Carrying a $2,000+ 1911?

[DocHolliday01]

Nighthawk here. GRP RECON with an X300. I have carried it for the last 2.5 years. Thats what I bought it for.

[Alex F]

A couple of years ago I carried a Les Baer 5" custom carry (with options) daily.

It was a great gun, and worked very well for what I wanted... but then I got to thinking about if I had to use it, and the wait time while the police had it, and the money tied up in it...

So I sold it and bought several Glocks (I don't keep a gun that I don't plan to carry/use regularly).

Now I have choices, rather than a ton of money tied up in one piece.

YMMV

[!Nvasi0n]

By all means absolutely! Just be prepared that if you we'd use your work of mechanical combat art in a SD shooting, it might/will be taken as evidence until everything is cleared.

I don't know that I'd want my local Police abusing and F'ing my custom 1911 up in an evidence getting thrown around and beat to hell.

That's why I carry Combat Tupperware...if I need to use it and big brother has to take it as a result...I don't care if I ever see it again! It did it's job! And I can replace it with 3,4,5,6 more new/used Glocks for that kind of coin.

Just my .02

[Kokopelli]

Yes.. I carry one all the time.. Ron

[brickboy240]

If you can swing a 2-3 grand 1911...go for it.

I fail to understand those that buy guns and either don't carry them or shoot them.

Just keep in mind that if you DO use it in a SD shooting...it will be taken and beaten to death and you probably won't see it again.

I'd rather carry a 3-400 dollar used Glock for SD, because I figure that I won't need the 1" group-shooting of the high end 1911. I also don't care if the police take it and I never see it again. I also have kids to feed, clothe and put braces on so a 2-3 grand pistol is just out of the question.

If you like it....go for it. The higher end makers really put together some nice guns.

- brickboy240

[ed2brute]

I hear the "money tied up in an evidence locker" argument against carrying a semi-custom 1911 often. But I almost never hear the same argument against an AR-15. And when I look in my gun safe it seems to me that a quality M4gery with a nice rail, RDS, weapon light, upgraded furniture, etc., can easily approach the cost of a semi-custom 1911. Why the different perspectives on money tied up in a weapon system?

[Athirst5IoN]

I hear the "money tied up in an evidence locker" argument against carrying a semi-custom 1911 often. But I almost never hear the same argument against an AR-15. And when I look in my gun safe it seems to me that a quality M4gery with a nice rail, RDS, weapon light, upgraded furniture, etc., can easily approach the cost of a semi-custom 1911. Why the different perspectives on money tied up in a weapon system?

Good point, I haven't thought of it that way before... and I do have a pretty good amount of money tide up in my DD middy build.

[shrimpcaptain]

Just my .02 - carry a Colt and save the rest of your money for an expensive defense attorney.

[donlapalma]

Ed2brute,

Because we are talking about a concealed carry piece which should be on you a whole lot more than your tricked out AR.

[Ballistic Agency]

If you have one, love it and shoot the best with it... Carry it. That's why I carry my Supergrade. If the cops end up taking it rather than sending me on my way, so be it. I would order another one that day and find a way to pay for it.

If you shoot a $400 Glock best, carry that.