Diane Feinstein, please ban these guns

[Perd Hapley]

http://cabotgun.com/

Ugly. Wrong. Do not want.

[seeker_two]

Shiny....

[Regolith]

http://cabotgun.com/

Ugly. Wrong. Do not want.

Errr...I only saw one gun in their lineup that looked anything less than drool worthy. Do you mean the whole line or just that one gun?

Also, WANT:

http://cabotgun.com/better-than-custom-1911-pistols/south-paw/

With a paired right handed version for shits and grins, since I'm more or less ambidextrous with pistols.  

Edit: Just looked at the price. 

Maybe if I hit the lottery...

[Jamisjockey]

http://cabotgun.com/

Ugly. Wrong. Do not want.

Fail.  I'd give your left leg for one of those.

What I'm not a fan of is the artsy banner photos showing people exercising questionable handling.  Like the chick with her finger on the trigger and the muzzle against her finger tips.   

[Stand_watie]

Fail.  I'd give your left leg for one of those.

What I'm not a fan of is the artsy banner photos showing people exercising questionable handling.  Like the chick with her finger on the trigger and the muzzle against her finger tips.   

I'd give both of his legs for one of those.

[Perd Hapley]

You people are crazy, and I'm reporting that to NICS right now.

[Regolith]

You people are crazy, and I'm reporting that to NICS right now.

Yeah, you're going to have to explain what your problem with them is. Unless you're *expletive deleted*ing with us.

This thing is indeed an abomination, but the rest of their guns are seriously nice looking guns.

[Perd Hapley]

This thing is indeed an abomination, but the rest of their guns are seriously nice looking guns.

That was the first one I saw. The rest of them have truly ugly slide serrations. The "Classic" models look pretty nice, but even those have massive billboards on the slide. Pretty lame, for a 5 grand gun.

[Regolith]

That was the first one I saw. The rest of them have truly ugly slide serrations. The "Classic" models look pretty nice, but even those have massive billboards on the slide. Pretty lame, for a 5 grand gun.

The side serrations don't bother me at all. I'm not a huge fan of the billboards either, but even they're not enough to really make the guns ugly.

[Perd Hapley]

The side serrations don't bother me at all.

He admits it! Get the net!

[lee n. field]

Almost $5K for a "GI Classic". 

That's about the only 1911 that appeals to me, and I'd rather have the same thing in a Springfield or Rock Island, so I don't have a fit when it gets scuffed up from, you know, normal use.  Or, heaven help us all, an "idiot scratch".

There's a point with anything, past which you've stopped paying for function and started paying for status.  (Note, that point is different for different people.  Paying $3K to Nighthawk Custom might be worth it, if you're that good a shooter.)   Diminishing returns.  Anyone who buys one of these, well, I hope they enjoy the gun they can show around but don't dare shoot.  "Scuffing on the barrel!!  Send it in for refinishing!!"

[Tallpine]

Almost $5K for a "GI Classic". 

That's about the only 1911 that appeals to me, and I'd rather have the same thing in a Springfield or Rock Island, so I don't have a fit when it gets scuffed up from, you know, normal use.  Or, heaven help us all, an "idiot scratch".

There's a point with anything, past which you've stopped paying for function and started paying for status.  (Note, that point is different for different people.  Paying $3K to Nighthawk Custom might be worth it, if you're that good a shooter.)   Diminishing returns.  Anyone who buys one of these, well, I hope they enjoy the gun they can show around but don't dare shoot.  "Scuffing on the barrel!!  Send it in for refinishing!!"

Sometimes I like to buy used guns just so I don't have to worry about putting the first scratch on it. 

[Lee]

I think he means that he wants the Senator to create excessive demand, and eventually a shortage of the Cabot products. I wish she would ban the weeds in my yard. They'd be stripped clean in a day.

[Perd Hapley]

I think he means that he wants the Senator to create excessive demand, and eventually a shortage of the Cabot products.

Excessive demand? Possibly. A shortage of pimped-up, glittery 1911s? Hopefully. 

[BlueStarLizzard]

Almost $5K for a "GI Classic". 

That's about the only 1911 that appeals to me, and I'd rather have the same thing in a Springfield or Rock Island, so I don't have a fit when it gets scuffed up from, you know, normal use.  Or, heaven help us all, an "idiot scratch".

There's a point with anything, past which you've stopped paying for function and started paying for status.  (Note, that point is different for different people.  Paying $3K to Nighthawk Custom might be worth it, if you're that good a shooter.)   Diminishing returns.  Anyone who buys one of these, well, I hope they enjoy the gun they can show around but don't dare shoot.  "Scuffing on the barrel!!  Send it in for refinishing!!"

I can agree with this.
I'd also say that dings, scratches, holster wear and aged finish adds character and a joie de vivre quality to a firearm.

Safe queens are for folks with more money then sense, IMHO.

Which is not to say I would say no to a pistol lile that. I'm just saying I doubt it would stay so pristine in my care. :D

[Hawkmoon]

SERIOUSLY over-priced, and ugly on top of that.

I've known about them since they first came out (actually, since before they first came out under the Cabot name). I don't understand all the hoop-lah, and I consider most of it to be self-aggrandizing cow patties. Any claims of "craftsmanship" in their guns are spurious, because they have no craftsmen. The guns are all CNC machined. They do it to very tight tolerances, and supposedly you can take any slide and put it on any frame, with any barrel, and get an acceptable fit.

Wait ... wasn't that an Ordnance Department requirement for the original M1911?

I'd much rather have a Colt 1991. The only 1911 I'm interested in that's in the multi-thousand dollar range is the Guncrafters Industries 50 GI.

[Perd Hapley]

Guncrafters Industries 50 GI.

DO WANT

[Perd Hapley]

Want this, even more.

http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/ColtPistols/ColtSpecialCombatGovernment%C2%AE.aspx

[Blakenzy]

Those price tags... NO.

[Boomhauer]

SERIOUSLY over-priced, and ugly on top of that.

I've known about them since they first came out (actually, since before they first came out under the Cabot name). I don't understand all the hoop-lah, and I consider most of it to be self-aggrandizing cow patties. Any claims of "craftsmanship" in their guns are spurious, because they have no craftsmen. The guns are all CNC machined. They do it to very tight tolerances, and supposedly you can take any slide and put it on any frame, with any barrel, and get an acceptable fit.

Wait ... wasn't that an Ordnance Department requirement for the original M1911?

I'd much rather have a Colt 1991. The only 1911 I'm interested in that's in the multi-thousand dollar range is the Guncrafters Industries 50 GI.

There business model of selling a very overpriced 1911 with vague claims reminds me of the nutjob who was selling a 5k 1911 with the claims that it could be used at 600 yards...