste in my mouth, I kind of want a Mono with fixed sights and no FCS in 9mm to go with my group.
They are no where near as nicely finished as a Wilson, but they are damn accurate and just something about Baer guns feels good in the hand. Like they have soul or something.

Posted: 12/4/2018 4:36:38 PM EDT

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I have a nice new Wilson CQB sitting in the safe, 3 mags through it. Can't stand it.

This guy goes everywhere with me.

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Oh, I love the Wilson CQB too...just not as much as I love the TRS. It just seems to have more soul.

Posted: 12/5/2018 2:58:43 PM EDT

[#29]

The TRS is the gun I choose if I could only have one 1911...

... but for 9mm, I love the STI 2011's...

Posted: 12/6/2018 4:29:05 PM EDT

[#30]

Lots to drool over in this thread.

Posted: 12/6/2018 8:25:02 PM EDT

[#31]

TRS is my favorite too, though I do have plenty of almost-favorites.

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Posted: 12/6/2018 8:35:55 PM EDT

[#32]

My favorite 1911 as well. All covered in oil and carbon with my Springfield Professional that I still have not really warmed up to.

This guy is a very early 3 digit serial number Hillsdale gun.

Posted: 12/6/2018 8:36:57 PM EDT

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TRS is my favorite too, though I do have plenty of almost-favorites.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/9714/trs-range-1b_jpg-763196.JPG

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@ken_mays Ken I think yours is the pistol I've been drooling over for years. I feel like I saw a bunch of it on the 1911forum, no?

a worn Baer looks better than any other gun I can think of, and it's cool to realize the work that went in to making it that way.

Posted: 12/6/2018 8:48:41 PM EDT

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@ken_mays Ken I think yours is the pistol I've been drooling over for years. I feel like I saw a bunch of it on the 1911forum, no?

a worn Baer looks better than any other gun I can think of, and it's cool to realize the work that went in to making it that way.

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TRS is my favorite too, though I do have plenty of almost-favorites.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/9714/trs-range-1b_jpg-763196.JPG

@ken_mays Ken I think yours is the pistol I've been drooling over for years. I feel like I saw a bunch of it on the 1911forum, no?

a worn Baer looks better than any other gun I can think of, and it's cool to realize the work that went in to making it that way.

Maybe. There was another guy named USMC-something who would post a lot of photos after every few thousand rounds in the LB sub forum.

Posted: 12/6/2018 9:41:01 PM EDT

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Nice pistol OP.
I've got it bad for a UTC w/o FCS. I thought 2018 would be the year I finally get one. Perhaps the spring of 2019.

Posted: 12/6/2018 10:00:16 PM EDT

[#36]

I, personally, don't like front slide serrations on a 1911. They are tastefully done on these Baers though.

Posted: 12/7/2018 4:33:15 PM EDT

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My favorite 1911 as well. All covered in oil and carbon with my Springfield Professional that I still have not really warmed up to.

This guy is a very early 3 digit serial number Hillsdale gun.

https://i.postimg.cc/0jrHQRZH/6-F92-DBE0-AFD0-4-E15-A77-B-98896-A38708-D.jpg

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What don't you like about the pro?

Mine is my favorite gun by far.

Posted: 1/15/2019 3:44:05 AM EDT

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I've been a Colt 1911 guy through and through for many, many years, but I have to say, these Baer pistols are starting to awaken a desire in me.

I'm not usually a big fan of angled slide serrations or forward cocking serrations, but in the case of the TRS/UTC, I believe I could just about live with them.

Damn, you guys are gonna make me spend some deployment money.

Posted: 1/15/2019 12:54:04 PM EDT

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Fine looking gun you have there.

I have g10 grips on my 1911 but something about double diamond wood on a .45 is just right.

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My soon to be carry gun came with Hogue rubber grips, functional but they looked cheesy and cheap. Replaced them with a set of wood double diamond grips and it looks classy, huge improvement.

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