I remember the Sig 1911-22. I'm glad I didn't try any harder to get it apart, otherwise it would have looked like I broke your gun.
Try Buds Gun Shop on the internet. I bought my Ruger Commander 1911 for $680 and it is the best handgun I have ever owned. It is all I want to shoot and I have a lot of handguns.
My grandson is looking at sr1911's. Found one on armslist that he inquired about. It was pictured so that the serial # was visible when image was enlarged. I told him to call the #'s in to check. Found out it was a stolen gun out of Indy. Just beware....
My grandson is looking at sr1911's. Found one on armslist that he inquired about. It was pictured so that the serial # was visible when image was enlarged. I told him to call the #'s in to check. Found out it was a stolen gun out of Indy. Just beware....
A report was written up on it after it was found to be stolen. I don't know if anything further has gone on with it.
I had a youngling try to buy from me w/o a permit once and I told him he needed to get that if he was going to buy off 99% of people.
Sorry but you are incorrect sir, you are in the minority with that stance.
I still can't take my eyes off the $700 Ruger SR1911 that Hoosier Armory has but I know they won't come down to that $500 mark that Marksman Shooting Sports had going last Saturday, $600 possibly: but after firing gmcttr's Ruger and Dan Wesson, the Wesson spoiled me, and there is one available for $1000, but I'm not going there at this point.
I would have to trim down and make some hard decisions before I put that kind of change into 1 piece, but I would like to grow into that perhaps.
My best friend (lives out of state) has a few special handguns he has picked up over the years that are all the top tier more expensive ones (by my standards) that he has bought when friends were having a "fire sale."
He is mostly a hunter with lovely rifles, though.
He's the one when he was visiting and I showed him what I had and he wanted to buy a few of them and I told him I wasn't going to show him my guns if he didn't stop it.
He thought he could snap up my guns for what I paid for them. The type of long-time friend you owe much to and would sell with no profit involved.
He told me to put a price on them and I told him if I did that he could go buy them anywhere (since I wasn't ready to sell any of what I had at that point: some Smiths, Walthers, Sig Sauers and the like.
This is one reason I started modifying my 1911's. For years I was happy just running them as they came from the factory.
They do tend to smooth out with rounds fired. Then a buddy put one in my hands that had been through a local smiths shop. OMG what a world of difference.
So finding a $500 dollar piece that is not beat down and doing about $300 in parts or there abouts will bring it up very close to running like a $1200 piece just not finished out as well. Add a barrel and you are off to the races.
Doing this puts you in the same price point as the $1200 gun but it is specific to you and your desires. Resale value on a hot rod is limited as to who/whom you are selling it to. I realize I am upside down in most all of mine as to invested moneys verses return but hey, I built them. I love them and they run all day long.
I would never expect you to jump into this. It scares many. It is not for everyone.
1. Unbelievable! I don't think I've ever dealt with anyone much younger than myself, so maybe I've avoided the professional thieves out there.
2. It does give one pause.
3. I had a youngling try to buy from me w/o a permit once and I told him he needed to get that if he was going to buy off 99% of people; he asked why and I told him it was a safety measure protecting the seller.
4. How/Where do you call to check on serial numbers: I like that idea.
5. I can imagine the seller backtracking quickly if you ask them to read it off to you (probably invert a number).
I am seeing some inflation right now. You ill find that getting another revenue stream in some fashion is helpful as I am semi-retired. I will be going in to work (pasrt time position) here shortly and I have some other for profit things to do in my shop. Pays for the expensive hobby/passion.....