[SLAM37]

I guess I would be terrible at marketing because I can't see the appeal of the AMERICAN HANDGUNNER billboard on the side of this otherwise beautiful pistol.

From what I can tell, large and non-traditional slide markings are not in fashion with 1911 fans these days, so I can only surmise this is targeted at the rest of the public who just see it as a unique collectible and have money to burn. Must be a large segment of those folks out there for this to be worth the effort ... either that or the conglomerate that owns American Handgunner paid LB a good amount of cash up front for this.

 

[Barstool Aviator]

I do agree 1911 with Billboard roll marks are a hard pass for most people. Other then that its a nice looking gun.

 

[dnuggett]

Yeah.. pass

 

[TomaHawk]

Roy must have a lot of pull with Uncle Les.

 

[Kip]

Wonder if they'll come out with an "Old Spice" edition?

 

[Jim w.]

If I wanted a two tone with adjustable night sight in "protected position" I could probably put up with the advertising.

 

[dash]

If you’re peddling billboard space to advertisers, why stop at one? He should make a Race Car Special with as many sponsor names as possible on it. Make that thing look like a NASCAR covered in stickers. It’d probably have more appeal than this one.

 

[Dallas Knight]

Whatever....

 

[Kip]

Would be kinda cool getting paid to carry....FAT checks from Twizzlers and Mop and Glo :roflmaro::roflmaro::roflmaro:

 

[simonp]

If the slide was naked I’d like Baer but with the billboard Les is going to have to pay me to advertise American Handgunner.

I can’t believe there are enough fanboys to make it worthwhile but what do I know.


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[pistolwretch]

I have NOTHING good to say about magazine editors, writers or their motivations.

 

[Bender]

Wow.......Les truly caved on this one. Benjamins are guiding him as it seems

 

[pistolwretch]

Years ago AH did a 'fluff' piece on Baer.
If I recall correctly Les claimed to have over 70 employees.
Must have been counting the employees at the machine shop that produced his parts as well as the employees at UPS/FedEx that shipped his product.
LOL!

 

[pistolwretch]

Here is a clue......
when AH does a feature article on a smith, look for paid advertising by that smiff over several following editions.

As always,
"Follow the money".

 

[KTXdm9]

That's pretty terrible. I'm anti-billboard.

 

[HooDoo Man]

The AH scribed on the slide sucks. But I really like LB's. Probably could sell allot more w/o the markings.

 

[Old Sea Dragon]

Hideous. My neighbor, a dufous, has a “Guns and Ammo” special edition Ruger DA/SA 45acp. He insisted it was a collectible but just the standard model with cheap lettering. Perhaps this is for suckers with deeper pockets. It is however, a Baer, but the advertising diminishes it

 

[hatchettg]

If I remember correctly, LB made a “Shooting USA” model a few years ago with a large billboard marking. It was a complete blued model though.

 

[hatchettg]

Years ago AH did a 'fluff' piece on Baer.
If I recall correctly Les claimed to have over 70 employees.
Must have been counting the employees at the machine shop that produced his parts as well as the employees at UPS/FedEx that shipped his product.
LOL!

There have also been some pretty wild claims about the number of work hours (e.g., 40 hours) that go in to each LB 1911. It would be interesting to know the actual build time.

 

[Greg45acp]

Here is a clue......
when AH does a feature article on a smith, look for paid advertising by that smiff over several following editions.

As always,
"Follow the money".

This is true for any magazine covering just about any interest.