Will they take a post-dated check?
That's overrated, I'd rather attract just one good woman than thousands of easy ones.
Already got a good one.
I received my CMP 1911A1 a few weeks ago. Rack Grade 1943 Remington Rand frame with a GI replacement slide. Very tight frame to slide fit.
Agreed.
Mine will reliably fire a 230 grain bullet exactly where I want it to go time after time. I shoot my guns. The paperwork that you are so desirous in having doesn't make your overpriced pistol shoot anywhere near as well as mine does. However, you have answered my question about why folks pay as much for these "surplus"' pistols as they do.
If you are under the impression that we don't shoot the CMP guns, that is a mistaken assumption with me.
To be clear in my earlier comment; I carried a 1911a1 as my TO&E weapon as a Field Radio Operator in the USMC during the war in Vietnam. I have practical experience with said firearm. My original issue was a WWII relic that was a combination of parts from various manufacturers. It rattled, was very inaccurate and finally was (as all handguns are) strictly a defensive weapon. I managed to have an armorer build me a good gun that was decently accurate and didn't make much noise. These things being said, I managed to kill at least one enemy combatant with this pistol. For some reason he decided to try to run his SKS bayonet through me. There may have been others, but the fog of war and all these passing years have dimmed my memories. The point to my rant is that as a tax payer, I had literally paid for this weapon. Millions of them were made by loads of manufacturers. Military specifications required parts interchangeability between manufacturers. As a result of design tolerances, military specifications and machining tolerances, there was room for a lot of sloppiness. Checkout the tolerances in a German PO8 Lugar or a P-38. I spent the bulk of my civilian career as a Mechanical Engineer (before CNC machining.) Now the CMP is going to sell a lot of these 1911a1 pistols at ridiculous prices to folks who want a piece of history. It seems that the gov't is planning on making money from the citizens that paid for these pistols and I find that unconscionable. Most collectors want numbers matching firearms. I have a complete numbers matching 1954 Chevrolet BelAir. I wouldn't settle for some car that had been thrown together that had a title saying it was a '54 Chevy. I was very puzzled as to why there was so much excitement over the release of these pistols, in light of my statements. You are free to spend as much or as little as you want on whatever you wish to buy, but in a practical sense, you are buying a poorly made (by todays standards) inaccurate pistol that probably spent it's entire service life as a training firearm with either the US military or one of our allies. Most officers and NCO's that were issued these pistols, managed to get their hands on a rifle or shotgun so that they could bring death to the enemy. Shame on the gov't for selling these things. They ought to give them away to any American that wants one.
