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custom .45's.....which one?

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
Have recently been eyeballing a real nice .45 for the collection....had almost made the decision to go with a Kimber Super Match ($1927.00) www.kimberamerica.com ....then I handled a Wilson Combat Classic Super Grade....wow!...the workmanship is stunning as it should be for $3495.00. www.wilsoncombat.com Anyone have personal experience with either of these....or other recomendations? I don't want anything less after holding these two...I've been spoiled....
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt if I had those kind of bucks I'd buy one of each. Then you could send the one you don't like to me. I'll even pay the shipping.
    So many guns to buy. So little money.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't have those kind of bucks either....I just put a little away every month and try to have patience. May end up selling a shotgun or two. I don't think I've seen slides as tight and overall workmanship as nice as the Wilson unit. It was pretty impressive!
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  • Ross C. McDonellRoss C. McDonell Member Posts: 36 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you want a true custom .45 then get a Kimber Custom and send it to this guy. http://www.burnscustom.com/ Or if you wish work on the gun yourself and get it just the way you want it. Look at www.pistolsmith.com in the home work shop board and get to work.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ross, Thanks, very nice web site. I like their metal work on the frames.
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  • Mark IIMark II Member Posts: 247 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just take that same amount of $, and buy about 20 High Point Arms .45s. I think Evil ATF or Supermonkey will back me up on this, as they are about on par with the amazing Ravens and Jennings. Why buy one when you can have 20?
    "To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet an enemy."[This message has been edited by Mark II (edited 10-08-2001).]
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know it's a departure from the traditional single-stack but, for that price, you can bid on the pair of new Stainless Para-Ordnance P-14 Limited pistols for $1,800. They are excellent guns and you can still get hi-caps for the P-14 fairly easily unlike their other less-popular models.
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  • oneminuteoneminute Member Posts: 37 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check out www.lesbaer.com or www.rockriverarms.com I have a Les Baer Thunder Ranch that is the best 1911 I have ever owned.There have been alot of good things written about Rock River also but I have not shot one yet.Wilson and Kimber both make great guns but my personal choice between the two would be the Wilson. www.1911forum.com also has some good info.
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt,If it makes any difference, Wilson buys their forgings from Kimber!I'm kind of in the same delima myself right now ... only I dont know wheather to buy an Pre-Ban Steyr AUG or a Post-Ban USR and save about $23-2500 ... but for the $$$ I'm leaning towards the USR ...
    GUN CONTROL: If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • Homer J SimpsonHomer J Simpson Member Posts: 89 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt, If you want to know where to start, and maybe finish, a superb 1911, in Indiana, with parts at wholesale, and otherworldlike labor at retail, get in touch.Why you? I like the name.I have a pistol similar to a Clark Caspian Damascus slide, sorta like the one the cover of Shooting Times. It would retail at a grand more, but costs $1,800 less to build.Give me a 'Hey Homer' and we'll set up a response day and time. Then erase it, and trade emails.Otherwise, I had a ball building my super gun. It took 1 1/2 years. (I'm slow, broke.) My gunsmith was a big help, so much so, that I'd never want to do it to him again. He spent way too much time educating me. But I'm a weekly customer.... however, I'm willing to hook you guys up as a middleman, and you have research to do first.The research sourse is where you will save big time.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Idsman, Thanks, but I'm looking for a single stack 1911. (P.S. Got your deer gun sighted in yet?)Custom .45's are the high performance street rods of the 1911 handguns. Most get blinded by a price tag, sometimes not aware of the amount of precision hand fitting and machine work required. Many mis-define a custom .45 as the addition of a couple of hundred dollars worth of trick parts. Have known many that started with $800 guns only to add another thousand to get what the production models didn't offer. $2K+ is not unusual for a custom .45. I'm interested in a completed unit by a nationally recognized gunsmith. Resale and investment value will hold if the quality is there to start with. You get what you pay for.....so I'm not interested in production tolerances and average units.
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  • SXSMANSXSMAN Member Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like your picks Rembrandt,I'd throw in there Sti or Stv,take your time though and have fun.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    The last time Rembrandt bought himself a nice gun,it cost him a $25,000.00 kitchen remodel for Mrs.Rembrandt.What`s it gunna cost ya this time,Rem.?The local contractors and handy men probably love ya!!! Your pal, .218
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm still playing catch up....that kitchen should be worth a few more gun purchases....but let's not upset Mrs Rembrandt with any undue stress.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    That fine little West Virginia gal is probably worth it all!!
    Will the last reb to leave flarda,please bring the flag?
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  • M.OpaliskiM.Opaliski Member Posts: 244 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ... and Kimber buys their forgings from Smith&Wesson.
    Support your RKBA ... MatthewNRA Life MemberTalk Radio Junkie opaliski@hotmail.com TheFirearmsEnthusiast
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MatthewI almost added that bit of info, but wanted to see if you'd add it or let it slide ... thanks
    GUN CONTROL: If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • M.OpaliskiM.Opaliski Member Posts: 244 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I thought about it for a sec ...
    Support your RKBA ... MatthewNRA Life MemberTalk Radio Junkie opaliski@hotmail.com TheFirearmsEnthusiast
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