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January 22, 2008
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Good Evening Guys,
Well as I posted in another thread I was going to buy a CBOB from a local shop at the gun show this past weekend. Turns out they did not bring it to the show. I went by the their shop today and it turns out they have a Pre-CZ PT-C not a CBOB.
They have a firm price of $750 on it which means it will run me about $790 with tax. So I have two questions:
- Is this a good deal or should I hold off and get a new CBOB? The PT-C looks new.
- Since I'm more of a revolver guy what should I check when looking at a used 1911? Maybe we can come up with a checklist like we have listed in the revolver forum.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Several articles available on m.1911.org in the Technical forums. I don't know how to get any of it over here, however. Can we post links?
Steve
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
January 22, 2008
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Hey Steve,
Thanks for the direction. I found some good information and will pin it in the 1911 forum...
You can certainly post links here. Below is instructions for doing so and I'll also post these in the forum insturctions area:
- Hightlight the word(s) you want to create the link for.
- Click the small chainlink icon on the toolbar
- Enter the desired link
- Click Ok
January 22, 2008
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Well I now have a CBOB in the collection. This is a pre-CZ gun. The slide is marked PT-C however this is a PT-CBOB. Based on comments I got from teh 1911 Forum this was common on the early guns. I have already bought a set of grips from The Finer Grain and Sarge's Grips. Here is what they look like:
Hoping to get to the range soon as this will be my first 1911 experence!
January 22, 2008
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Thanks to Dave Severns on the 1911 Forum for the information below. Looks like I have a very early CBOB! Here is a link to that post on the 1911 Forum.
Earlier on (2004-2005 time frame), DW made a conventional Patriot Commander model, chambered in both 10mm and 45acp. Probably the most under-rated pistol DW ever made. Then, toward the very end of this production, Bob Serva decided to experiment by machining Bobtails into some of them, thus the CBOB was born. Well, the first year+ of production of the new CBOB, DW used the same slide as the earlier Patriot Commander (PT-C), with the original markings preserved. Thus the PT-C CBOB.
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