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puma85 · 04-07-2007, 09:28 PM

im looking for a new 1911 style pistol, and i have it narrowed down to 3 choices

Uses: target shooting, home defense and ccw.

Chewie146 · 04-07-2007, 09:57 PM

I'd get a USP if I had $$$.

puma85 · 04-07-2007, 10:44 PM

usp's are nice but i want to stick to the classic 1911 style in a compact package.

Bidah · 04-08-2007, 12:40 AM

I voted for the Kimber. I don't have the II version, but I have 3 of the regular old compact. All of them have performed perfectly, and I use one of them for regular carry, my wife another one.

Mike Russell · 04-08-2007, 06:49 AM

Dan Wesson CBOB

**einheit 13** · 04-08-2007, 07:31 AM

All too much money for me. Do $600+ guns throw bullets any better than the 'cheap' ones?? I'd get Rock Island....
http://www.sarcoinc.com/rockislands-new.html

So Flo · 04-08-2007, 07:31 AM

Check out the Para Ordnance LDA models!
That LDA trigger is something dreams are made of!

I regularly carry a Para C7-45 IWB and it is a great gun.

Trace · 04-08-2007, 07:43 AM

I'd get anything other than a SA 1911. But I voted for the Kimber.

Rollerman · 04-08-2007, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by einheit 13

All too much money for me. Do $600+ guns throw bullets any better than the 'cheap' ones?? I'd get Rock Island....
http://www.sarcoinc.com/rockislands-new.html

Yes, as a matter of fact, they usually do! Quality is not cheap. The best is never the cheapest. I have some expensive guns, $1,200 + and some inexpensive (read that as cheap) guns.. In every case the expensive ones are:

A. More reliable
B. More accurate
C. More consistent with respect to ammo used
D. Of visibly better quality, ie. bore and exterior finish and of tighter tolerances..

puma85 · 04-08-2007, 07:55 AM

wow, pretty even all the way across the board. you guys dont' make it very easy, but just for the record i was leanin toward the Kimber compact II.

View Poll Results: Of the three which would you choose
Springfield Armory loaded champion stainless steel	35	41.67%
Springfield Armory Ultra compact Stainless steel	21	25.00%
Kimber Compact II stainless steel	14	16.67%
Other: anything compact please explain	14	16.67%
Voters: 84. You may not vote on this poll

04-07-2007, 09:28 PM	#1
puma85 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 143	which pistol im looking for a new 1911 style pistol, and i have it narrowed down to 3 choices Uses: target shooting, home defense and ccw.

04-07-2007, 09:57 PM	#2
Chewie146 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Alamos Posts: 727	I'd get a USP if I had $$$. __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- "Beware the man with one gun..." Befriend the man with 30?

04-08-2007, 12:40 AM	#4
Bidah XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Isolated, Montana Posts: 691	I voted for the Kimber. I don't have the II version, but I have 3 of the regular old compact. All of them have performed perfectly, and I use one of them for regular carry, my wife another one. __________________ -Bidah “The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” The Doctor

04-08-2007, 06:49 AM	#5
Mike Russell XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Carencro, LA Posts: 215	Dan Wesson CBOB __________________ Mike Russell EAA Witness Elite Match (.38super) XD40 Service CZ 75SP01 (9mm) Dan Wesson Pointman 7 (.45acp)

04-07-2007, 10:44 PM	#3
puma85 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 143	usp's are nice but i want to stick to the classic 1911 style in a compact package.

04-08-2007, 07:31 AM	#6
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,672	All too much money for me. Do $600+ guns throw bullets any better than the 'cheap' ones?? I'd get Rock Island.... http://www.sarcoinc.com/rockislands-new.html __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

04-08-2007, 07:31 AM	#7
So Flo XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wellington, Florida Posts: 12,321	Check out the Para Ordnance LDA models! That LDA trigger is something dreams are made of! I regularly carry a Para C7-45 IWB and it is a great gun. __________________ No Guns, Know Crime. Know Guns, No Crime! http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member3984.png

04-08-2007, 07:43 AM	#8
Trace XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 2,880	I'd get anything other than a SA 1911. But I voted for the Kimber. __________________ Some of my toys: SA XD45 Service (Black on Black) Les Baer Monolith Heavyweight Les Baer Monolith Commanche Heavyweight Les Baer S.R.P. Ed Brown Classic Custom 5" Ed Brown Special Forces 5" Ed Brown Kobra Carry 4.25" Yes, I come from the land of 1911's "In GOD we trust...Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see 'em"

04-08-2007, 07:55 AM	#10
puma85 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 143	wow, pretty even all the way across the board. you guys dont' make it very easy, but just for the record i was leanin toward the Kimber compact II.

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