Sr1911

[mcantar18c]

What about the Kimberly custom 2? Or something in those price ran that 6 to 8

Kimber (not Kimberly) makes a pretty nice gun. The Series II models have a Swartz safety which I don't much like (read: if you can find a Series I go for that one), but that's not a deal breaker if you find a good deal on one. My stepdad has a Kimber Custom II that he gave a 2.5lb trigger job to, the fit and finish is extremely good and it shoots like butter (that saying made more sense in my head, but you get what I mean).

Before you ask... the Swartz safety is a firing pin safety like the Colt Series 80s have but is actuated by the grip safety instead of the trigger, so no extra crap in your trigger pull. There are a handful of stories around the interwebz about poor quality control with the parts of the safety causing issues with the gun's operation, but a handful of mostly second-hand stories out of the hundreds of thousands of SIIs sold isn't much to worry about. My problem with them is they're unnecessary and add one more point of failure to the gun. Its a great solution to a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place... you've already got a grip safety, thumb safety, trigger disengage (think that's what its called... pin on the top of the frame that prevents the hammer from falling when the slide isn't over it), there's really no need for a 4th safety measure. No firing pin safety = no problem in the first place.


Anyway, personally I'd take anything made by Kimber over a Ruger 1911. In the $600-800 price range, you can get an STI Spartan, almost any Springfield, a decent Para Ordinance, etc. new or lightly used, all great guns. Hell IIRC there was a pretty nice Para for sale on her for around $700 not too long ago.
For a little more ($900-1k) you can pick up a used Dan Wesson or Wilson Combat, both of which put the other brands to shame. But that's getting into a whole nother class of 1911s.

Here, look around on this forum and do some reading. There's brand-specific subforums where you can go in and read what people who own a particular model are saying about it.
http://forums.1911forum.com/

[Gunner]

I just saw i put kimberly. I was on my phone and got auto corrected. I have read some people love their kimbers and other say there are much nicer ones for the price

[mcantar18c]

Lol I can handle autocorrect on my phone, but somehow for some reason my browser on my computer now does it and its annoying as hell, can't figure out how to turn it off.

Anyway yeah, there's a small group of guys that just don't like Kimbers, but for the most part they're held in high standing. I've played around with a few, some with custom work and some without, and I wouldn't hesitate to spend the coin on one. Then again, I'd probably take an STI or a Para over most Kimbers. If you've found a good deal on a nice one, go for it.

[Gunner]

I guess I am really looking for that simple look with a modern touch but some of these new 1911 have wat to much going on, on them. Thats what i liked about the SR1911.

[mcantar18c]

Yeah I feel the same way. I like my 1911s to be clean and simple. Check out Springfield Armory... they make some of my favorite 1911s, and they're fairly inexpensive too. Take a look at the Loaded, Target, Mil-Spec, they're all great. Haven't looked into their new Range Officer but it looks pretty nice, although I don't know what they go for.

[Byte Stryke]

Cheaper Than Dirt's word is not the gospel. Just cause they weren't attentive enough to catch it don't mean it ain't there.
See the little groove in the barrel hood?


To me that's just useless and annoying, for reasons stated above.

The dust cover is the section of the frame in front of the trigger guard, who's only purpose in life is to... wait for it.... protect the recoil spring/other internals from dust and debris.

Yeah my Kimber has the same thing... I dont let it bother me.
More important things and all.

Ugly annoying warning:

I See your warning and raise ya TWO Laser warning labels on the CT Custom and the dozens of other warning labels on other brands

But yeah, Seriously if that's what you worry about you have issues way beyond hating Rugers.

[mcantar18c]

But yeah, Seriously if that's what you worry about you have issues way beyond hating Rugers.

Don't get me wrong its not a deal breaker for me, its just one more thing on the "I don't like it" list, which is too big of a list for me to like this gun.

[Gunner]

got one

[4gunfun]

Looks pretty sweet.

[Byte Stryke]

got one

So when do we go shooting?