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 02-10-2009, 12:41 AM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 20 |  What 1911?
I'm nearly 100% sure that my next handgun is going to be a 1911 but I can't decide on which one to get. I'm leaning towards a Kimber Tactical II because of the Kimber name and the decent price.
My dilemma is that I'm starting to toy around with minor gunsmithing and am wondering what you guys think would be best to do. I'm thinking of either getting the Kimber and leaving it pretty much stock or buying a GI model Springfield or equivalent for cheaper and customizing it myself. If I go the latter router I figure on adding match barrel, new trigger, sights, hammer, etc.
What do you guys think? | 
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| 02-10-2009, 12:47 AM | #2 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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Originally Posted by ky2008
I'm nearly 100% sure that my next handgun is going to be a 1911 but I can't decide on which one to get. I'm leaning towards a Kimber Tactical II because of the Kimber name and the decent price.
My dilemma is that I'm starting to toy around with minor gunsmithing and am wondering what you guys think would be best to do. I'm thinking of either getting the Kimber and leaving it pretty much stock or buying a GI model Springfield or equivalent for cheaper and customizing it myself. If I go the latter router I figure on adding match barrel, new trigger, sights, hammer, etc.
What do you guys think?
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| 02-10-2009, 01:15 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,350 |
+1
Listen to the man. He's a wise one.
Which 1911 feels "right" in your hands? Once you answer that question, you have found the brand you want. __________________ "TRAIN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, NOT WITH WHAT YOU WISH YOU HAVE." | |
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| 02-10-2009, 02:06 AM | #4 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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+1
Listen to the man. He's a wise one.
Which 1911 feels "right" in your hands? Once you answer that question, you have found the brand you want.
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Oh yea, make sure it's a 
The true JMB  1911!__________________ .
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Colt, everything else is stamp collecting! - cane
"Given ten days for a project, a good engineer spends nine days figuring out how to finish it in one day."
Resistance is not futile.
It's voltage divided by current (R=V/I).
"If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it on a large scale." | |
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| 02-10-2009, 09:21 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Posts: 639 |
I think you'll be very happy with the Kimber if you decide to go that way.
If you decide to buy a gun that you can enjoy now, and customize later you could look at the Colt 1991 series, or the "what once was old is new again" Series 70's that have been reintroduced by Colt. Of course there is nothing wrong with the originals from back in the day either.
If you're going to be a learn-as-you-go gunsmith, I would probably go with Canebrake and say buy a finished gun now. Then get yourself a builder piece like a used Rock Island that you won't kick yourself as hard if you screw up on it, since you have less invested.
Enjoy either way...sounds like a fun dilemma to be in. __________________
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| 02-10-2009, 11:20 AM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 20 |
I like the idea of springing for the kimber now and buying a fixer-upper later so I'll probably go that route. I also thought about buying something cheap and taking it to novak as his shop is only two hours away. | |
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| 02-10-2009, 11:49 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,350 |
Get a Kimber now, then look for something like a used Rock Island Armory later on (the used RIA 1911 pistols sell for around 350-380 dollars in my area). __________________ "TRAIN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, NOT WITH WHAT YOU WISH YOU HAVE." | |
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| 02-14-2009, 09:14 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 174 |
Or just get a Kimber now and forget everything else! 
And remember, a Kimber is for life. A colt is a small horse!  __________________
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| 02-15-2009, 05:47 AM | #9 | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8 | kimber
hey ,I just shot my first Kimber It was a friends gun. I out shot him with his own gun Now I'm looking to buy one . He won't sell me his.  | |
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| 02-15-2009, 03:36 PM | #10 | Call Me Doug Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: It's because I actually HAVE those skills! Posts: 21,258 |
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hey ,I just shot my first Kimber It was a friends gun. I out shot him with his own gun Now I'm looking to buy one . He won't sell me his. |
LOL - Another convert to the 1911 family...
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Dillinger didn't have to let me try Cammenga Mags before I bought them; but he is a man of great character & a man who's word to me now is a good as gold. If he recommends it I know its good stuff.
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