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SIG SAUER Introduces 1911 Fastback
The Daily Caller ^ | 01/27/2012 | Shooting Illustrated Staff

Posted on 02/01/2012 11:52:47 PM PST by golux

With the introduction of the 1911 pistol in 2006, SIG SAUER has been building the finest, production 1911-platform pistols available.

By combining modern refinements in the classic American design, SIG SAUER has created 1911s that are as accurate as they are combat- reliable.

This innovation is continued with the new Fastback series of 1911s. SIG SAUER engineers have redesigned the frame and mainspring housing to create a proprietary rounded backstrap, giving the Fastback a distinctive look and advantage for concealed carry...

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 1911; banglist; pistols; sigsauer
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To: golux
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My carry - HK P2000SK .40 S&W w/X-Grip Mag Spacer

21 posted on 02/02/2012 5:27:05 AM PST by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: OldEagle
Have you tried a flat mainspring housing? I have small to medium hands and I put the flat housing on all my 1911’s. I have a Light Weight Commander that feels like it was born in my hand.

naw....the only guns that feel uncomfortable in my mitts are my pocket pistols...they are too small and my bottom finger has to tuck under the grip. I had to put oversize grips on my Model 19 S&W.

22 posted on 02/02/2012 5:30:53 AM PST by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Yo-Yo

The Bobtail MSH is an Ed Brown patent, and Dan Wesson’s been licensing for their bobtails for years. Kimber’s is a copy, so is this Sig design.

Quite a few DW’s in the house, including His and Hers C-Bobs and Marksmans, and others in 9mm and 10mm (my personal fav).


23 posted on 02/02/2012 5:36:18 AM PST by whatexit
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To: Squantos
Probably a nice piece but nothing really new or unique.

We will see if they can stand apart from the crowd on price. Otherwise it is another tricked out 1911 IMHO.

24 posted on 02/02/2012 5:38:08 AM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: golux
And - should six .357 rounds fail to eliminate your immediate threat, never mind higher capacity: you probably shouldn’t own a handgun anyway!

Depends on your situation. Against a single attacker, yes. If you're trying to get out of a riot, the more rounds the better.

25 posted on 02/02/2012 5:42:45 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (I'd agree with you, but then we would both be wrong.)
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To: PapaBear3625

I dunno. I’m still sorting out my feelings about all this .45 stuff.


26 posted on 02/02/2012 5:58:53 AM PST by M1911A1
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To: PapaBear3625

I dunno. I’m still sorting out my feelings about all this .45 stuff.


27 posted on 02/02/2012 5:59:00 AM PST by M1911A1
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To: PapaBear3625

I dunno. I’m still sorting out my feelings about all this .45 stuff.


28 posted on 02/02/2012 5:59:06 AM PST by M1911A1
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To: PapaBear3625

My wife wants to upgrade to a semi-auto. She doesn't like the feel of my Kimbers, Colts, Sigs, at all. However she is receptive to the FN 5.7 and the 22 mag. Kel Tec. She also likes Glocks. She works in a bad area and I might just get her one.

I was thinking last night that instead of the semi-auto M4 and shotgun she has in the trunk, if she does persist with the 5.7, I might have to make her a SBR version of the PS 90 ;)

However, both the FN products are WAY overpriced, but the high capacity, light weight, and low recoil do make me want to consider these expensive firearms a "GO" for the females in our family.

29 posted on 02/02/2012 6:06:58 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Id rather have a man who wrecked his marriage as POTUS than a man who wrecked his country!)
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To: golux
It is inherently safe and can sleep loaded for months or years...

If someone is going years without practicing or exercising their choice of personal protection, they may find their own skill sub-par to the requirements of the situation.

should six .357 rounds fail to eliminate your immediate threat...

Then perhaps your threat didn't enter your premises alone, compounded problem if you didn't practice your aim and response for years.

30 posted on 02/02/2012 6:08:51 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Squantos

thank you.

WANT!


31 posted on 02/02/2012 6:47:07 AM PST by glock rocks (I didn't leave the Republican party, it left me.)
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To: Squantos
Wow... nice looking pistol. That rounded mainspring housing and grip frame rather remind me of the "melt" you showed me that time. :-)

I can say one thing though...and this is from 12 years experience of lugging the same Colt Series 80 around... it's gonna look like it's been carried after a number of years. Our favorite Hammer Monkey didn't even want to refinish it for me! :-) He said he "would", but then realized what he had in his hands and said, "This is your carry gun right?" I said, "Yup". He said, "It's just gonna look like hell in another couple of years!" :-)

I get the biggest kick out of companies advertising the best 1911 after 100 years now. :-) How cool is that?! :-)
32 posted on 02/02/2012 12:39:42 PM PST by hiredhand
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To: thackney

“should six .357 rounds fail to eliminate your immediate threat...”

You might not be dealing with a rapist in a bear suit, but a BEAR in a bear suit;)


33 posted on 02/02/2012 2:21:40 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: M1911A1; grobdriver

The bobtail thing is very strange. How can it possibly help? The web of the thumb is not what I’d call a structural element. Also, M1911A1, you must be joking with your ‘nic. Firing a .45 is like having a steak with an old friend.


34 posted on 02/02/2012 2:53:00 PM PST by golux
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To: golux
Naw, bobtailing is good.
If you carry InsideWaistBand (IWB) it's usually just behind the point of the hip and a good holster will pull the grip in against the kidney or small of back, depending on where it rides). Very concealable, even a 5-inch 1911 like mine.
Problem comes in any time you extend, bend over, the back end of the grip, right there where a bob tail rounds it over, pokes up your cover garment and is pretty obvious.
You learn to squat, not bend.

And that's a steak AND a nice Cabernet.

35 posted on 02/02/2012 3:10:51 PM PST by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: grobdriver
Got it! Shooting-wise, though, I don't think I'd appreciate a non-functional lip around my hand. That said, de gustibus non est disputandum.
36 posted on 02/02/2012 3:22:46 PM PST by golux
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To: golux
Heh.

To each, his own, indeed!

Really, you don't miss it.
I've shot several bobtails (although my own is not so modified).

37 posted on 02/02/2012 3:33:16 PM PST by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: golux

Got a Sig 1911 TacPac for Christmas. Have not shot it yet...


38 posted on 02/06/2012 5:21:23 PM PST by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks!)
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