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Originally posted by Shuie
A gold cup is about the last 1911 I would recommend for self defense. Im the biggest Colt fan in the world and I have never wasted money on a gold cup. Its an overpriced target gun designed to shoot low power 200gr semi wadcutter loads. Some of the really old ones (well outside the $1500 range) are nice, but the more recent guns are garbage. You wont get many rounds of full power 230gr hardball through one with the factory 11lb recoil spring before the ****ty Eliason rear site shears off.
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That is soo true! Even using a stiffer spring and a ShokBuff isn't sufficent to save that snag-on-everything rear sight. I remember having to using a paperclip to hold the rear sight on so I could finish a pin shoot once or twice. That gun shot well but that was years ago, I don't know what they are like now.
IMO, a novice would be better served by spending $500 on a good used gun and $500 on practice ammo instead of spending $1000 on a nicer gun. (I'm picking numbers out of the air but you get the idea.)
-Chris