How is your year of the 1911 Going?

[AxeHandle]

I think this was actually my first Kimber.. Just a plain jane 45 ACP Stainless target II. WAY to much gun for so little money...

[AxeHandle]

As a long time 38 Super fan I had to have one of the Kimber USA Shooting Team guns in 38 Super.

[AxeHandle]

Known as an original 10mm nut from the start the 10mm Kimber Stainless target II was a must have too!

[AxeHandle]

An old buddy called me with a deal on a pre series II CDP Compact one day a few years back...

[AxeHandle]

This one was a case of a pre series II gun and the price was right.. Had to have it!

[AxeHandle]

This Target Match was just to nice not to have. No firing pin block and decked out like a full up custom was in the 70s before everything had to have a comp. This one is worth more than one picture.. Pictures DO NOT do it justice..

[AxeHandle]

I'm done! Are there more? Don't you know it!
There will be a Ruger SR1911 and a Springfield RO added to the set one day as soon as I find the right deal. I'd like few more Dan Wessons but their last price increase killed them for me..

[erich]

You guys have some beauties. I'm turning 45 later this summer, and this being the Centennial of the 1911, I really wanted to buy another one. I mean, they're lovely.

But I'm a southpaw, and the thought of having to have yet another ambi safety installed on a gun that came without one stuck in my craw. As did the worries that I'd have some of the issues I've experienced with 1911s in the past.

I did want a single-action, compact .45 that was reliable and accurate and had all the bells and whistles. The upshot is that my year of the 1911 wound up being the year of the P220 (Compact Elite SAO) . . . I saved a bundle, too, compared to what the same features would have cost me on a 1911. But I know I've dismayed my purist friends.

[AxeHandle]

Won't satisfy your 1911 requirement but.. your gun, your choice. Always liked the P220 but could never become one with the SIG trigger.

[erich]

Axehandle, your CDP Compact is the gun I've been drooling over most on this thread. The SAO trigger feels considerably better to me than the TDA or DAK triggers, but I understand what you're saying.

[rexster]

My 2011 is going well, but thus far, has seen nothing in the 1911 arena. I had thought about another Les Baer, perhaps an SRP or Thunder Ranch variant with the Monolith frame and light rail, but my photography has consumed my available discretionary funds. My second Canon 7D body, and a "fast" 50mm f/1.2L USM lens with weather sealing to match that of the camera, just cost me me more than what a new SRP would have cost.

Fortunately, my turn-of-the-century Thunder Ranch Special is still doing fine, and wears some fairly new Strider Gunner Grips. I recently bought a 10-8 rear sight with a .156" notch, to accommodate my aging eyes.

[AxeHandle]

That CDP Compact is a little jewel... One of those good buddy deals that I had no idea of what a good deal it was until well after the fact.

I hate it for you guys who aren't reveling in the 100th anniversary of the 1911... I'll do all I can to take up your slack!

[erich]

Right on!

[Mark Terry]

"Aren't you pretty close to Travis Strahan?"

Well, yes, and after a quick Google search, I am at least that familiar with him. It does hurt a little to show my ignorance. Ok, I'm over it.

Sounds like a very interesting guy and it looks like he's got some real innovation. Have you shot one of his with the barrel / slide interlocking innovation?

[AxeHandle]

None of that funky stuff at my house. Perhaps if I was still an active Bullseye shooter.. FWIW he has built some fine revolvers too. Story is he built the guns that Jim Collins shot his perfect scores with.