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redtree · 07-30-2008, 10:50 AM

Here's my dilemma! I have about $500 to play with in the 1911 category. So here's my questions. I can for $497 out the door, NIB, pick up one of these Charles Daly Field EFS1911's
CharlesDaly.com - Field 1911 .45ACP Pistols
I am also considering just getting an SA GI and customizing it the way I want. Or should I just save up a little more money and get a nicer 1911? This will be mainly a range, HD gun. Thanks for your help!

QuarterHorse · 07-30-2008, 11:04 AM

It all depends on what you want to do with the weapon. It's your decision in the end, I know a lot of guys are going to suggest the S/A GI. I'm not familiar with the Charles Daly weapons but have heard on various sites they make a fine weapon.

jtkratzer · 07-30-2008, 11:06 AM

If you're going to start with a GI and mod it yourself, you're going to spend more money than what it costs to spend on something like the Loaded or similar. However, if you (like me) want a gun that's individual and not like everyone else's, you'll probably get the GI and then mod it as the budget allows.

awmp · 07-30-2008, 11:29 AM

My vote would be for Springfield as well. Great customer service if you ever need them.

Pinedawg · 07-30-2008, 12:17 PM

Taurus.
Mine has yet to fail me. Best new gun/features for the money.

NDB_MN · 07-30-2008, 12:29 PM

I looked at Kimber, STI and Springfield for my 1911. That's over the $500 range though. I know many will recommend the Springfield GI if you want a 'platform' to build from. I don't know much about Charles Daly.

The Taurus would probably be my choice in that range since you get a lot of options not on the Daly or GI. People will trash talk Taurus for being Brazilian etc etc, but all the Springfield GI frames are made in Brazil anyways! Many many 1911 folks are coming around to the Taurus as a quality piece for the price.

StrykerDM · 07-30-2008, 04:40 PM

check out The M1911 Pistols Organization for more info on the charles daly pistols. I've heard they're pretty good little shooters. I think I read something about Charles Daly and Rock Island Armory 1911s being made by the same company called Armscor.

here's a link for one at bud's
Charles Daly Field EFS, 45ACP, 5in Barrel, Blued for Sale at Buds Gun Shop $471.00

clutchusmc · 07-30-2008, 05:14 PM

Go with the springer its a better weapon IMO and would be a great place to start.

**SandmanKC** · 07-30-2008, 05:24 PM

tag

I'm in the same boat as the OP, and would like to see how this plays out

bat1159man · 07-30-2008, 05:41 PM

I have the RIA Tactical and it was $400 shipped. Nice firearm for the money and you would have a few bucks left for ammunition.

07-30-2008, 10:50 AM	#1
redtree XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 676	1911 Decisions Here's my dilemma! I have about $500 to play with in the 1911 category. So here's my questions. I can for $497 out the door, NIB, pick up one of these Charles Daly Field EFS1911's CharlesDaly.com - Field 1911 .45ACP Pistols I am also considering just getting an SA GI and customizing it the way I want. Or should I just save up a little more money and get a nicer 1911? This will be mainly a range, HD gun. Thanks for your help! __________________ “We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.” Dwight D. Eisenhower If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it. *DON'T BLAME ME I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM!!!*

07-30-2008, 11:06 AM	#3
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,560	If you're going to start with a GI and mod it yourself, you're going to spend more money than what it costs to spend on something like the Loaded or similar. However, if you (like me) want a gun that's individual and not like everyone else's, you'll probably get the GI and then mod it as the budget allows. __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

07-30-2008, 11:29 AM	#4
awmp XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 158	My vote would be for Springfield as well. Great customer service if you ever need them. __________________ "when no one else can or will, U.S.Army MPs always answer the call"

07-30-2008, 12:17 PM	#5
Pinedawg XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lower Slower, DE Posts: 734	Taurus. Mine has yet to fail me. Best new gun/features for the money. __________________ "How'd you get the beans above the frank?" Yes I am a pirate, 200 Years too late, The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin to plunder, I'm an over 40 victim of fate, Arriving too late, Arriving too late... Jimmy Buffet

07-30-2008, 12:29 PM	#6
NDB_MN XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Champlin, Minnesota Posts: 422	I looked at Kimber, STI and Springfield for my 1911. That's over the $500 range though. I know many will recommend the Springfield GI if you want a 'platform' to build from. I don't know much about Charles Daly. The Taurus would probably be my choice in that range since you get a lot of options not on the Daly or GI. People will trash talk Taurus for being Brazilian etc etc, but all the Springfield GI frames are made in Brazil anyways! Many many 1911 folks are coming around to the Taurus as a quality piece for the price. __________________ SA-XD40 Bi-Tone: Trijicon Night Sights, Don's Guide Rod 22#, PRP Match Trigger, Magloc Mag Well, Hogue Handall grip Beretta PX4 Storm Subcompact 9mm Kimber 1911 Stainless TLE II Beretta AL391 Teknys 12ga Ruger MkII: Volquartsen Target Grips, Adjustable Sights

07-30-2008, 11:04 AM	#2
QuarterHorse XDTalk Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 57	It all depends on what you want to do with the weapon. It's your decision in the end, I know a lot of guys are going to suggest the S/A GI. I'm not familiar with the Charles Daly weapons but have heard on various sites they make a fine weapon.

07-30-2008, 04:40 PM	#7
StrykerDM XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 703	check out The M1911 Pistols Organization for more info on the charles daly pistols. I've heard they're pretty good little shooters. I think I read something about Charles Daly and Rock Island Armory 1911s being made by the same company called Armscor. here's a link for one at bud's Charles Daly Field EFS, 45ACP, 5in Barrel, Blued for Sale at Buds Gun Shop $471.00 __________________ XD Service Bi-tone 9mm Browning Buckmark .22 Stainless Camper Smith and Wesson Models 442 & 10 Rock Island Armory 1911 .45 Compact AR-15 build in the works

07-30-2008, 05:14 PM	#8
clutchusmc XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 62	Go with the springer its a better weapon IMO and would be a great place to start.

07-30-2008, 05:24 PM	#9
SandmanKC XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Home of CMMG, Missouri Posts: 461	tag I'm in the same boat as the OP, and would like to see how this plays out __________________ "The chief source of failure and unhappiness in life is giving up what you want most, for what you want now" "My right to own firearms... protects your right to tell me I shouldn't"

07-30-2008, 05:41 PM	#10
bat1159man XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 4,426 Blog Entries: 2	I have the RIA Tactical and it was $400 shipped. Nice firearm for the money and you would have a few bucks left for ammunition. __________________ "On Iwo Island, Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue" - Admiral Nimitz, March 16, 1945 on Marines fighting on Iwo Jima Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary. Gen. A. M. Gray, USMC Commandant of the Marine Corps http://www.nationalgunforum.com

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