This week’s gun is the Ed Brown Special Forces 1911. Price-wise this gun is on the opposite end of the spectrum of the inexpensive .45’s I have posted about previously. Its MSRP is $1995 ($2195 for those still stuck in the Republic of California). So the first question to ask, is it worth all those extra George Washingtons?

From the Guns & Ammo review:

One thing that sets the new Ed Brown Special Forces M1911 apart is Ed Brown himself. Brown, a longtime competitive shooter, machinist, tool and die maker/designer and gunsmith, has been working on 1911s seriously since the 1970s, when his fellow competitor shooters began bringing him their guns for trigger jobs. In 1988 he quit his full-time job at a die-casting company to become a custom gun-maker and parts manufacturer. All this experience has taught him a thing or two about pistols and the people who make them.

Some of the gun’s features include Gen III coating, ChainLink pattern on the forestrap and mainspring housing for a sure grip, lowered ejection port, polished feedramp, match grade barrel, memory groove beavertail safety, Novak 3-dot night sights installed using a slip-fit method, beveled magazine well and much more that can be found on the Special Forces product page.

This sounds like a really nice gun, well built by a well regarded craftsman. But I’d have to shoot one before you could convince me that its worth $1200 more than my Kimber. I am intrigued by the slip-fit sight system — that’s been a problem I’ve had with the Pro Carry II, my sights seem to be slightly off and adjusting them at the range isn’t an option.

[tags] .45 of the Week, 1911, Ed Brown, Special Forces, .45, LibertyNews [/tags]