Is the 1911 Still Relevant?
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I go with an ATI .45acp Commander (been 100% reliable over 3000 hardball rounds) and a S&W Model 28 4in.
Kevin Rohrer
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Often-asked, often-answered.
Those who prefer steel and wood over plastic and have the money to buy a decent 1911 carry them.
If the crap really hits the fan, I'm gonna want two 1911's and an AR15... at least.
I had been carrying a 1911, but lately, I've just gone back to a revolver. Why? Because they suit me.
Glocks just point weird (along with other things that don't suit me). Took me forever to get used to the "forearm point" of the 1911, rather than the "finger point" of a revolver. The Glock is halfway in between... just unnatural for me.
I had been carrying a 1911, but lately, I've just gone back to a revolver. Why? Because they suit me.
Glocks just point weird (along with other things that don't suit me). Took me forever to get used to the "forearm point" of the 1911, rather than the "finger point" of a revolver. The Glock is halfway in between... just unnatural for me.
You know your firearm is relevant when people are using it 100 years later.
Pretty much any John Browning design. Mauser 98. AK. I'm sure someone could add names to that list, but those aren't going anywhere for at least another generation or three.
Pretty much any John Browning design. Mauser 98. AK. I'm sure someone could add names to that list, but those aren't going anywhere for at least another generation or three.
Not for me and I've owned several. I enjoyed them back in the early 70's when there weren't that many choices for someone starting out. Browning High Powers, Colt 1911s which still needed some work right out of the box, S&W revolvers, etc. Today there are tons of other options which move the pricey 1911s out of the picture. I would rather spend my money on EBRs.
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Old Dog
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Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
Thought we'd put this one to bed more'n a year ago.
Thought we'd put this one to bed more'n a year ago.
Does anything else need to be said? Why would anyone even ask the question? If you cannot, or don't, believe the 1911 is still relevant, there's an internet forum specifically for you. Starts with a "G."
SSN Vet
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From my vantage point, the 1911 still sets the benchmark for what can be considered an excellent handgun trigger.
Vern Humphrey
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Along with a Randall bowie knife on the other hip, a Colt Detective Special on my left ankle -- and a case of White Phosphorous grenades in the trunk of the car
Old Dog
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Indeed, and perhaps this is why those who would discount the 1911, favoring certain other brand names or platforms are quick to disparage the 1911: inside, they know they've tied themselves to a system with a mediocre, sometimes awful, trigger at best, are secretly embarrassed, so feel compelled to perpetuate disrespecting the 1911 as "obsolete" and "irrelevant."
What I find ironic is that so many who proclaim other semi-auto pistols as far superior, usually touting magazine capacity or reliability (which can be most subjective, and is oft dependent solely on the user's knowledge of, and ability to operate and maintain, their chosen platform) will then leap into threads to argue against the need for carrying more rounds onboard one's carry/defensive handguns, maintaining that in most real-life shootings, only two or three rounds are typically fired. The arguments against the 1911 always boil down to size/weight, magazine capacity and reliability; 1911 guys know that the 1911 is easily and effectively concealed, weight not an issue with quality holsters and belts, magazine capacity a non-issue for the accurate shooter capable of decent speed reloads, and reliability, as noted above, a factor controlled by the knowledge level of the owner/operator.
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Ah, I like the way you think ...
entropy
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Is the 1911 still relevant? How many other designs from that era are still produced in such numbers, by many different manufacturers?
Of course it's still relevant, and will be for the forseeable future. At least until phased plasma pistols come out. (Oops, script reveal, hope the mortals don't notice.....)
Of course it's still relevant, and will be for the forseeable future. At least until phased plasma pistols come out. (Oops, script reveal, hope the mortals don't notice.....)
Resurrecting a 17 month old thread that was already 8 pages long is counter productive.
If there is enough interest in the subject matter for an additional page and a half, someone should start a new thread...this one is getting put back into the ground
If there is enough interest in the subject matter for an additional page and a half, someone should start a new thread...this one is getting put back into the ground
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