18 February 2019
The Butthurt Doth Flow
I've been noticing a trend around the CMP M1911A1's.
People seem compelled to virtue signal why they're not buying one.
It's kind of funny because if they haven't already submitted a packet, they're not allowed to buy one from CMP at the $1,050 price they think is too much.
Gunbroker has listed a couple for $1,400+, so if $1,050 is too much...
I remember when I objected to that price. Then I did my due diligence. $1,050, shipped, is actually a deal. It includes $90 of overnight shipping, $5 of NICS check, $50 worth of "Pelican" case and $10 of USGI cleaning rod. So, $895 for the actual gun.
Again and again when assigning value to something I find that people must attribute their personal evaluation to others. When someone else is buying something, what you would pay (or not) is irrelevant.
A genuine USGI M1911A1's value is a very personal thing.
Personally I wouldn't have paid $1,050 (or a lot more) for a near perfect M1911A1 that left military service in someone's duffel in 1945 because that's not like the gun I was issued.
The CMP gun is.
My nostalgia values the mixmaster refurbished gun over the "more collectible" version.
I am happy and will not stop liking things that they don't.
People seem compelled to virtue signal why they're not buying one.
It's kind of funny because if they haven't already submitted a packet, they're not allowed to buy one from CMP at the $1,050 price they think is too much.
Gunbroker has listed a couple for $1,400+, so if $1,050 is too much...
I remember when I objected to that price. Then I did my due diligence. $1,050, shipped, is actually a deal. It includes $90 of overnight shipping, $5 of NICS check, $50 worth of "Pelican" case and $10 of USGI cleaning rod. So, $895 for the actual gun.
Again and again when assigning value to something I find that people must attribute their personal evaluation to others. When someone else is buying something, what you would pay (or not) is irrelevant.
A genuine USGI M1911A1's value is a very personal thing.
Personally I wouldn't have paid $1,050 (or a lot more) for a near perfect M1911A1 that left military service in someone's duffel in 1945 because that's not like the gun I was issued.
The CMP gun is.
My nostalgia values the mixmaster refurbished gun over the "more collectible" version.
I am happy and will not stop liking things that they don't.
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If the gun-fixit-wizards at the CMP did to the 1911-A1 what they have done to all the Garands, Springfields, Krags, Enfields and such that they have sold previously, then just having a very qualified armorer going over the gun was worth the price.
ReplyDeleteSeriously.
Much better than any service at a pawn shop or cheap gun store or discount store.
If I'd had seen one or two samples back when I could have applied, I would have. We actually transferred one through the shop today, mid war Colt, real good shape. I could only drool and thank the nice gentleman who got it for letting me run a mag through it.
ReplyDeleteWhat clinched me was the American Rifleman article. https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/5/22/the-cmp-m1911s-the-inside-story/
DeleteThe guns in the pics looked to be in good shape, and I'd researched what something like that should cost and was surprised to find that $1,050 was actually decently priced.
I'm very happy and I got what I was after.