VaughnT
Member
I carry a Colt S80, with the old roll marks, every day on the job. It's been tricked by Ted Yost and I love her dearly. No problems with accuracy or reliablity, but I hate those ORMs.
Just visited a shop in town and he had a NRM Colt that was returned by a customer. It has one idiot scratch, and a good one at that, which has scratched completely through the blueing. He's asking $525.
My stainless ORM is a great gun, but I wouldn't mind having another 1911 just in case. I prefer stainless for maintenance reasons, but I could see this blued NRM model being chromed. I even saw a pic of one that had been chromed, polished to a mirror shine, and then coated with boron carbide......it looked like smoked glass and was totally sexy.
Do I pay between six and seven bills for a stainless NRM Colt S80 or go for the cheaper blued one that has a scratch, thus giving me the "need" for a trip to a smith?
If I did get the blued pistol, I'd probably shoot it for awhile just for kicks, but I definitely wouldn't want it to stay blued forever. I'm thinking my next pistol should stay rather milspec in appearance, but I'm open to thoughts. The only problem I had with my ORM model, and one of the reasons I gave it over to a smith, was that the grip safety was digging in to my hand after extensive shooting. Heck, blood was running free well before finishing a 100rnd qualifier in NC. Kinda cool, but I can do without that.
What do I do?
Just visited a shop in town and he had a NRM Colt that was returned by a customer. It has one idiot scratch, and a good one at that, which has scratched completely through the blueing. He's asking $525.
My stainless ORM is a great gun, but I wouldn't mind having another 1911 just in case. I prefer stainless for maintenance reasons, but I could see this blued NRM model being chromed. I even saw a pic of one that had been chromed, polished to a mirror shine, and then coated with boron carbide......it looked like smoked glass and was totally sexy.
Do I pay between six and seven bills for a stainless NRM Colt S80 or go for the cheaper blued one that has a scratch, thus giving me the "need" for a trip to a smith?
If I did get the blued pistol, I'd probably shoot it for awhile just for kicks, but I definitely wouldn't want it to stay blued forever. I'm thinking my next pistol should stay rather milspec in appearance, but I'm open to thoughts. The only problem I had with my ORM model, and one of the reasons I gave it over to a smith, was that the grip safety was digging in to my hand after extensive shooting. Heck, blood was running free well before finishing a 100rnd qualifier in NC. Kinda cool, but I can do without that.
What do I do?