solitaryshell
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1911 guys I’m in the market for a .45 carry gun and need some help. I currently carry an XD40sc and love it but the wife is wanting to start carrying it herself, so since I’ve got to replace it I figure I’ll move up the scale to a .45. I have narrowed my choices to an XD45c or XDM45 due to the familiarity with XDs and really liking mine, or going a bit more expensive and getting an H&K USP 45, or getting a Kimber Pro Carry II Stainless.
Biggest problem I have with the 1911 is capacity. 7+1 compared to the USP’s 12+1 and XD’s 13+1. I just have gotten used to my current XD40sc’s 12+1 with the extended mag in and aren’t too wild about cutting back to 7 round magazines. I’m thinking about a situation I had a while back where 5 or 6 gangsta-wanna-be’s were following myself and my family around and harassing us while shopping. It was comforting to know I had plenty of ammo already in the gun for all of them if they’d continued following us outside, and the USP & XD & XDM all have 12 or 13. If I carried a 1911 I’d feel I had to carry at least 2 mags whereas I usually just carry my XD with one reload and have 22 rounds that way, more than enough for the majority of the situations I could find myself. What say you guys about the capacity of the 1911?
Also if I get the Kimber I’m looking at (Pro Carry II Stainless) it has an aluminum frame and a 4” barrel. One of the main advantages I hear to carrying a 1911 is shootability, accuracy, and controllable quick follow up shots. Would I lose too much of this by going with the aluminum frame vs a steel frame, plus the shorter barrel? I figured since it would be primarily a carry gun that the slightly shorter barrel along with the lighter frame would make it a little more comfortable to carry, but several of you guys carry the full size. If it’s not going to be enough of a difference to matter then great, but I don’t want to get a 4” aluminum frame, then shoot someone else’s full size steel frame and realize I bought the wrong thing. Dang, guess I’d then have to go get another one then, huh….
Biggest problem I have with the 1911 is capacity. 7+1 compared to the USP’s 12+1 and XD’s 13+1. I just have gotten used to my current XD40sc’s 12+1 with the extended mag in and aren’t too wild about cutting back to 7 round magazines. I’m thinking about a situation I had a while back where 5 or 6 gangsta-wanna-be’s were following myself and my family around and harassing us while shopping. It was comforting to know I had plenty of ammo already in the gun for all of them if they’d continued following us outside, and the USP & XD & XDM all have 12 or 13. If I carried a 1911 I’d feel I had to carry at least 2 mags whereas I usually just carry my XD with one reload and have 22 rounds that way, more than enough for the majority of the situations I could find myself. What say you guys about the capacity of the 1911?
Also if I get the Kimber I’m looking at (Pro Carry II Stainless) it has an aluminum frame and a 4” barrel. One of the main advantages I hear to carrying a 1911 is shootability, accuracy, and controllable quick follow up shots. Would I lose too much of this by going with the aluminum frame vs a steel frame, plus the shorter barrel? I figured since it would be primarily a carry gun that the slightly shorter barrel along with the lighter frame would make it a little more comfortable to carry, but several of you guys carry the full size. If it’s not going to be enough of a difference to matter then great, but I don’t want to get a 4” aluminum frame, then shoot someone else’s full size steel frame and realize I bought the wrong thing. Dang, guess I’d then have to go get another one then, huh….