ANother 1911 - The Firearms Forum

mesinge2 · 01-21-2010, 09:21 PM

I did it again. I bought a Colt Defender on the 7th and at a gun show today I bought a Thompson (Auto-Ordnance) 1911A1 World War II Commemorative.

It was only $400.00 and I could not pass it up.

The Pulm Blueing finish is just beautiful and it even came with the original box and paperwork with 3 7 round mags.

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Man, this purchase was way to close to my last one.

Double D · 01-22-2010, 07:51 AM

Well now, that is a nice purchase. Im sure you wont go wrong. Im sure your gonna like your defender. I carry one and it has operated flawlessly.

carver · 01-22-2010, 07:55 AM

Man what a deal! Sure wish I could run up on deals like this! Congratulations!

jacksonco · 01-22-2010, 08:23 AM

I LIKE IT! Very nice looking pistol. I think you did well.

deftec · 01-24-2010, 11:07 PM

nice grab.. looks good. just the right amount of yellow.

DCOhio · 01-25-2010, 05:48 PM

I sold 5 commemmoritive Colts last year, all from 60's & 70's, two 45s and three .22s . Unfired. Could not get as much for them as the base models sell for. People don't want to buy unless they are shooters, so, as in this case, you can get a GREAT deal on a commemmoritive with gorgeous finishes and grips, gold, box, etc. and go ahead and shoot it! I'd NEVER again buy another com. gun and store away waiting for it's value to increase. They don't, unless.....it says John Wayne on it!
If you see a nice com. gun like this and don't mind ruining its perceived value, jump on it and shoot away.
Nice gun!
D.

hogger129 · 01-25-2010, 06:12 PM

$400? Now that's a deal!

I've seen a Vietnam War Commemorative Edition 1911 at Gander Mountain. They have a room in the gun area with a bunch of really nice and really expensive over-under shotguns. They have an M16A1 and an M1 Garand in there also and that 1911. Looks kind of like this one. Not sure how much theirs was though.

Taurus_9mm · 02-01-2010, 07:54 PM

That's a great price and a beautiful 1911, congratulations on your purchase.

navis128 · 02-01-2010, 08:00 PM

Totally understandable why you couldn't pass that up.

So tell me, after looking at if for a mere moment, did they wipe the drool off of it before you bought it?

mesinge2 · 02-01-2010, 08:34 PM

Shot it today, just 2 mags worth. It is very accurate but has the heaviest trigger I have ever felt on a 1911. After feeling the trigger I borrowed the range's little toy and the trigger is 8.1 lbs.

My Colt Combat Elite was 4 lbs even (more what I'm used to).

navis128 · 02-01-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by hogger129

$400? Now that's a deal!

I've seen a Vietnam War Commemorative Edition 1911 at Gander Mountain. They have a room in the gun area with a bunch of really nice and really expensive over-under shotguns. They have an M16A1 and an M1 Garand in there also and that 1911. Looks kind of like this one. Not sure how much theirs was though.

Gander...they like their guns don't they? I paid $350 less with my hometown gun shop than Gander price.

And another plus, made some knowledgeable, helpful contacts.

01-21-2010, 09:21 PM	#1
mesinge2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 538	ANother 1911 I did it again. I bought a Colt Defender on the 7th and at a gun show today I bought a Thompson (Auto-Ordnance) 1911A1 World War II Commemorative. It was only $400.00 and I could not pass it up. The Pulm Blueing finish is just beautiful and it even came with the original box and paperwork with 3 7 round mags. Attachment 33264 Attachment 33263 Man, this purchase was way to close to my last one. __________________ NRA Certified Instructor "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise. I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind ... Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." 1785, Thomas Jefferson. --> Last edited by mesinge2; 02-15-2010 at 05:19 PM..

01-22-2010, 07:51 AM	#2
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,061	Re: ANother 1911 Well now, that is a nice purchase. Im sure you wont go wrong. Im sure your gonna like your defender. I carry one and it has operated flawlessly. __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder.

01-22-2010, 07:55 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,245	Re: ANother 1911 Man what a deal! Sure wish I could run up on deals like this! Congratulations! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

01-22-2010, 08:23 AM	#4
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: ANother 1911 I LIKE IT! Very nice looking pistol. I think you did well.

01-24-2010, 11:07 PM	#5
deftec Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: charleston sc Posts: 12	Re: ANother 1911 nice grab.. looks good. just the right amount of yellow. __________________ "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." Proverbs 28:1

01-25-2010, 05:48 PM	#6
DCOhio Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hartville, Ohio Posts: 23	Re: ANother 1911 I sold 5 commemmoritive Colts last year, all from 60's & 70's, two 45s and three .22s . Unfired. Could not get as much for them as the base models sell for. People don't want to buy unless they are shooters, so, as in this case, you can get a GREAT deal on a commemmoritive with gorgeous finishes and grips, gold, box, etc. and go ahead and shoot it! I'd NEVER again buy another com. gun and store away waiting for it's value to increase. They don't, unless.....it says John Wayne on it! If you see a nice com. gun like this and don't mind ruining its perceived value, jump on it and shoot away. Nice gun! D.

01-25-2010, 06:12 PM	#7
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: ANother 1911 $400? Now that's a deal! I've seen a Vietnam War Commemorative Edition 1911 at Gander Mountain. They have a room in the gun area with a bunch of really nice and really expensive over-under shotguns. They have an M16A1 and an M1 Garand in there also and that 1911. Looks kind of like this one. Not sure how much theirs was though. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." Last edited by hogger129; 01-25-2010 at 06:13 PM..

02-01-2010, 07:54 PM	#8
Taurus_9mm V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 345	Re: ANother 1911 That's a great price and a beautiful 1911, congratulations on your purchase.

02-01-2010, 08:00 PM	#9
navis128 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 1,392	Re: ANother 1911 Totally understandable why you couldn't pass that up. So tell me, after looking at if for a mere moment, did they wipe the drool off of it before you bought it? __________________ A British general reported to London that the rebels, though untrained, had earned his respect: "Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob will find himself much mistaken." "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." The Declaration of Independence

02-01-2010, 08:34 PM	#10
mesinge2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 538	Re: ANother 1911 Shot it today, just 2 mags worth. It is very accurate but has the heaviest trigger I have ever felt on a 1911. After feeling the trigger I borrowed the range's little toy and the trigger is 8.1 lbs. My Colt Combat Elite was 4 lbs even (more what I'm used to). __________________ NRA Certified Instructor "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise. I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind ... Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." 1785, Thomas Jefferson.