Posted: 8/12/2009 9:28:50 AM EDT
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Buddy called me today and told me my local shop had a very lightly used Baer Custom Carry. I ended up trading my Colt Commander and a Glock 22 for it. The Colt was nice, but had some fitting issues that always bugged me. And I had been trying to trade the Glock for something for a few months, as I decided to stick with only 9mm Glocks. All in all I think I did pretty good. Baer reportedly has exactly 110rds through it, and looks about perfect.
My old Colt: 
New(to me) Les Baer: 
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| Thanks for the compliments. I kinda hated to get rid of the Colt because I really like the Commander size, but this was too good to pass up. I got the Colt for a very good price when I bought, so I did real well on the trade in value. I bought the Colt before I knew much about 1911's. Unfortunately mine must have been built on a Friday. The grip safety was very loose and poorly fitted. It rattled like a kids toy. (You can see the gap in the pic). Plus the trigger was a bit loose(up and down play), and the frame overhung the back of the slide. I also didn't like the polymer MSH and trigger. Lastly, the Colt didn't have night sites, and I believe it used MIM parts. To fix all those issues and have the front strap checkered would have cost me quite a bit. Maybe one day I'll pick up a DW CBOB to fill my Commander void. |