Subj : Re: Buy one, get one
To   : Weatherman
From : Moondog
Date : Mon Sep 21 2020 03:42 pm

  Re: Re: Buy one, get one
  By: Weatherman to Moondog on Sun Sep 20 2020 11:58 pm

 > -=> Moondog wrote to Weatherman <=-
 > 
 >  >
 >  Mo> The Armscor/ Rock Island 1911's have a good reputation.  I heard from a
 >  Mo> couple competition guys they are great platforms for building into
 >  Mo> inexpensive match guns.
 > 
 > Yeah, I checked the reviews and about the only thing anybody had against the
 > was that the frame was cast and not forged.  Then the reviewers went on to s
 > that cast was probably "good enough" and didn't seem to affect the quality o
 > the arm at all.  I'm quite satisfied with mine.  I like the Parkerized finis
 > I have one other "plain Jane" 1911, that being a Norinco 1911A1 that I bough
 > from a friend who was trying to sell off her step-father's gun collection af
 > he died.  Other than that, I have a couple of Auto Ordnance Trump
 > commemoratives.  Not really interested in building a match gun out of any of
 > them, mainly for personal carry or plinking in the back yard - the
 > commemoratives are going into a shadow box for display purposes...
 > 
 > Have a grand day!
 > 
 > ... Computer Hacker wanted. Must have own axe.

A former co-worker from 25 years ago had a Norinco 1911.  I'm guessing they
were built to an older set of blueprints, maybe even from WII lend /lease
licenses.  He said either the ejector or extractor was an older design, and
he swapped it out right away.  At a later date he picked up a Para Ordnance
P13 frame, then move the rest of the parts over to it.  This was the first
time I handled a 1911 with the beefier grip  design to accept a double stack
magazine.  IIRC the "13" stood for 12 in the mag and one in the pipe, or
maybe it was 13 in the mag.  The P15 mags would work, but they stuck out pas
tthe grip.  Para made a P16, except it was chambered in .40 and didn't
require gorilla hands to hold it.  Since then I have fired STI's "2011" style
framed pistols, and they didn't feel as awkward as the older Para's.

I think I've mentioned it on several occasions, but after getting the opportun
ity to shoot custom or higher end handguns and rifles, the "affordable" base
models become less appealing.  A few years ago i ran into an STI distributor
at the range, and he let me fire the STI Costa Comp model.  I fell in love wit
h it, until I looked online and seen it's MSRP was $4500.  I hear the Taran
Tactical STI's are pretty sweet for  a third of that price, however my
concern is that John Wick 3 pushed their price up a bit.

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