No Colt 1911's

[morrcarr67]

I'm in Billings Montana over the weekend working so I went around to a bunch of gun stores; including Cabela's. And none of them had any Colt 1911's in stock. I asked at Cabela's and the guy I talked with said he hadn't seen any Colts in like a month. I guess even out here in free America they are hard to get right now.

[Killawhale415]

Thats pretty strange for Cabelas of all places to not have any.

[beauregard]

Four Season's Outfitters in SLO has a blue 1911-A1 (new).

[morrcarr67]

Thats pretty strange for Cabelas of all places to not have any.

That's what I thought. I was really looking forward to see one of the new ones with the 100 year service mark.

[Killawhale415]

Yeah the 100 year marked Colts would be the ones to have , if any that is.

[rogervzv]

Even here in the people's republic there are Colt 1911s to be had.

[CalNRA]

I'll wait until Colt makes more 1911s without the 80 series safety before I buy one. Colt is losing out a lot of money on me with that shenanigans.

[conanobrennan]

That's what I thought. I was really looking forward to see one of the new ones with the 100 year service mark.

the turners in West Covina has two with the 100 year anniversary slide. a full size and a compact for under a grand each. If i hadn't just bought a 1911 i woulda snagged the full size probably

[jonzer77]

I'll wait until Colt makes more 1911s without the 80 series safety before I buy one. Colt is losing out a lot of money on me with that shenanigans.

Not sure where you are located but Tracy rifle & pistol has a stainless series 70 they can get you through the single shot exemption.

[morrcarr67]

the turners in West Covina has two with the 100 year anniversary slide. a full size and a compact for under a grand each. If i hadn't just bought a 1911 i woulda snagged the full size probably

Well that's good to know. I think I'll go check it out when I get back in town.

[Ripon83]

I've seen XSE models in local shops. Mostly stainless. Tracy had one last time I visited.

[slick_711]

The higher end of the anniversary models were sold out before they were delivered, they only made 1000 of them. The base model with the anniversary slide went into full production, but even then there won't be enough of them made to meet the demand.

Colt may favor some distributors over others, but I know my local Bass Pro Shop here in DFW has not seen a single Colt 1911 in over 6 months. Free America has nothing to do with it, Colt's production is just too slow for the demand.

[nickvig]

Free America has nothing to do with it, Colt's production is just too slow for the demand.

This is your answer right here. More demand than supply. From what I understand they also manufacture them in batches. A few months they do stainless, the next few they do blued, etc. that's why they seem to come and go so quickly.

[jonzer77]

Should just buy the one I have for sale

[ZX-10R]

My buddy has had his XSE with 100 Year mark. It was worth the wait to say the least. My need was ambi safety.