I was after a cheaper 1911 that I could shoot as well as take apart and tinker with without worrying about it being a collector piece. One of the threads someone was talking about the AO (post Kahr) where the gun was a good shooter for the price so I was looking at the various bare bones 1911 A1 WWII replicas when I stumbled on one called a 1911A1 Delux-80. It was different with a prominent Thompson logo next to an oversized Auto Ordnance roll stamp on the left side of the slide. I called Kahr customer service who ID'd the gun for me as a Delux-80 model made in 2006. The price asked was right about $300 which (I think..) is in the "affordable range" though my wife would probably say otherwise.
I'm gathering that one of the features is the gun is blued vs the parkerized WWII-clone variant. It also has a curious leather-like grip that wraps around the front strap. I read somewhere that the sites are white-dot vs the black GI sites. Looks to be in decent shape but we'll see when I get her home. I'll come back to this thread and post photos at that time.
Question: Has anyone here heard of the 1911A1 Delux-80? If so, would you mind commenting on any other improvements/features you're aware of? The Kahr Customer Service person I spoke with admitted that he had never seen this model himself before.
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