Anyone planning to try for one? I'm still on the fence.
On the one hand, I have a SA GI model I bought used for $350 that looks just like those pistols (referring to the pics here https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/5/22/the-cmp-m1911s-the-inside-story/ ) and shoots great. CMP pricing is too expensive for something to just shoot/carry.
On the other hand, pricing is in line with actual USGI 1911s. But I'm not a collector of firearms to collect; I shoot what I have.
On the third hand, there are a lot of folks in this country who desperately wanted to see those pistols melted down and NOT made available for folks to buy. It took a lot of political maneuvering to get us to where the CMP 1911s are even available. I'd love to help stick a thumb in their eye...
On the one hand, I have a SA GI model I bought used for $350 that looks just like those pistols (referring to the pics here https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/5/22/the-cmp-m1911s-the-inside-story/ ) and shoots great. CMP pricing is too expensive for something to just shoot/carry.
On the other hand, pricing is in line with actual USGI 1911s. But I'm not a collector of firearms to collect; I shoot what I have.
On the third hand, there are a lot of folks in this country who desperately wanted to see those pistols melted down and NOT made available for folks to buy. It took a lot of political maneuvering to get us to where the CMP 1911s are even available. I'd love to help stick a thumb in their eye...