6SpeedBowtie
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As the title says, if you were starting from scratch buying your first 1911, what would you go with?
Yes indeed! I'm going down the path of looking for my first 1911, which brought me to this forum. I thought, why not ask those with the first hand knowledge what approach they'd take now given all they've learned."Starting from scratch" as in knowing now what I didn't then?
Give us a price range, budget for first one. If price doesn't matter, I would buy WC, EB, Nighthawk, along those lines.
There's a lot of things that fit the "tinker" category that you can do to make a gun "yours" that shouldn't scare off anyone. Grips, sights, addition of magwell, which mags, which holsters, which ammo...If by "tinker" you mean alter the parts in an attempt to 'improve' performance, this is not something I see myself doing.
I'm pretty much an "OEM" kinda guy.
The resale market for used 1911's is pretty soft these days. In your $1K price range, I would keep your eyes open for a Springfield Armory TRP. Well built & reliable pistol...
Yes indeed! I'm going down the path of looking for my first 1911, which brought me to this forum. I thought, why not ask those with the first hand knowledge what approach they'd take now given all they've learned.
I do want one I can take to the range regularly and not feel bad about killing any long-term collectibility, but at the same time, I want it to be something I give to my son one day and aside from the sentimental value, he could say, "damn, this is a nice gun."