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Miscellaneous => Other Guns => Topic started by: Blueeyedme on March 15, 2012, 11:37:45 PM

Title: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: Blueeyedme on March 15, 2012, 11:37:45 PM
Picked up this new to me Les Baer Premier II today.  It's my first 1911 and comes with both .45/.400 Cor-bon barrel combo as well as the orginal paperwork and packaging.  Owner reports 200 round count and it looks it.  Eventually I plan to run this in USPSA SS/L10 divisions.  Right now I am having too much fun shooting production with my P226 - but the LB was priced right and too pretty to pass up.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57907457/LB1%20(800x600).jpg)
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: Jack_F on March 15, 2012, 11:44:32 PM
Very nice addition.....especially for your first 1911........ 8)
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: tracker on March 15, 2012, 11:53:20 PM

Beautiful. Do you know the trigger pull weight?
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: Blueeyedme on March 16, 2012, 12:05:11 AM

Beautiful. Do you know the trigger pull weight?

The specs say 4#, but I have not put a scale on it as of yet.
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: tracker on March 16, 2012, 12:25:40 AM

Thanks, that is close enough.
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: kjtrains on March 16, 2012, 06:57:09 AM
Very nice, for sure!
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: backupr9 on March 16, 2012, 09:41:29 AM
Hard to beat a Baer...tightest tolerances of all of them I'm told.  Congratulations...whatever else you own, there is simply nothing better than shooting a full sized 1911.
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: Robar233 on March 16, 2012, 05:37:12 PM
Backup9,

 Very nice L/B indeed. There is nothing like a custom 1911! I have one OLD Kimber that was custom made for FBI trails that were cancelled and another brand on order. I can't wait for my new one because it is light years ahead of the Kimber.

 Robar233
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: thor447 on March 16, 2012, 09:24:47 PM
wow, that's one heck of a 1911, especially as your first!
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: backupr9 on March 16, 2012, 10:16:10 PM
Backup9,

 Very nice L/B indeed. There is nothing like a custom 1911! I have one OLD Kimber that was custom made for FBI trails that were cancelled and another brand on order. I can't wait for my new one because it is light years ahead of the Kimber.

 Robar233

I have a Kimber CDPII Ultra that is a fine pistol.  Also have an Ed Brown Special Forces that is simply incredible.  I bought my oldest boy a Wilson Combat 5" CQB for his 40th birthday next month...(he's a federal agent with a family and would never be able to afford one) and it, too, is a wonderful shooter.  Surprisingly, in a good holster they are not really uncomfortable to carry.  These are probably the most fun to shoot of all my pistols.
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: yankee2500 on March 16, 2012, 10:43:43 PM
Way to go for your first 1911, Congrats.

My first gun when I got my NY carry permit in the early 80s was a Colt Gold Cup NM, I took it to a local smith that only worked on 1911s.
 I had some custom work done and also had it Hard Chromed. It has the best trigger of any gun I have ever shot. Can't wait to see how the new Commander will stack up against it.
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: kjtrains on March 16, 2012, 10:48:28 PM
Can't wait to see how the new Commander will stack up against it.

John.  How's the new Commander coming along?  Hey!  Need some more photos!    :)
Title: Re: 1911 bug bites.....
Post by: yankee2500 on March 17, 2012, 12:47:04 AM
I shipped it to the smith doing the build and he received it on 3/2 and he was going to send it to Neil Keller of Kustom Ballistics to have the machining done. I have no new info. I know he said Neal's turnaround time was 2- 3 weeks.
  I will contact him in another week or so if I don't hear from him before.