Like .45 1911's? Like paying your light bill?

**Phrost** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 9:23pm

$289.95, new in the box. I plan on getting one as soon as I've got the extra cash. Hell, maybe 2.

Everyone should have a 1911. It's been around for 100 years and still going strong.

http://www.classicarms.us/

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 9:29pm

Yep. My next Purchase. I'm debating on this or an assault riffle.

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 9:32pm

Nice!

*adds up finances for next month*

**Don Gwinn** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 9:40pm

Rock Island Armory=Armscor, right? Do you trust it?

I'm not throwing cold water on it, I'm genuinely asking. I don't know much about them except that at one time they were considered inferior. I have no doubt that you could make a fine 1911 in the Philippines with modern manufacturing methods.

**MONGO** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 9:50pm

There has been a couple of favorable reviews on them, there is an old on on The Sight.

Never shot one, I would think that Springfield would be as low a price I would pay for a 1911........... less than 400 for a pistol is asking for trouble.

Phrost, make sure you do a good break in with it if you buy it. A bad 1911 is just a brick. Plus is that there are tons of gunsmiths out there that could hook it up if it don't work perfect.

**Don Gwinn** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 10:49pm

It doesn't have to be that way, baby.

The HS2000 cost $200 a few years ago when it was introduced--now Springfield armory sells the same gun with their name stamped on it for, what, around $400-450? It was already a great gun when it cost $200.

Still kick myself for not buying it then.

**Pandinha** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 11:14pm

Before you go and buy this 1911 Phrost, fire off my SA TRP Operator.

It's in to fix a sighting problem, but is probably the best large 1911A1 I've bought.

**Phrost** · Posted On: 4/11/2006 11:17pm

Originally Posted by Anthony

Before you go and buy this 1911 Phrost, fire off my SA TRP Operator.

It's in to fix a sighting problem, but is probably the best large 1911A1 I've bought.

Oh I'd love a 1911 with all the bells and whistles, and I believe you that the Springfield is much better. But that thing is 5 times the cost of this one.

**ojgsxr6** · Posted On: 4/12/2006 2:43pm

Can you modify this like a normal 1911? All the trigger upgrades etc.

**Nid** · Posted On: 4/12/2006 3:09pm

If you can't, it's not a 1911.

P.s. That means yes.

Of course, if it's loaded with shitty small parts (it may not be, I don't know) then upgrading to premium parts will not save one money. Better off going with a semi-custom pistol like a Rock River Arms.

Until I had to start shooting in something resembling a "live" manner, I never knew what the big deal was about all these tweeks people make to their 1911s. That is, until I start slicing my hand during tap-roll-rack, having sweaty hands while checking the chamber (on a smooth slide), getting chaffed from a grip safety with edges, getting hammer bite, having the plunger tube come loose, having the rear sight come loose, pinching my palm while slapping a magazine in, having hot loads break your extractor etc. And then there's the trigger which is supposed to be the big selling feature. If you get a bargain basement 1911, I would avoid the torture of playing with high end ones. Too much: "****...that's nice."

For me, I'll have nothing less than semi-custom. The fewer people to answer for problems the better. Those surly north-easteners at the Colt factory are pricks.

Having said that, reliability hasn't been an issue with mine. If you don't have that at least, as stated, you have a paper weight.