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Originally Posted by The Reaper
I am a 1911 fan, but I can think of a lot of things I would have used $5600 on when I was a young college student rather than two 1911s.
Do you have plenty of other guns, ammo, and accessories?
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Yes the money issue is the biggest issue currently, but this purchase most likely would not be made until after I am out of school. I was looking around Caspian and the raw parts would cost me substantially less, but then I would have to figure in cost of a good smith, and worry about the attention to detail he would put into it. Nighthawk has a great reputation concerning customer service and fixing their products, so I thought it would be a trade off.
I have a Springfield mil-spec, which is alright, was thinking of getting a Smith&Wesson PD1911, but really not sold on the external extractors, given the problems Kimber seemed to have with them, also was looking at the Kimber warrior, and then I read a few reviews of the Vickers, all of which praised it as a great "hard duty" pistol. That is what lead me to ask the question here. I also have an old WW2 era Colt that a friend of mine swiped from the Marine Corps, when he served in Vietnam, but that one needs a lot of work.
As to buying a pistol for the "New" millenium,
somehow I knew that was going to come up. My uncle has a USP in .40, and a Glock 17, my cousin has a SIG P229 DAK. I am pretty familiar with all of them, and can not stand the Glock. The USP was alright but I really would prefer either a .45 or 10mm Auto round, and I am not sure how ergonomics would be with a .45, or if it comes in 10mm, but I was not terribly impressed with the ergonomics on the .40 either, cramped up my hand a bit. I also thought the SIG was nice, but I am not a fan of double action, especially double action only, automatics. Maybe if I ever can get a hold of a HK .45 that will be my new favorite, but until that day I am not a fan of buying a new system I am not as familiar with.