Wilson Comabat??

[Colorado Luckydog]

In my 50 years I have owned hundreds of guns. I have never owned a Wilson Combat. I have owned a lot of semi auto handguns that go bang every single time you pull the trigger. (no matter how dirty they were) I just checked the prices of Wilson Combat!!! OMG!! Are they made of kryptonite?? Why would these guns cost over two thousand dollars??? WTF!! I can promise this, I will never own one at those prices. Please enlighten me????

[SNAFU]

Custom hand fitting,,Les Bear,,Nighthawk,,Novak,,and others.
I always wanted a Frank Pachmayr .45acp,,yes before the rubber grips he did AWESOME .45acps.

http://www.gunbookstore.com/titles/1571570179.htm

[Graves]

Superior parts, workmanship, and function. They're hard to beat in any of these areas, and having owning one that punches 2" groups out to 50yds with me behind it I can tell you I have no regrets in spending a couple grand on one. I've only ran about 1200-1500 rounds through mine but have yet to have a hicup of any kind. They're just not your typical off the production line type of 1911 - no mim, no BS, just one fine peice of workmanship.

[SA Friday]

This was $3000. I have another that I bought for $2000 and put another couple of hundred into it. They shoot like it too. Equipment does make a difference. It's a matter if you feel the cost is worth what you are getting. I thought at one time prices like this for a firearm were crazy too. We shoot, we learn.

[sniper7]

I have found that not always, but a lot of times you really do get what you pay for. although you can definitely only spend $400 on a ruger and be pretty much guaranteed the thing will work every time in almost every condition, that a nice custom gun is going to fit and feel a whole lot better than the cheaper gun.

kid of like a car I guess.
a Honda will get you where you need to go, but a Lamborghini will make you feel good about it while you are on the way!

[Hannu]

It is impossible to make reliable/accurate/durable 1911 pistol without hand fitting. I have seen so much crap from S&W, Dan Wesson, Kimber, Springfield Armory and many other "reasonable priced" 1911 manufacturers, I am not going to buy cheap 1911 anymore, period.

I feel, reasonable priced firearm is one that is made right - if we talk about 1911, I have not seen a good pistol under $1800 (Les Baer Premier II).

If you want a decent gun for low price, buy STI.

[Hoosier]

It is impossible to make reliable/accurate/durable 1911 pistol without hand fitting. I have seen so much crap from S&W, Dan Wesson, Kimber, Springfield Armory and many other "reasonable priced" 1911 manufacturers, I am not going to buy cheap 1911 anymore, period.

If this is true, then my desire to buy a 1911 is basically out the window. I can buy just about any poly gun at a reasonable price and expect it to be reliable/accurate/durable.

The cheapest STI is $700... which isn't bad, I just don't know if it's missing the magic fairy dust that makes other STI's worth 2x to 3x as much.

H.

[Irving]

This was $3000.

How'd you get that Beretta barrel on the bottom of it?!

[SA Friday]

How'd you get that Beretta barrel on the bottom of it?!

It's cut that way by the builder to lighten the slide weight. My other one has 4 big holes drilled in each side of the front of the slide and the back of the slide has been bored out to take un-needed weight out too. It's about reciprocating mass.

If you get the opportunity to shoot a custom 1911 or 2011 some time, jump at the opportunity. The difference in the feel and reliability can pretty shocking.

[Ah Pook]

Looking at the OP's title, I was expecting this.