Posted: 10/3/2014 4:16:30 PM EDT
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My buddy is looking for a $1,000 1911 and has narrowed the search to a Sig TACOPS or a Springfield Operator.
Any thoughts? Suggestions for other weapons? |
| Both are great guns. I personally own a threaded TacOps and love it. Some people knock it because the Sig isn't a "traditional" 1911. It has a sig design slide and an external extractor. That drives some purists nuts. Not me - I love mine. It runs great and delivers where it counts |
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I'm a springer fan - they have been great for me over the years and customer service is outstanding (never needed it) from what I've read.
With that said, $1k gets you into offerings from Springfield, Colt, SIG, etc... If I were to spend $1k my options would be: Non Railed Guns 1.) Used Springfield TRP 2.) Springfield Range Officer and put a Harrison rear sight on it (replaces adjustable) 3.) Springfield Loaded 4.) S&W E Series 5.) Rock Island spend the rest on a case of ammo and mags Railed Guns 1.) SA MC Operator 2.) SA LW Operator (PSA has em on sale at the moment) 3.) S&W E Series (TA model) 4.) Rock Island Rail Gun and again - case of ammo and mags Sig's seem to be great guns - but I've only handled them and they did seem very nice. This is just my $.02 and its worth what you paid for it 
The options really open up once you get to the $1,100 - $1,500 range |
| Out of those two Springfield Operator would be my pick for sure. I do not care for the Sig 1911's very much though. I mainly dislike the fact they use an external extractor, weird slide profile, and 80 series internals. The Springfield 1911's are great guns and they are more classic with 70 series internals and they've been making 1911's for a long time. |
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For 1K, I'd go Colt XSE. this colt xse $875 + free shipping PSA has the xse for $875 with free shipping through sunday. |
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I'm a springer fan - they have been great for me over the years and customer service is outstanding (never needed it) from what I've read. With that said, $1k gets you into offerings from Springfield, Colt, SIG, etc... If I were to spend $1k my options would be: Non Railed Guns 1.) Used Springfield TRP 2.) Springfield Range Officer and put a Harrison rear sight on it (replaces adjustable) 3.) Springfield Loaded 4.) S&W E Series 5.) Rock Island spend the rest on a case of ammo and mags Railed Guns 1.) SA MC Operator 2.) SA LW Operator (PSA has em on sale at the moment) 3.) S&W E Series (TA model) 4.) Rock Island Rail Gun and again - case of ammo and mags Sig's seem to be great guns - but I've only handled them and they did seem very nice. This is just my $.02 and its worth what you paid for it
The options really open up once you get to the $1,100 - $1,500 range Love mine. 
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For 1K, I'd go Colt XSE. this colt xse $875 + free shipping PSA has the xse for $875 with free shipping through sunday. This is the best deal going in 1911s right now... |
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For 1K, I'd go Colt XSE. this colt xse $875 + free shipping PSA has the xse for $875 with free shipping through sunday. This is the best deal going in 1911s right now... Yup. Buy now if you have the cash. |
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Quoted: Quoted: For 1K, I'd go Colt XSE. this colt xse $875 + free shipping PSA has the xse for $875 with free shipping through sunday. |
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For 1K, I'd go Colt XSE. this colt xse $875 + free shipping PSA has the xse for $875 with free shipping through sunday. This is the best deal going in 1911s right now... No doubt. That's a bit less than I paid for my Commander XSE about 5 yrs. ago. |
Had a TacOps, loved it. One of the best 1911's you can get for the money. Night sights, front strap checkering, rail, magwell. And comes with four mags, tho some here will say the suck. Never had issues with any of my mags or the gun. I sold it to fund a P227 but got suckered into buying a new car instead. 
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