This is always an interesting discussion ...(and everyone should buy and shoot whatever they want). But this conversation comes up all the time over a beer after a range trip.....the difference in semi vs full custom, does it matter, is full custom better, which is better long term, more durable, more accurate, etc...
If you have this discussion among a dozen guys that can easily buy whatever they want ...(put an arbitrary budget of $ 10K on the gun)...and see what they think the best way to go is / it will be interesting. We all have bias based on our own experience and guns our buddies own...on which is better - full custom or semi - and in the dozen or so guys that I know who could easily spend $10K on a gun ...there is no consensus.../ some think custom is the only way to go, some think its a waste of time & money, some think Guncrafter, Cabot, Wilson, Ed Brown ..etc....make the best guns. For what its worth, in my group of a dozen guys ( that each have a few 1911's ) ... as they argue what is the best way to go and what are their favorite guns...there are 2 big Nighthawk fans, one like Guncrafter, two on Cabots, 4 or 5 on Wilsons, a couple on full built customs .... some used, most new .../ there is just no consensus on semi vs full custom...
Its just like the vehicles the guys in the same group drive....a few Lexus, Mercedes, Tesla, a few GMC & Chevy, a couple of Range Rovers, even 1 Dodge ( not sure who invited him...)....no consesus there either....
Full disclosure ...I'm a Wilson & Lexus guy..../ ...not that the others are bad guns...Nighthawk, Cabot, Guncrafter, etc ...I just don't think they are better ( but the Dodge does suck.... )..
