I’ve got a nice ParaOrdnance Big Hawg double stack.... Goes with me quite often.
My dad has the Springfield version. I was able to fire a full magazine with no problems.
“When properly tuned, with a light pull weight, no creep, and minimal overtravel, the 1911’s single-action operation and straight in-line trigger movement makes it the best pistol trigger ever fashioned.”
I have owned a few, cannot say a bad word. I will say, my all time favorite hand gun is a very smooth, 1872 model SAA that left the colt factory in 1919. Chambered in .45. It is very accurate to 25 yards. With a hair trigger, 7.5 barrel. It is a joy to shoot.
I have a Remington R1. Simple, effective, very easy to break down and clean.
I have more than I need. They always go bang when I do my job.
Hard to beat back to back world War champ.
I have a M1911 not an M1911A.
The gun was issued to my step Grandfather who was a pilot in WWI.
Almost zero use.
I’m sure that is the kind of gun when fighting a war.
For day to day conceal carry I chose this,
https://www.legacy-collectibles.com/33100-erma-excam-model-rx22-22-lr.html.
Mine was a blued version but It was so accurate I could put a shot inbetween your eyes at 20 feet without fail.
I marvel at the brilliance of American innovation every time I take my Ed Brown and Dan Wesson to the range. I enjoy CZ, but nothing compares to natural feel of the 1911s.
Because they are combat pistols with real triggers, not the junk on plastic frames
Because a Desert Eagle is just too damn heavy, and sometimes you don’t need to kill a man with just the gun.
I don't know about "never" - it might be made completely obsolete by a phased plasma pistol in the 25 watt range...
;^)
Most plastic guns look the same, like boring cars that all look alike. Sneakermobiles.
The 1911 is the muscle car of yesterday; handsome, rugged, and capable.
Too bad they all fail to feed 3 times per mag unless you wanna spend $4000 on one.
I wanna like it. Ruger SR1911, rock island, Springfield armory, Kimber, Taurus, all we’re jam-o-matics inside of 250 rounds, some were that way out of the box.
Believe I’ll stick with my P10-C. 9mm’s cheaper and modern defense loads perform WAY better than 230 grain .45 ball. I’d take a 147 grain +p that opens up to .73” (ish) 6” deep in flesh at 1200 feet per second over a not quite half inch semi circle at 850 fps and doesn’t really expand.
.45 ACP is obsolete.
Well, it is simply a GREAT PISTOL! Only gripe I have is the Rock Island version will not fit my .22 Ace conversion kit. The hole is just a hair off...and I am not willing to run a drill bit through it as it might mess something else up.
About ten years ago, I was invited to try a full-size 9mm 1911 at a range, and I was hooked. It was the pistol equivalent of an old-school luxury car: big, smooth, comfortable. I no longer enjoy .45 ACP recoil, but 9x19 out of a steel 1911 is easy as pie. I also think I now know the reason that some of John Moses Browning's details were put there; he really was one smart - and practical - cookie.
I’ve got a Commander, new in box, I inherited from my dad. One of these days I’ll pull it out and play with. For the last 30 years I have only had time for my benchrest shooting. Season starts in March...back to the grind. Gonna fireform 200 pieces of brass tomorrow.
Got a 1911, made in 1918. Never had a failure of any kind and it is accurate.
I have had a bunch of 1911s/1911A1s, mostly Colts, and carried a Remington Rand in combat in Vietnam. Never let me down then - and I won a couple of Marine Corps matches with my government-issued .45 match pistol (one hand, 50 meters).
You guys can have the plastic stuff!
For many decades,
It fits my hand.
Bullets hit where I point it.
It works every time without “gunsmithing”.
I have more rifles & shotguns than I could readily list.
But I only have one functioning pistol.
That probably says something.