Quality parts with lots of hand labor by trained and talented individuals.What in the world could these 1911's have to make them worth $3500?
I don't know if this prospective will make it better or worst. Remember that when the 1911 was designed to require more handfitting than machine work as labour was cheaperWhat in the world could these 1911's have to make them worth $3500?
If you have to ask then you can't afford them! LOL
Expensive customized really nice guns. It is like buying a Rolls royce as a daily driver ....when a ford taurus is more affordable.
really like looking at their guns in magazines
I don't think you're giving enough people credit for being educated in how a 1911 is supposed to functionI guess people like the guns or the names stamped on them, because if people weren't buying hem, they wouldn't be making them. Just my opinion.
This reminds me of the story about Heckler & Koch considering getting into the 1911 market. After input on design and features from Vickers and Hackathorn, they looked at the cost to produce one...a fighting gun, not a safe queen. They opted out when they determined how small the market would be for a correctly made 1911 at the price they would have to charge; rumor had it that it was north of $3k...for a production 1911they aren't $2,000 + nicer than other 1911's off the shelf.
I don't get what you are saying.I don't think you're giving enough people credit for being educated in how a 1911 is supposed to function
This reminds me of the story about Heckler & Koch considering getting into the 1911 market. After input on design and features from Vickers and Hackathorn, they looked at the cost to produce one...a fighting gun, not a safe queen. They opted out when they determined how small the market would be for a correctly made 1911 at the price they would have to charge; rumor had it that it was north of $3k...for a production 1911
That is how we ended up with the HK45 at just a hair over $1100
It isn't about them being $xxxx nicer, it is about what it cost to make them correctly following the original design.I don't get what you are saying.
I am in agreeance with this. I have several 1911's that I enjoy shooting, mostly for the fact that they are cool guns that work. From a GI issue 1917 model, to a SA TRP operator. But when I carry a handgun I intend to use in a role that doesn't involve a practice range, it is going to be a make and model designed much more recently- and with options to put holes ranging from 9- 11.4 mm in the intended target.If your intention, or what you are basing value upon, is efficient function and durability, the design is obsolete.
But I bet they would have been great.They opted out when they determined how small the market would be for a correctly made 1911 at the price they would have to charge; rumor had it that it was north of $3k...for a production 1911