Well...there's this one... 
Posted on 12/23/2010 5:29:16 AM PST by marktwain
The .38 proved inadequate to stop sword wielding Philippine (Moro) muslims run amok hopped up on drugs and/or religious jihadi fever.
The 1911 was designed to fix this problem.
I have my great-grandfather's Winchester Model 12...looked up the serial number and turns out its manufacture date was 1928. Took it skeet shooting earlier this year and I must say, I did pretty well with it. That thing will tear up your shoulder though, that's for sure!
“What other 100-year old design is still in daily use? “
I’m going hunting in ten minutes, with my 98 Mauser.
What other 100-year old design is still in daily use
Well The Bible is still used daily and it is slightly older then 100 years.........
Owned a 1911 some years back and found it to be a dependable quality shooter.
I see that a bunch of old m14s are being dusted off for the sandbox as they shoot through things....like car doors.
my only weapon carrying experience is hunting and the older I get, the lighter a firearm I require to make it up those damn hills. and like I say, I can see carrying a lighter weapon and being able to carry more ammo to boot...and I understand the M16s are more reliable than one they first came out
What say you?
I, for one, prefer the 1911 type over double action designs I have tried.
By wrapping themselves tightly in bamboo cord(to staunch bloodflow) and taking depressive drugs to deaden the nerves, they would attack in droves, dying only when they were either shot so full of holes they bled out or hit with something effective, like a shotgun.
There were so many failures of the .38 Long as a defensive caliber, that the call went out for refurbished 1873 Colt SAA in 45 caliber to be issued. The Army put out criteria for the next generation sidearm to be of 'caliber no less than 45'
>>What other 100-year old design is still in daily use?
The Ma Deuce, another work of the mind of John Moses Browning. <*genuflects*> Well, 90 or so years, but close enough.
And I’m not even a 1911 fan.
It saved my ass several times one day, and I know it can still do that. Good ‘nuff for me.
I have a 1911 and a Makarov (PPK copy) (among others)and they both work great. The Makarov, with it's fixed barrel, is extreamly accurate. On a par with my Ruger 22/45.
I’ve never liked the 1911.
The 1911 sure as hell was a great handgun for decades, going back to when it was first produced, but there are far better designed automatic handguns out there right now.
Not a 1911 fan anymore, but I have to agree.
Just like the AR/<-16/M-4, the magazines cause 99% of the problems.
Big Jake’s son used one when the Duke and son went into Mexico to kill paladin so they could save his grandson, and the Duke could go back and jump on Maureen O’Hara.{That’s the whole movie in two lines}.
I can only say this to anyone who owns or buys a 1911, the aficionados already know this so you guys can add your comments.
Get a catalog from www.brownells.com.
There is page after page after page of aftermarket custom parts for the 1911, many times more in either bling or performance than any other pistol made, really its an excellant platform to custom build.
Like buying a Harley, it runs but can run way better with a few tweeks and moolah.
My DA revolver.
If one wanted to get technical, you can also count the thousands of Civil War era Colt and Remington black powder replica revolvers that are used in shooting matches on a regular basis by Cowboy Action shooyers. These are 150 year old designs.
Well...there's this one...
Rock islands work just fine.
I was invited to shoot steel run-and-gun some time back and it did have some trouble after about 150 rounds. I blame dirty off-brand ammo because after I cleaned it I fire 50 rounds with no trouble, and that has never happened again. Even at that, I don't expect a 150 round gun fight anytime soon...{:0)
Newer Colt and Kimber specimens seem to be as good and better, but I don't have the same run time on those as the old reliable knock off.
alases = always
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