Re: Why are 1911's so expensive???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Savage 10fp</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pete Sake</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I look at it this way. You can buy a stock Remington 700 for $5-600 and a Tasco give and it will shoot just fine. The Tasco will probably suck and break. Or, you can buy a GAP or similar for $2700+ a SB and you will have a precision rifle. It will have a trued action, premium barrel, bedding, custom paint, superior stock and a tuned trigger. Neither the rifle or the scope will suck and in all actuality they will be exceptional.
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But I guess this logic is a big problem that I see floating around these days (especially on this forum). Your right that there are people out there that believe just because it's more expensive... it must be better. Your right that you can go out and buy a GAP for $2700 and then throw a $1500 scope on it and call it a "precision rifle" or in my case you can spend $700 on a Savage and throw a $320 nikon buckmaster on it and for less than the cost of your "precision" scope, get a gun that shoots as good as your 3k plus set up. In shooting skeet today, I out shot a guy with a $1500 browning with my $300 stoeger.
At the end of the day I feel like some things cost what they do because people are retarded enough to pay for it. I think the housing market, and harleys are good ammo for this point. Personally I like to understand what I'm paying for when I buy something. Like another person brought up harleys earlier. This is exactly why I would never buy one. I'll ride my r6 which accelerates much much faster and costs 1/3 as much. </div></div>
LOL Dude you can tell yourself whatever you need to but lets be honest here. Does my Rem XCR LR Tactical shoot the same 308 that my GAP 308 does? Yes the difference is my GAP shoots the same every time where my remington does the same most of the time. Its all about repeatability. Does a $300 scope perform as well as a $2000 or even $1000 scope? Not really. You'll find the tracking is no where near as good and thats not even getting into the glass.
As far as the OP, are 1911's expensive? Hell yes they are especially when you get them the way you like them. In higher end 1911's your paying for features such as flawless lines and style along with accuracy and the name. They got that name somehow and usually perform as expected. I have only ran accross a couple of shitters in the 1911 world and most of the time it turned out to be the mag's. Best to start with a base model and upgrade to get what you want.
Here is a Springer Milspec, tuned by Vandenberg.
Here is a Colt done by another smith before and after. This one has been going on over a year as I get it back to shake out and figure out what I do or do not like. Gonna send it out to Fords pretty soon after a couple more things are tweaked. Also have a 9mm/38 super to match it for plinking.