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Kalrog wrote:I would pick a $2000 1911 and spend the other $300 on something for the wife... so that she would let me do this again. :woohoo :anamatedbanana :cheers2: :hurry:
Now here's a veteran husband!

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Charles L. Cotton wrote: Yet another veteran husband! It's heart-warming to see such wisdom. Youngsters, ya'll need to pay attention. Only the hairstyles and clothes change; everything else remains the same.

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I may have been insulted there... Define veteran and youngster because I think I might fit both.

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Buy an XD or Glock and spend the rest on training.
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I let the military train me for free, and Im not a huge fan of the plastic guns
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I really wanted a Springer Pro about 15 months ago, but the wait was long and, alas, I gave up. It's still on my "eventually" shopping list.

But I've always--well, for a very long time--wanted a Wilson Super Grade. :grin:
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I'd go with the Wilson Combat, but that's me. You can pretty mych specify to all these gun makers what you want and how you'd like it done. It's a difficult decision, but I'm sure you'll enjoy the outcome!! Definitely save some room for mags and ammo.....and a nice holster to go with it!
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How many of you have an extended magazine well? Also do you guys find it useful, or is it just an extra chunk of metal?
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I'd go with a Nighthawk Dominator
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I have a Les Baer . . . with money burning a hole in my pocket, I'd go for another one, and pocket some money.

Ed Brown pistols are very nice guns, but I think the Ed Brown name carries about a $500 premium that isn't reflected in the mechanics of the pistols.

Wilsons are overpriced. Also, I've shot in a couple of high-round-count classes where by the second day, every student - and I do mean EVERY student - with a Wilson had band-aids all over their hands.

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AFJailor wrote:How many of you have an extended magazine well? Also do you guys find it useful, or is it just an extra chunk of metal?
IMO, extended magazine wells on single-stack 1911s are very useful. I'm not takin' a Tornado Super-Funnel IPSC race-gun sorta magwell ;-) , but a modest, integrated, flared well will still make a significant difference on reload speed.
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Have you thought of http://www.stiguns.com they have some fine
looking firearms and they are made here in Texas.
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AFJailor wrote:How many of you have an extended magazine well? Also do you guys find it useful, or is it just an extra chunk of metal?
It's personal choice but all my current 1911's have extended magazine wells. The single-stacks all get S&A Mainspring/Magwell one-piece assemblies. I find the extra length on the backstrap gives me just a little more surface area with which to control the gun. The big bonus is the 200% increase in well area that makes it much easier to "find the hole" with the magazine. Good reloading technique will always provide the biggest benefit but, no one is perfect and sometimes you miss the well by just a fraction of an inch. With the standard magazine well, this means the magazine gets hung up on the frame, forcing you to retry the reload. The magazine well provides a significantly larger margin for error.
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Yea, I have looked at other brands than Wilson, mostly the Ed Brown Special Forces or Executive. But thats the first I have heard of Wilson being overpriced, I mean the two models I have looked at are $1948 for the CQB and $2048 for the Protector. That's about the same as the special forces and I like the way that the Wilson looks and feels better.
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AFJailor, where in TX are you? If you are near the Dallas area, here's something to consider. Bullet Trap in Plano has a Wilson CQB in their fleet of rental weapons. You could take it for a spin before plunking down your money on one.
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I would add a few dollars to it and definately add another Wilson Combat 1911 to my collection, such as a Stealth

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