Any reason to not buy a Springfield Loaded 1911?

[bobzilla]

I bought my first loaded at this past 1500 after selling my father my Mil-Spec. Holy crap....what was I waiting for? It's the perfect pistol for me. Tight, accurate, beautiful and has everything I want.

 

[gregkl]

I have a Loaded Champion. Only about 600 rounds so far, but 0 hiccups and I must have a different guide rod set-up, cuz I can't see what would even come loose.

I love it. This winter I will soften some of the edges on the slide, swap out the ambi thumb safety for a Ed brown one and add FO front sight.

 

[TopDog]

NO, do not buy one!

I own one and so I know what Im talking about.

The number one reason to not buy one, money. They are great to shoot, accurate and addictive. First there is the money for a nice set of grips, that is only the beginning. Then comes the ammo cost, for crying out loud the ammo you will burn through. Next the cost of range time and dont forget to add the cost of targets onto that range cost. It never ends. Just when you think, hey this weekend I will just chill at the house. The next thing you know you have your range bag in hand with your SA 1911 safely tucked inside and off you go, more money. Its to hard a habit to break once you start. So don't start.

Next thing you know you will be shooting like this...

 

[jonny4523]

I'm a big fan of Springfield 1911s!

 

[churchmouse]

Hello group. My name is churchmouse and I am an addict. TopDog tried his best to warn me but I am weak.

 

[teddy12b]

Well after three pages I haven't found a reason to not buy one. Now, lets go to phase 2 of this question and see where the best deal is. Normally I like to support my local gun shop, but these pistols seem to be one of those few occations where there's a really wide gap between a local price and internet price so I oculd probably be swayed one way or the other. I'm only interested in the parkerized finished loaded so if anyone has an idea of a good deal on one please let me know.

 

[bobzilla]

^ Picked up at the 1500 for $769 plus tax.

 

[bw210]

My dreaded "N" Loaded after a quick trip to SACS now shooting 2" groups. Picked this thing up and it was worn out... SA customer service worked their magic for free and now locks up tight as my old TRP. Had this up for sale for $750... but decided to pull off the classifieds.

 

[gregkl]

I got mine at plainfield shooting. At the time, he had the best deal locally and online.

 

[kawtech87]

Check Bradis. Mine is Stainless but it was only ~850.00 NIB before tax. The parkerized one should be cheaper.

 

[Zombiekilloftheweek]

I found this one at the gun show last year. Price was $730. from the Indiana Gun Club

 

[g+16]

I have more than one S.A. I've still got dad's old colt and it's the only 1911 that's not a springfield, one of my oldest one I bought and jumped into IPSC shooting that was the year 1999. I can't tell ya how many 1000's of rounds have gone down that pipe, only time it malfunctioned (outside of my doing) was at the 2004 nationals in Ill. when the extractor broke, good thing was Dawson was there to put in a new one. if you can afford it buy to

 

[teddy12b]

Update - I ended up buying one on reserve from Budsgunshop.com. Normally I like to buy local, but you all know how things are right now. With Buds, I could reserve the gun and it's price so that's what I did. The order was placed last week and it's the first time I've reserved a gun from Buds so we'll see how long this takes.

 

[ssdoug]

Very good choice . You will love it.

 

[northtownship]

Congrats. I got a Stainless Springfield for my birthday and love it.
Shoots great, you will not be disappointed. My better half has been telling me she's selling her pistol and she wants one too.

 

[churchmouse]

Update - I ended up buying one on reserve from Budsgunshop.com. Normally I like to buy local, but you all know how things are right now. With Buds, I could reserve the gun and it's price so that's what I did. The order was placed last week and it's the first time I've reserved a gun from Buds so we'll see how long this takes.

You can not go wrong with this purchase. I have a few SA's and love each one for what it does best...Shoots every time I pull the trigger and hits what I am aiming at.

 

[teddy12b]

Well, I'm hoping that I didn't go wrong. As this panic buying was starting up I picked up a few spare springfield mags, and I'm glad that I did. I've got them loaded up and waiting for their new gun to arrive, and now those mags are out of stock just about everywhere.

I just hope the wait with Buds for the "reserve" isn't going to be too aweful long. I'd love to get the new 1911 in my hands before they start talking about the gun ban at the end of Jan.

 

[churchmouse]

I know where a SA National Match Trophy in stainless is sitting in the case waiting for a new home. If I did not already have one it would be with me.

 

[mike63502]

For the money a Springfield is very hard to beat.

 

[teddy12b]

Still no word from Buds. I can't say that I'm really surprised though. It's going to be a while.