RE: Which 1911 style 45ACP?
My gun shop wants 569 (tax and all) for a mil spec. I looked at several springfields advertised on the internet as mil spec, but were actaully the gi version as described on the springfield site, so it seems to me you have to actually have the gun in your hand before you can be sure which 1911 it is. i also visited another gun shop, who had higher prices, and he handed me a 1911 with the letters gi on the gun, and told me it was a mil spec version. from what i have read, the gi costs less than the mil spec version, has different sights, and a few other differences. i had my local gun shop order a mil spec, and will evaluate it (compared to the description of a mil spec found on springfields site) to see which version it really is. nothing is simple anymore.