Posted on 01/28/2017 9:22:37 AM PST by MtnClimber
For more than a hundred years, one weapon has travelled with American troops into almost every crisis, hot spot and war the United States has participated in. Developed as a response to Washington’s first overseas insurgency, the 1911 pistol still accompanies U.S. forces today around the world.
The 1911 semiautomatic pistol was invented by John Moses Browning, one of the most successful—and some would say, legendary—inventors of firearms who ever lived. Between 1879 and 1926 the prolific Browning invented some of the most successful firearms ever made, including the 1911 pistol, the Browning Hi-Power pistol, the Browning Automatic Rifle and the M2 Browning heavy machine gun. Invented in 1921, the M2 still serves as the standard heavy machine gun of the U.S. armed forces.
The 1911 was designed with a new handgun cartridge, .45 ACP, in mind. The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol round, also designed by John Browning, was developed in response to the ineffectiveness of the U.S. Army’s then sidearm, the Colt M1892 revolver. U.S. troops sent to the Philippines during the Philippine-American War (1899–1902) discovered the revolver’s .38 Long Colt cartridge lacked the ability to reliably incapacitate Moro warriors in combat. The Muslim warriors tied off their limbs to prevent blood loss. They were still able to get within striking distance of U.S. soldiers with melee weapons, even after being shot.
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People often forget that the .45 ACP was adopted because the .38 Special did not have enough “stopping power” to deal with MUSLIM Moro Philippine tribesmen then in rebellion!
Have no idea where it is now, but in 1971, a 1911 pistol with the serial number 000086 was sitting in a USAR arms room in Webster, New York.
Have to give you a thumbs up for that.
For me, its a tough call between a 1911 or the Sig 226.
My great-great grandfather carried a Smith & Wesson
revolver in his job as a lightskeeper on the Tennessee
River. A rough job, with all sorts of criminals living
along the river. They would just shoot a person & leave
their bodies tossed on the river banks. I have the S&W
now. It’s almost self aiming. I don’t know it he had to
ever use it; but don’t doubt that he would have if he’d
had to use it. He was in charge of fueling & maintaining
the lights along the river banks. My fifth great grandfather
came here from down in Indian Territory in Georgia before it
was a state. He married a Cherokee woman. My sixth great
grandmother threw a fit & sixth great grandfather gave son
his inheritance in gold. He & his wife boarded a riverboat
and came upriver to a community on the river & settled
there. That’s how we ended up in Tennessee. Guess my
sixth great grandmother’s tantrum served a purpose.
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The 226 is very difficult to find ammo for at a reasonable price.
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Glocks do not accidentally discharge.
Something has to depress the center portion of the trigger, or it is impossible for the firing pin to move.
Me too
Thank you for pointing that out. I have no problem with Glocks or 1911s or S&Ws and etc. Like them all and understand their differences so not an issue.
Exactly. And that's all that had to take place.
No grip, no thumb, wouldn't even have to be a finger. Could be a mascara pencil, lipstick, car key.
If you want to carry empty chamber, fine. IMO unsafe chambered carry with light trigger.
You didn't ask, but the Wilson 1911 is exactly what you would imagine. Any 1911 points where I want it to, even if I line up with my eyes closed. The Wilson has an amazing level of accuracy too. It took a couple hundred rounds to break in, but well worth it and no complaints of any kind after that.
Something Sexy about
” Cocked, Locked and Ready to Rock!”
Yeah, I almost sold or traded it a few times, but it's just too pristine. I wish the optics mount options were better, though - I hate the clamp-on rigs. If it were a "clone" rifle rather than original HK, I'd just Tig weld a Picatinny rail to the receiver.
Yes, I suspect that one day I’ll succumb and buy one of Wilson Combat’s lovely works of art (I like their Scattergun Technologies products, too). For now, I’m looking for something a bit more basic- just to get reacquainted with the 1911.
Carried it everyday when I was a K9 MP. Powerful, lousy aim.
6 1911’s for me. Three full size, a rock island, a chuck daly and a norinco. And a Springfield, chuck daly and Colt commanders. I prefer the basic chicom norinco in full size and the CD Commander model.
You are correct, a Glock should never be carried naked in a pocket or purse. That’s why I carry in a rigid-sided IWB holster.
I love the .45. So do both my 5’-2” daughters. I really do not understand the fear of a little recoil. The 1911 is such a joy to shoot.
You’re way off.
depressing the trigger safety will not cause discharge.
And unless the trigger safety is depressed, no amount of pressure can move the trigger, so a glancing blow cannot cause it to fire.
My 10MM is a RIA. It’s a good shooter and lots less expensive than a Colt Delta Elite.
indeed
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