Nice.
Wow! That high polish really does make a difference! Love the combo with the classic white ivory. Truth be told, I think their regular, in house bluing is pretty damned nice for the price.
I suppose we wouldn’t even be having this conversation if people didn’t value your pistols. Always great to have another finish option. .RCSJR covered a lot of the questions on this thread, which was super helpful seeing as I have been in Indy all morning for Day 1 of the NRA Show.
We take a lot of pride in what we do at ACW. In the past, we have been very responsive to critiques and criticisms from this forum, and have remained active to support our customer base here.
No one is forcing you to purchase the Prime Charcoal Blue. If you don't like it, you're welcome to pass on it. If you do, we're elated to build you one. We have done a lot of research into what this gun COSTS US TO BUILD, in order to present a fair price to the market. That price is as advertised.
We are a company focused on building the best 1911 pistol we can. Unlike many companies in the firearms industry that sway with whatever the market is into this week, we build classic, timeless pistols how we want to and how we feel is appropriate. There are plenty of companies in this game to satisfy everyone's varying wants and needs.
To the comments about being in "Cabot's price range"... Cabot Guns pistols START at $5k. The best-selling model (by a large margin) is ~$10k. The guns are completely different stylistically as well as in their construction. There is no comparison to be made between our two brands.
The rerelease of the Charcoal Blue Prime was in response to an overwhelming cry from our customer base for the gun to be brought back. To EVERYONE that contacted me about it, I informed them that it would WITHOUT A DOUBT be very expensive.
It's back, it costs what it costs, and we stand by our product and commitment to the classic 1911.