Long story short, my father buys tools at pawn shops and resells them on ebay as a way of supporting his retirement. Well, while at a pawn shop spending some quality time with the old man I notice a 'springfield' 1911 (i'll explain the quotes later) for 569. It's not in the best cosmetic shape, so I was hoping that the manager, whom we do a lot of business with) would cut me a deal.
Well after getting it out of the case to examine it, turns out it's a franken-gun. It's a thompson auto ordinance slide with adjustable night sights, springfield frame, aftermarket barrel (either chromed, or stainless. Not sure.) with strong rifling, aftermarket trigger, ugly grips, and a very nice, tight slide fitment. No rattles at all.
Well, it being a frankengun, I was not about to spend 569 on it. After talking a little with one of our usual sales guys, the manager walks up and the sales guy tells them as a joke "I told them 299, is that alright," and the manager responded with "well, it's mismatched, so that's fine," said "hi" to my father, and walked off.
I couldn't argue with that price, even if it is mismatched. My question is, what should I expect to replace? Seeing as how it has an aftermarket barrel, and some other parts, i'm not sure what all has been done already, but I'd like to get an idea what i'm getting myself into. I've always wanted a 1911, so i'm pretty excited that it was in my price range, but i'm expecting something to need to be replaced/upgraded for it to function perfectly, as is usually the case with modified, well, anything.
I work as a machinist and restore motorcycles/build turbocharged performance cars in my spare time, so the technical aspect of reworking it SHOULDN'T be an issue...hopefully.
It looks a lot better on the inside than on the outside. Lol.
In everybody's honest opinion, think it was worth the 300? This is my first 1911, and i've never seen one cheaper than that.
Well after getting it out of the case to examine it, turns out it's a franken-gun. It's a thompson auto ordinance slide with adjustable night sights, springfield frame, aftermarket barrel (either chromed, or stainless. Not sure.) with strong rifling, aftermarket trigger, ugly grips, and a very nice, tight slide fitment. No rattles at all.
Well, it being a frankengun, I was not about to spend 569 on it. After talking a little with one of our usual sales guys, the manager walks up and the sales guy tells them as a joke "I told them 299, is that alright," and the manager responded with "well, it's mismatched, so that's fine," said "hi" to my father, and walked off.
I couldn't argue with that price, even if it is mismatched. My question is, what should I expect to replace? Seeing as how it has an aftermarket barrel, and some other parts, i'm not sure what all has been done already, but I'd like to get an idea what i'm getting myself into. I've always wanted a 1911, so i'm pretty excited that it was in my price range, but i'm expecting something to need to be replaced/upgraded for it to function perfectly, as is usually the case with modified, well, anything.
I work as a machinist and restore motorcycles/build turbocharged performance cars in my spare time, so the technical aspect of reworking it SHOULDN'T be an issue...hopefully.
It looks a lot better on the inside than on the outside. Lol.
In everybody's honest opinion, think it was worth the 300? This is my first 1911, and i've never seen one cheaper than that.
around 300
