What make 1911 do you own?

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Posted: 8/14/2004 5:46:43 PM EDT

Which mass produced factory maker of 1911's has the biggest following here?

For you "Top shelf" guys Custom/Semi-custom Makes here

Posted: 8/14/2004 5:55:16 PM EDT

[#1]

other

Posted: 8/14/2004 7:35:03 PM EDT

[#2]

I currently have 2 Kimbers. However, I regret selling my 2 Colts. I have learned the hard way never sell a gun, especially a 1911. I will always carry a Kimber, but there is just something about a Colt.

Posted: 8/14/2004 7:37:42 PM EDT

[#3]

Colt........nothing beats having a pony on your reciever

Posted: 8/14/2004 7:42:09 PM EDT

[#4]

Only had one choice I could pic out of those

Posted: 8/14/2004 7:47:48 PM EDT

[#5]

I had a Springfield Armory, a Colt 1991 stainless and aColt Commander stainless. I don't miss them. I will never sell my Kimber. I have a S&W and Sig 1911 on the shopping list......

Posted: 8/14/2004 7:59:18 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
other

Posted: 8/14/2004 8:10:07 PM EDT

[#7]

SA is there any other?.....j/k

Posted: 8/14/2004 8:11:26 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Quoted:
other

R.I.A.

Posted: 8/14/2004 8:12:42 PM EDT

[#9]

Wilson

Posted: 8/14/2004 8:22:37 PM EDT

[#10]

I have a DW too......

Posted: 8/14/2004 8:49:48 PM EDT

[#11]

A Springfield, two Para-Ordnance high caps, a Remington-Rand, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Jeremy

Posted: 8/14/2004 9:08:45 PM EDT

[#12]

Other...Wilson

MT

WMD

Posted: 8/14/2004 9:11:02 PM EDT

[#13]

Three SA's for me, two full size and one ultra compact...I'm looking toward another full size in the near future, I'm thinking along the lines of a black stainless or maybe an operator...

Posted: 8/14/2004 9:14:56 PM EDT

[#14]

Other: self manufactured with parts from the internet.

Posted: 8/14/2004 9:16:44 PM EDT

[#15]

Colt and SA. Favorite by far is the Springfield Armory. The Commander is nice but has nasty sharp edges.

Posted: 8/14/2004 9:26:21 PM EDT

[#16]

Colt

Posted: 8/14/2004 11:34:15 PM EDT

[#17]

Posted: 8/14/2004 11:35:56 PM EDT

[#18]

2 , Kimber series 1 stainless and a new Para LTC lightweight that is quickly becoming the love of my gun life .. super little canadian gun go figure and my wilson 47D's run fine in it

Posted: 8/15/2004 1:28:10 AM EDT

[#19]

Valtroedit: Ooops, sorry. Not US made

Posted: 8/15/2004 2:44:10 AM EDT

[#20]

Kimber and Colt.

Ponies and Yonkers can get along in the same collection.

Posted: 8/15/2004 3:23:03 AM EDT

[#21]

Springfield 1911a1 Mil-Spec

Posted: 8/15/2004 5:06:27 AM EDT

[#22]

Colt

SA ( put a bunch of COLT parts in it and now it works GREAT )

Posted: 8/15/2004 6:07:43 AM EDT

[#23]

Gets ya to thinking about how many Makers of 1911 there are!

30 yrs ago it was just COLT!

Posted: 8/15/2004 7:01:47 AM EDT

[#24]

none of the above

Wilson

Posted: 8/15/2004 7:15:23 AM EDT

[#25]

Colt

Posted: 8/15/2004 7:17:06 AM EDT

[#26]

My trusty SA "sprouted" enough Colt parts in the last 10 years...also a SS Gold Cup & a SS 1991A1.
And some other 1911's are always traded back & forth, so I don't count the "temporary" ones.

Posted: 8/15/2004 7:48:09 AM EDT

[#27]

Springer frame with Essex slide and Wilson Barrel....what mines not listed?

Posted: 8/15/2004 7:58:51 AM EDT

[#28]

Kimber, but I should have a Springfield to keep it company real soon.

Posted: 8/15/2004 7:59:44 AM EDT

[#29]

Springfield Champion Loaded. .......I do love that pistol as my carry gun.

Posted: 8/15/2004 8:50:28 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
other

+1

Essex Frame with Sarco Kit installed. Basic Mil-Spec. 1911a1 with some 1911 type parts thrown in for good measure.

Posted: 8/16/2004 12:00:00 PM EDT

[#31]

springfield

made in 1917

kept grandpa alive

kept his dad alive

rattles when you shake it

still hits milk jugs at 50 yds

Posted: 8/16/2004 12:01:20 PM EDT

[#32]

Posted: 8/16/2004 1:12:44 PM EDT

[#33]

Kimber for now.

Posted: 8/16/2004 1:15:29 PM EDT

[#34]

Well, I currently have 4 of the 5 in your poll. Would have bought a GSR, but the one I looked at was way too poorly put together for a $950 gun, so I bought a Kimber Team Match II that day, instead.

As far as custom 1911's, I have a couple of those, too. None are stock items from the major builders; all are custom to my specs from top local guys.

Posted: 8/16/2004 10:24:01 PM EDT

[#35]

Colt, Kimber, & Dan Wesson

Posted: 8/17/2004 5:12:45 PM EDT

[#36]

Right now I only have two 1911 style pistols......(1) Colt Government model SXE in Stainless and (1) Kimber Royal II Blued.

Posted: 8/18/2004 5:56:20 AM EDT

[#37]

Kimber.

Posted: 8/18/2004 7:30:17 AM EDT

[#38]

co....col.......dang, I can't say it.

in the market for more, though.

Posted: 8/18/2004 7:41:09 AM EDT

[#39]

Uhhh.... Where's the NORINCO choice? The most reliable 1911 of recent times.

Posted: 8/18/2004 9:52:06 AM EDT

[#40]

Dan Wesson.

Posted: 8/18/2004 10:01:52 AM EDT

[#41]

Ed Brown, bitch.

edit OOPS wrong thread

Posted: 8/18/2004 10:09:54 AM EDT

[#42]

Why no Para Ordance?

Posted: 8/18/2004 2:39:07 PM EDT

[#43]

Colt 1911 made in 1918 or 1917 not sure. A ORM 1991 Gov, and a NRM 1991 Commander.

And a Python that was my dad's and a 1908 in .380

Posted: 8/18/2004 4:14:18 PM EDT

[#44]

Kimber

Posted: 8/18/2004 4:25:21 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Why no Para Ordance?

just sold my lw p-14

too big to carry all the time.

every round i shot through it was a round i could have been putting through my g23, which i DO carry every day. practice makes permanent.

they're just "clunky"

if i get another .45 it'll be a single stack, which is ironic because i paid a lot for my hicap mags during the ban.

Posted: 8/19/2004 3:27:56 PM EDT

[#46]

(2) Springfields (1) Kimber.................I see another Kimber in the near future.......and maybe a Para LTC

Posted: 8/19/2004 4:43:34 PM EDT

[#47]

Colt 1991A1. Man I love that pistol. Had some trigger work done on it. It will now remain in my life forever!

I only paid $300 for it new - quite a deal I'd say.

Posted: 8/19/2004 4:48:58 PM EDT

[#48]

Colt, only because I got one HELL of a deal on a 1943-manufactured ex-GI 1911a1

Otherwise I probably would have just saved up and either a) built one myself or b) bought a kimber

Posted: 8/20/2004 5:12:22 AM EDT

[#49]

two springfields, milspec & lt.wt. loaded {carry gun} nm # milspec shoots better than any colt i have owned. been into 1911's since 1976.

Posted: 8/20/2004 5:59:25 AM EDT

[#50]

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