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4/15/2017 4:41:32 PM EDT
My friend is wanting to know if I would be interested in buying a Springfield he got in a trade. I have no idea what a fair price is to offer as I've never seen anything like it. Any help would be appreciated! I can get more pics if needed.
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4/15/2017 4:47:24 PM EDT
[#1]
I suspect value on that would probably vary quite a bit depending on who did the work to it, any marks on it that indicate who customized it?
4/15/2017 4:53:29 PM EDT
[#2]
$1200 min, looks dope
4/15/2017 4:54:19 PM EDT
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I suspect value on that would probably vary quite a bit depending on who did the work to it, any marks on it that indicate who customized it?
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Thanks for your reply! Where would one look for possible markings?
4/15/2017 5:03:47 PM EDT
[#4]
Most likely there's no gun smith markings on whom built it. Were it a top tier 'smith, the owner would've had paperwork with the gun when he traded it in, IMO.

Quite honestly, I'd say it was worth no more than a standard SA 1911 SS in used condition. Say $500-650, depending on condition & amount of rds thru it.

Set up like it is, it would take forever to sell on the retail market. It would take someone whom really wanted this exact set-up, IMO.

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4/15/2017 5:14:58 PM EDT
[#5]
$775
4/15/2017 5:30:56 PM EDT
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I suspect value on that would probably vary quite a bit depending on who did the work to it, any marks on it that indicate who customized it?
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4/15/2017 7:10:04 PM EDT
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Thanks for your reply! Where would one look for possible markings?
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Look on the bottom/inside of the slide and under the grips.
4/15/2017 7:13:33 PM EDT
[#8]
Springfield mil spec that has been heavily modded.

Sights
Trigger
Beavertail grip safety
Forward serrations
Comp/brake

If the comp/brake weren't done I'd say it's a $800 gun. I think the brake takes away value to me.

gun cost $600ish new.
4/15/2017 7:15:17 PM EDT
[#9]
Also looks like the frame around the beavertail got filed down quite a bit. Looks how little material is between the pin and the edge of the frame.

Work looks suspect. I'm going to say $300-400 gun maybe
4/15/2017 7:22:27 PM EDT
[#10]
Frankly it's going to take a very specific buyer....most buyers are going to look at it and say "no way"
4/15/2017 7:27:32 PM EDT
[#11]
$550-$600 tops.
4/15/2017 7:37:17 PM EDT
[#12]
Less than MSRP for the base Springfield it was before the "custom" work.
4/15/2017 7:40:15 PM EDT
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That's what I would say looking at it.

To each his own I guess.
4/15/2017 7:53:33 PM EDT
[#14]
I'd be very interested in owning this 1911 Springfield . . .





in owning your buddy's . . . well . . . not so much.  
4/16/2017 1:11:31 AM EDT
[#15]
Just no, and I'll tell you why.

The horrible fitting of the beavertail and the slapshod sight installation tell me all I need to know.
This gun started life as a cheap Springfield stainless Milspec. The person that modded it is an amateur at best, and a butcher at worst. The shitty fitting of the beavertail tells me that any other mod is going to be equally shitty. I would be interested in seeing of the lugs are all peened to shit on that gun. If you can't fit a beavertail, you sure the hell can't fit a barrel.

When that gun was new, it probably cost 600 or so. They are 700 now, and with that shit done to the gun, it's worth whatever parts can be salvaged from it. I'd personally pass on this, but if cheap enough would probably buy it and try to unfuck it. Worth... 3 something as butchered.
4/16/2017 1:15:29 AM EDT
[#16]
Did he do the work himself?

I'd passĀ