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Really? They made several bad moves and gave lots of money to multiple bad actors, becoming bad actors themselves; they got caught and lied; they were presented with proof; they lied more; they were presented with proof in the form of tax reports; they backed off slowly.

They gave serious money to anti- 2A entities... they should not have been as stupid and two-faced as they were. It is hard to believe you can be that obtuse.

What can they do to change your mind about them?

Probably nothing. The damage is done and they have not gone to any effort to apologize. At SHOT right after the incidents they gave away tons of teeshirts with their stolen valor logo...

Thanks Folks, probably get a Colt Gold Cup and go from there!
S.

My apologies for the sidetrack!

I have a little more than a handful of 1911s... my third and fourth were Les Baers... but frankly I would work the other end first given a chance for a do-over.

Do not get me wrong, my Les Baers are incredible and I do not regret buying them. However, I mostly started at the top and went down. That is almost always a bad plan. I got the accuracy guarantee on my first...

Wish I had started shooting them a bunch and worked up. Learning comes faster moving up IME.

I recommend this model.

https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/colt-combat-elite-1911-government-commander-defender/389142#:~:text=Among%20those%20options%20is%20the,tested%20examples%20in%20every%20size.

He said it had to have adjustable sights.

It does

Unless you consider adjusting with a drift punch - I'm not seeing adjustables on these.

Colt's Website



I handled one a few months back - no adjustable sights (I am not a fan, wouldn't bother picking one up if it had them as it's a no-go for me on purchase)

Aahhh, yes I was thinking that. Thanks for the correction. Lotta colt for the money, and mine is silly point and shoot accurate. Never needed to adjust anything sightwise. I did have a short trigger and new recoil spring installed, but that was for preference. To the OP, good luck in your next 1911.

That's the one I was talking about in my earlier post, and they are pretty good pistols, no MIM parts (if that matters to you), and they are pretty nice. I have a two-tone pistol very similar, in 10mm (the D-10), with the same sights and checkered frontstrap. It's really comfortable to shoot, and shoots fairly well, at that. I haven't shot it much yet (just got it three weeks ago), but it's a nice pistol.

One feature I am not wild about for a carry gun, is the trigger on a “Gold Cup” is almost as wide as the trigger guard. Fully capable of being inadvertently activated by a tight holster. Would require a “stacking” of mistakes to shoot your leg but still not a feature I’d prefer unless just a “range bench, target pistol”.

People who require adjustable sights are anticipating shooting at wildly different ranges, with all sorts of different loads and bullet weights.

As far as Les Baer is concerned, here's what Bullseye competitors have to say. https://www.bullseyeforum.net/t17602-les-baer-custom-beware?highlight=les+baer

Some of the posters in that thread are some of the top shooters and top 1911 gunsmiths in the country. I would listen to them.
Phil

Baer gets a lot of love here & I really don't know why.

As for him for building a BE gun, (softball) he doesn't, not really......................maybe called that, but it's not.

To even think about running 3.2 gr of Bullseye with 185 gr bullets with an 18# spring, even with a light slide, is laughable.

That's a common loading for the two stages at the 25 yard line.

18# is a hardball spring, & not even needed for that as a 16.5 # is "standard ". Might be OK for the NM course which is hardball...........

YMMV

MM

Dont know what your level of interest is, but maybe get Kunhausen book or equivalent - study it, buy parts from Brownells or whatever have some fun with it. I have an old 9 major colt built by Clark with over 200000 rds, through it, during my IPSC time. Start with a Tisa and go from the bottom. Before Beavertails, there was a curved upward "tail" still on some of the basic models. These were moulded in and smoothed out using the original frame as part of the new beavertail. Try it. doesn't stick out like the ones today.

This: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Since you like to sell your guns, I'll tell a True Story. I bought my Gold Cup National Match Series 70 for a lot less than $1,000 in the 80s. It's worth well over $2,000 today.

My 80's era Gold Cup had nearly as many issues as my 90's era Kimber. Those were the two worst handguns I have ever owned.

What were the issues?

MM

So where do you stand on Smith and Wesson?
Company?
Owning old guns?
Slandering Glock Era?
Ripping off Glock Era?
Clinton Era?