Hey everyone!! First post, super new at actually posting anything. So sorry if this isn't the correct way. I have shot a Glock 20, that's about all of my 10mm experience. However I have plenty of ammo that I took as a payment. Looking to buy 10mm 1911, what's your guys opinions on who makes the best bang for your buck. Nothing over 1500. Thank you everyone for there time.
The best 1911 10mm under $1500. Well that Para might do the trick. The other thing would be an STI which would be out of your price range. I like the 6" barrel myself even though I own a 5" only. The added mass of the slide and velocity from the extra inch are nice for really playing with the cartridge's full potential. I'd try to find a fully ramped barrel.
At the upper end of your price range is a Dan Wesson Razorback 10mm. I have a Valor in .45, and I must say Dan Wesson makes a quality firearm at an excellent price.
A lot of guys on this forum seem to like Rock Island Armory's 10mm. It costs about the same as a Glock and comes with a fully supported chamber.
I have a Colt Delta Elite. I paid a little over $1,000.00. You will find that this gun has many fans, as it is the first 10mm 1911 to be manufactured. It does not have a fully supported chamber, which is of concern to some shooters. Mine is a great shooter and given the opportunity, I would buy another.
I think it depends on what you want it for. If it's range gun, or a "BBQ" Gun, I'd go for something like the Dan Wesson.
If it's a "packing" gun - to go on your hip when hiking, getting banged up, scratched, and muddy, I'd go for the Rock Island.
I think the Delta Elite fits nicely between those two.
I have a Dan Wesson, and love it (I had to work through a few problems with it). It's my do-everything gun. Mine is like a Delta Elite: it has a non-ramped barrel. I don't do the semi-nuclear Underwood loads in it, but I'm more than well equipped with either their "Delta Elite" load or some of the other good loads from Double Tap or Buffalo Bore.
But, since it's both valuable and has some sentimental value, I worry sometimes when I'm out in the sticks and bang it up. I'll probably transition over to a RI (or maybe the new Witness P Match Pro?) eventually.
I've got a friend, a firearms instructor, who, when asked "what gun should I get?", always responds with: "What are you going to use it for?" It's been a good guideline for me.
Thank you everyone for the responses, the RI is one I'm really considering just because of the cost. I then could the left over gun money for ammo and what not. 1911 is and will always be my first love.
If I was gonna spend $1500 ...
in a hurry - Rock and roll.
with some patience - Oh Danny Boy or STIx.
Colts are solid and Remington is in the game
Your budget got me through my first range trip (meaning I had change for ammo) with a NIB DW Silverback. It is a blem model, but I was uncharacteristically ready to pounce when it was offered. Demand is temporarily soft, so if your buying understand the merchants need to maintain a cash flow.
Rock Island is a good choice to start with.
JB
Dan Wesson Bruin!! Oh wait..Thats $2,000.00. 😕
I completely understand your $1500.00 limit and would ask you consider buying the 1911 whose features you like the most. I bought my STI Perfect 10 used for $2,000.00 and my brand new Dan Wesson Bruin for $1799.00 (not a blemished model either). Build quality on both is excellent.
I've bought too many guns over the years I thought I wanted and then just lost interest in them because I found another whose features I liked better. Now I try to figure out exactly what i want and save my money to buy what I want the first time...or at least that's what I am trying to do. :D
Quote from: sep on April 06 2017 10:33:12 PM MDT
I completely understand your $1500.00 limit and would ask you consider buying the 1911 whose features you like the most. I bought my STI Perfect 10 used for $2,000.00 and my brand new Dan Wesson Bruin for $1799.00 (not a blemished model either). Build quality on both is excellent.
I've bought too many guns over the years I thought I wanted and then just lost interest in them because I found another whose features I liked better. Now I try to figure out exactly what i want and save my money to buy what I want the first time...or at least that's what I am trying to do. :D
+1..Lol.
The Dan Wesson razorback is about Max budget but would be excellent. Many guys here like their kimbers a lot. The sti nitro looks promising.remingtons new long slide is the para longslide. Sig is making a brand new 1911 for about a thousand. The ria could be a great carry/get some wear gun for around 600.
Another vote for the RIA. I have a handful of 10mm's, 2 of them are 1911's. A DE and a RIA. They both shoot great, but I carry the RIA when I'm looking to carry a 1911. It is an accurate and dependable handgun and it wouldn't hurt my wallet as much to lose as the DE :)
To me it is hard to go wrong... Just started shooting 10mm last year and after a Glock 40 everything else has been 1911...
First was a RIA Combat Commander size gun... Was a dealer sample for $525.00...shoots just as well as guns costing 3X as much... Fulled supported bull barrel... Only thing I don't care for is their ambi-safety but that can be easily replaced.
Next was a PARA USA Elite LS Hunter...great gun right out of the box. Remington took over PARA and their rendition is a clone to the PARA...can be had for a grand.
Last but not close to the least is the just discontinued Kimber Stainless Target II. Can't say enough about this one..and if just one 10mm left it would be this one. Was able to pick up .40 S&W and .38 Super barrels and now with a .22 Conversion have a 4-caliber gun... Can be found for $800-950.00 in excellent condition...
Bob
I have no experience with RIA, but I've heard good things... especially for the $$$. It's hard to argue with the price. The single stack STI Nitro 10 is a good one; they can still be found for about $1500 on GunJoker. STI makes a very good 1911.
The Sig TacOps 10mm is around $1k. I was very close to buying one before I found my STI.
Good hunting!
Well I put money down on a Sig Sauer tacops 10mm yesterday. Should be here 4-6 weeks. Total price is going to be around 1100. I hope she works just like any other Sigs I have. Thanks everyone for the advice.
I've had the Sig TACOPS for 2 months - love the gun, less recoil than the P220 in 10mm, hot loads are very accurate (Blue Dot, Power Pistol, CFE Pistol), and loads around 1100fps with 180gr also work well. Close to 1000rds so far, 100% reliable.
If you like 1911s, you'll like the Sig.
Do you have any idea of the TACOPS weight vs the 220 weight? Thanks!
1911 10mm tacops with empty mag 42.35 oz
P220 10mm DA/SA with empty mag 44.40 oz
I thought the 220 might weigh slightly more and it does, thank you. I find the recoil on the 220 very manageable, I'll have to see if any of my friends have a TACOPS to compare.
Do you guys that own the P220 really like it. Anyone from Minnesota
Im partial to two of them. My Dan Wesson Razorback was my first 10mm, and it is super accurate. It eats anything I want to feed it with no burping. I have not found any type or weight of bullet it will not fire well. Then I splurged a bit and got a Fusion Firearms Traditional long slide hunter. Also very accurate and a little enhanced velocity out of the 6" barrel. Also I use the Razorback as the lower for my Mechtech CCU, so I have a 10mm carbine with a 16" barrel I just love to play with.
That's awesome. Pic of the fusion please! After I get more involved with 10mm I plan on getting a longside to hunt whitetail with.
I've had a number of different 1911 pistols over the last 30 years from Colts (.45 to 10mm Delta Elite) to Kimbers (included a Kimber Custom TLE/RL II 10mm) to Dan Wesson to my edc, a Night Hawk Custom Recon Enforcer 10mm. The NHC is the best 1911 pistol I've ever owned or carried bar none. That's why I carry it. Because it's the best and that's what I bet my life on.
However, your price range limits things quite a bit. In the $1,100.00 price category I'd say the Kimber Custom TLE/RL II is a great option. Mine was flawless and accurate. It's not a NHC, but, neither is the price. Another option and one that I would pick if I was limited to $1,500, I'd get (and I have one already) a Dan Wesson Silverback 10mm Blemished model (extremely minute cosmetic blemish like a tiny knick on a brand new factory production gun) for $1,500.00. It's a much better gun than the Colt Delta Elite (so is the Kimber) or the Kimber or any Springfield Armory. The Silverback is also a better 1911 than the Razorback. Check it out.
While I do not have a SIG 10mm, I do have a SIG P229. I like it a LOT!
I have a G29, a Kimber Camp Guard, and a G40.
I purchased them in that order.
Were I starting over I would skip the Kimber. It is a beautiful gun, but not dead reliable. It throws brass farther than you can find it. It shoots laser straight.
I suggest you buy a 29 and a 40. You would have the big and small end of 10mm covered. They would come in under your $1500 ceiling and leave you with holster money.
Quote from: Spanky28 on April 06 2017 08:44:02 AM MDT
1911 is and will always be my first love.
Yep, 1911's are my first choice and only choice...I could never get myself to buy a glock...
Same here, 1911s all the way. I will never own a Glock never really cared for them. When my friends come out to my place to do some pistol shooting they will bring there Glocks because thats all they have. However when I bring out my Colts and Kimber guess what guns they like to shoot? hint hint it's not the tuperware guns!! And here is the kicker they shoot MUCH better with my Colts than there own Glocks!!
But then I hear the same old thing" yea I sure do like your Colts and I can shoot them better then my Glocks,but I can buy 2 Glocks for the price of one of them Colts" :o Im thinking ok so now you can have your 2 Glocks and not hit a dam thing, or 1 1911 and be able to hit what your shooting at ::)
In all fairness though I would have to say if it wasn't for Colt making the Delta Elite Iwould have never ever found out just how great the 10 is. And my hat goes off to Glock and the people that bought Glocks first because of the price point or perhaps they had a Glock 9mm and loved the gun so they went off and bought one of there favorite pistols in 10mm, which all helps us 10mm fans in the long run :) and that's what all of us want!!
Quote from: Spanky28 on April 15 2017 08:33:48 AM MDT
That's awesome. Pic of the fusion please! After I get more involved with 10mm I plan on getting a longside to hunt whitetail with.
Better late than never? Sorry it took so long.
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That fusion is gorgeous!! Still haven't heard anything about my Sig. however just out my name down for the new Ruger SR 10mm. Maybe I will get the Ruger before the Sig. thanks everyone for the insight!!
I hear tell Coonan is taking orders for a new 10mm pistol.