Most fun/comfortable to shoot in the 1k price range?

alanint · 04-23-2014, 08:12 AM

Another gun choice would be an Astra in 9mm. They look different and are fun to shoot.

318is_Parabellum · 04-23-2014, 11:06 AM

Think about a Radom! Also known as the VIS or, as the Germans called it, the Pistole mod 35(p), it is essentially a 9mm single stack 1911 type with some interesting features.

I would also recommend a P .38, if you didn't already have one. My very early Spreewerk P. 38 will put all 8 rounds into a single hole at 7 yards. There are a lot of import-marked Russian capture examples out there that can be had relatively cheaply ($500 to $700 range). I would avoid the postwar P. 1's, as the aluminum frames commonly crack and fail with much use (hence the addition of the steel hexagonal reinforcement pin).

Another good choice would be an Argentine Systema Colt. They are nearly exact clones of a 1911a1. They were manufactured on Colt machinery, under the supervision of Colt employees, and were manufactured out of the best steel available at the time

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04-23-2014, 08:12 AM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Another gun choice would be an Astra in 9mm. They look different and are fun to shoot.

04-23-2014, 11:06 AM	#2
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Think about a Radom! Also known as the VIS or, as the Germans called it, the Pistole mod 35(p), it is essentially a 9mm single stack 1911 type with some interesting features. I would also recommend a P .38, if you didn't already have one. My very early Spreewerk P. 38 will put all 8 rounds into a single hole at 7 yards. There are a lot of import-marked Russian capture examples out there that can be had relatively cheaply ($500 to $700 range). I would avoid the postwar P. 1's, as the aluminum frames commonly crack and fail with much use (hence the addition of the steel hexagonal reinforcement pin). Another good choice would be an Argentine Systema Colt. They are nearly exact clones of a 1911a1. They were manufactured on Colt machinery, under the supervision of Colt employees, and were manufactured out of the best steel available at the time