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The answer to that depends on you.
If you want to wear out the pistol and wind up trading it off or throwing it away in a few years buy the cheap one. If you want one that will still be around for your great grand kids kids, save up.
But there is even more to it.
If you don't know already please allow me to informarate you (I invented that word by the way) . . .
The "problem" with truly high end 1911's is that they effectively deviate from the design intent of the pistol, which is reliable combat accuracy, and reliable function with 230gr hardball come hell, high water, mud, blood, and/or guts.
By design the 1911 is not a wadcutter/hollow point shooting bullseye target pistol.
They can be. Few - if any - pistols can be tuned and tweaked to perform like them. But that takes time, and parts. Time and parts = money.
Can be BIG money.
I guess ultimately, the 1911 is an artful pistol. Picking the right 1911 is almost as much art as shooting one really well. :thumb:
If you want to wear out the pistol and wind up trading it off or throwing it away in a few years buy the cheap one. If you want one that will still be around for your great grand kids kids, save up.
But there is even more to it.
If you don't know already please allow me to informarate you (I invented that word by the way) . . .
The "problem" with truly high end 1911's is that they effectively deviate from the design intent of the pistol, which is reliable combat accuracy, and reliable function with 230gr hardball come hell, high water, mud, blood, and/or guts.
By design the 1911 is not a wadcutter/hollow point shooting bullseye target pistol.
They can be. Few - if any - pistols can be tuned and tweaked to perform like them. But that takes time, and parts. Time and parts = money.
Can be BIG money.
I guess ultimately, the 1911 is an artful pistol. Picking the right 1911 is almost as much art as shooting one really well. :thumb:
I'm ready to take a break from the heathen polymer and get some American steel.: The first thing I noticed when looking at different 1911s is the price difference between brands. Anywhere from $500 for a Springfield or Rock Island to $2000 for a Colt or Wilson Combat. Now that I've got the itch I want to scratch it as soon as possible, but I'm willing to wait and save up more $$$ for something truly superior. So the question is, would you recommend I lose my 1911 virginity on a $500 gun, or save myself for a $2000?
