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Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:11:18
by dorminWS
Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Dan Wesson Valor
Magnum Research Desert Eagle Model G
I'm sorta looking at both of them. Looks like I'm a a 1911 binge.
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:16:42
by GS78
...well if I remember "binges"....... you get'em both...

Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:23:40
by gunderwood
GS78 wrote:...well if I remember "binges"....... you get'em both...

+1
I haven't had a chance to shoot either one of those particular models, but the I was impressed by the Valor last time I saw one.
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:36:38
by t33j
gunderwood wrote:I haven't had a chance to shoot either one of those particular models, but the I was impressed by the Valor last time I saw one.
Sadly, I've not had the opportunity to shoot either. However if their CBOB is any indication, the Valor should be excellent.
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:53:44
by jhuppdog
t33j wrote:Sadly, I've not had the opportunity to shoot either. However if their CBOB is any indication, the Valor should be excellent.
+1
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:17:17
by Diomed
A Desert Eagle ... 1911? Does not compute.
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:06:23
by OakRidgeStars
I knew this forum was a good idea.
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:44:14
by dorminWS
GS78 wrote:...well if I remember "binges"....... you get'em both...

That's EXACTLY the kind of support a man with a handgun addiction needs, bygosh!
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:20:50
by dorminWS
t33j wrote:gunderwood wrote:I haven't had a chance to shoot either one of those particular models, but the I was impressed by the Valor last time I saw one.
Sadly, I've not had the opportunity to shoot either. However if their CBOB is any indication, the Valor should be excellent.
Acronyms sometimes befuzzle me. A fortune 500 company I work with all the time throws them around like popcorn at the movies. For me, it would be much easier to just use plain English. I’ve got so I get a little rattled when I see one anywhere. When I saw CBOB, except for knowing I’d seen it before, I drew a complete blank, due I reckon to a severe brainfart. I knew I should know what that was, but all I could hear was FZZZZZZZ. I sure didn’t want to reveal my ignorance as a somewhat casual gun aficionado to all you dyed-in-the-wool, hard-boiled ones with decades of military and law enforcement experience on this form. So I looked on the FORUM ABBREVIATIONS and did not find it. At that point I had to determine which of the acronyms resident in my encyclopedic collection of same was intended here.
After careful consideration I have decided to assume that by CBOB you mean Classic Bobtail, and not Champion Beer of Britain (CAMRA Award for the Best Beer Ale in Britain,) Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (gasoline production), Central Bank of the Bahamas, Children Beyond Our Borders, or Blendstock Compact Binary-Tree on Binary Tree.
Not buying that? OK, so I looked in the Acronym Finder. DUHHH…..
Besides guns, I have an odd fascination with words and obscure facts. I can’t help it.
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:18:35
by allingeneral
dorminWS wrote:t33j wrote:gunderwood wrote:I haven't had a chance to shoot either one of those particular models, but the I was impressed by the Valor last time I saw one.
Sadly, I've not had the opportunity to shoot either. However if their CBOB is any indication, the Valor should be excellent.
Acronyms sometimes befuzzle me. A fortune 500 company I work with all the time throws them around like popcorn at the movies. For me, it would be much easier to just use plain English. I’ve got so I get a little rattled when I see one anywhere. When I saw CBOB, except for knowing I’d seen it before, I drew a complete blank, due I reckon to a severe brainfart. I knew I should know what that was, but all I could hear was FZZZZZZZ. I sure didn’t want to reveal my ignorance as a somewhat casual gun aficionado to all you dyed-in-the-wool, hard-boiled ones with decades of military and law enforcement experience on this form. So I looked on the FORUM ABBREVIATIONS and did not find it. At that point I had to determine which of the acronyms resident in my encyclopedic collection of same was intended here.
After careful consideration I have decided to assume that by CBOB you mean Classic Bobtail, and not Champion Beer of Britain (CAMRA Award for the Best Beer Ale in Britain,) Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (gasoline production), Central Bank of the Bahamas, Children Beyond Our Borders, or Blendstock Compact Binary-Tree on Binary Tree.
Not buying that? OK, so I looked in the Acronym Finder. DUHHH…..
Besides guns, I have an odd fascination with words and obscure facts. I can’t help it.
CBOB - Classic Bobtail (Dan Wesson Commander Classic 1911, which was discontinued in 2010)
I added CBOB to the gun related acronyms here:
http://vagunforum.net/suggestions/commo ... -t448.html
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:23:23
by t33j
Aye... This beauty:

Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:36:45
by gunderwood
What are those grips?
Re: Anybody got any opinions about these two 1911s?
Posted: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:11:09
by t33j
http://shop.thefinergrain.com/
Photo credit goes to Gregory Carnwell
On the grips, I have more of the Box Elder Burl in the shop, so that's doable. Bobtail grips with that coverage are $90 shipped in your choice of gloss or satin.