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1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:07 pm
by zimmerdesignz
Suggestions for 1911 in the $500 to $700 range. I was looking at the Springfield 1911 milSpec or Para USA Expert Commander Handgun or Kimber Custom II Two-Tone Handgun
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:08 pm
by rotor
Ruger SR1911.
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:14 pm
by Jketchum
rotor wrote:Ruger SR1911.
Or Rock Island Armory
No experience with RIA yet but but my brother has a commander sized Ruger and it's a great gun
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:21 pm
by joe817
CDNN is offering the Para 1911 Expert Commander for $479.89, which to me, sounds like a great deal:
https://www.cdnnsports.com/para-ordnanc ... 2-8rd.html
Bud's gun shop is offering the Springfield 1911 milSpec for $596.00:
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/pro ... s_id/32592
Both are great guns from what I've read, although I've never owned either pistol. I'd take either one in a heartbeat, if I were in the market.
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:35 pm
by Beiruty
A used SIG STX (from custom shop).
Get this and thank me later. Worth each cent. It is $1150 pistol
at a discounted price.... $799
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/559893813
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:37 pm
by AF-Odin
I have had really good luck with RIA. I have a regular full size 1911 as well as the Compact Tactical. My son also has a FS RIA. Mine have shot anything I feed them and at 25 yards and under POA is POI. They shoot as good (or better) than my Colt Series 70.
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 6:13 pm
by rentz
In the roughly 700 range I'd recommend the Springfield range officer all day long
Want to spend less than that the the ria is a great bargain, I've got a 9mm tactical that is solid and tighter than my ruger
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 6:15 pm
by RPBrown
AndyC wrote:zimmerdesignz wrote:Suggestions for 1911 in the $500 to $700 range. I was looking at the Springfield 1911 milSpec or Para USA Expert Commander Handgun or Kimber Custom II Two-Tone Handgun
Of those 3, the Springfield would be the better-quality; I have little trust for Kimber or Para. Look into the slighter better models for a little more cash eg. Loaded model.
I own a RIA Tactical 1911 - over 47,000 rounds later it's still ticking like a Swiss watch but I put a fair amount of work into it (not that it needed it but because I wanted to).
Full-sized Ruger might be nice - but Springfield would still beat either of those two. Also look into the Sig Beiruty mentioned; they're a little non-standard eg. extractor but good guns.
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 6:19 pm
by Javier730
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 4:21 am
by jb2012
I have the Ruger CMD and thoroughly enjoy it!
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:51 am
by striker55
I have a Para SSP purchased at Academy and it shoots great, nice trigger.
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 9:22 am
by DevilDawg
Another vote in support of the Ruger SR1911.
Re: 1911 suggestions in $500-$700 range??
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 9:30 am
by zimmerdesignz
The Ruger appears to be in the 800 range after tax. More than I wanted to spend.