Re: If buying 1911 as a possible family....
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Doc1911</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peepaw</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Doc1911</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: The Mechanic</div><div class="ubbcode-body">makes my GRP Recon look a little pale </div></div>Those GRPs are really nice. One of the sharpest in the NHC line IMO.
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">For the OP, since you can wait a little longer get a new "2011" Anniversary model from some maker ....</span></span>
Here are a couple more pics of some others (and a repeat of the 4 above):
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/DocJN/1911-8-2-1.jpg?t=1271200678
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/DocJN/T3-123.jpg?t=1271200736 </div></div>
Wow, those are some nice pieces...some serious eye candy there. Yours? </div></div>Yes, they are mine, but my collection is greatly lacking. Look at this one [not mine]:
TOP ROW: Springfield TRP, Springfield GI, Springfield TGO1, Infinity custom build, Para GI Expert, Para 1911 Limited, Sig STX, Dan Wesson Valor, Dan Wesson CBOB
SECOND ROW: Thompson Custom 1911, Auto Ordnance GI, Colt Commander XSE, Colt Special Combat Government, Colt Gold Cup, Nighthawk Predator II, Nighthawk Enforcer, Pistol Dynamics custom build, Taurus PT 1911
THIRD ROW: Les Baer SRP, Les Baer Concept V, Ed Brown Classic Custom, Ed Brown Kobra Carry, Firestorm DLX, Rock Island Armory GI, Norinco GI, Smith & Wesson SW1911, Smith & Wesson PC1911
FOURTH ROW: Volkmann Combat Custom, Kimber Pro CDP II, Kimber Custom II, Kimber Super Match II, Yost custom build, AMT Hardballer, Unertl DLX, Ithaca USGI, Remington Rand USGI,
BOTTOM ROW: Charles Daly EFS, Wilson Super Grade, Wilson CQB, Detonics ServiceMaster, Rock River Arms Limited Match, STI Trojan, STI Spartan, STI Legacy, Fusion Commander Elite </div></div>
Oh wow, now that is some collection there.
I was reading more up on teh Fusion frames on thier site, and man, they offer a BUNCH of options and still have more to look through. I found a local gunsmith that I have been talking with, and hope to start the build in teh next month or so