I guess some of you missed the fact that this
was a "tounge in cheek" question.
The fact is that I shoot both pretty darned well. While I have had my carry permit for almost 20 years now, I only started carrying daily about 18 months ago. I won't say that I don't notice my Glock on my hip yet, I do, but since I got a decent IWB holster and a sturdy belt, I notice it a whole lot less.
I know that some of you feel that the difference in grip angle from the Glock to the 1911 would prohibit you from owning both. I really don't notice that much of a difference. I do 95% of my shooting, with my handguns, drawing from cover and shooting at multiple targets. I also practice jamb clearing and reloading with any gun that I carry. I sometimes shoot as few as 50 rounds but I often shoot as many as 300-400, depending on weather I am shooting any of my rifles or shotguns. I would be willing to guess, in the summer at least, that I shoot more than probably 75% of the people here.
I know that the 1911 is capable of handling any situation that I will hopefully never encounter. I wouldn't even consider it if I didn't believe that. My problem is that I WANT TO CARRY THE 1911, mostly because it looks nice. It is point of pride, you know? But the left side of my brain asks why would I consider carrying an extra pound of weight while losing 5 rounds of capacity. The Glock is, after all, just as capable. It is kind of like the situation that I have with the vehicles I drive. I own an F-250 Super Duty Crew Cab, a mans truck, and a Toyota Matrix. Now I love the truck, plenty of room and I can haul a lot of tools or guns, or both. But, the fact of the matter is I don't always need all that room and, the Toyota gets almost three times as many MPG. Aside from the good gas mileage the Matrix has lots of other virtues and I really like driving it too. The comparison that I am making is that while the Toyota makes a lot more sense to drive, I still really enjoy the Truck and sometimes find myself making up reasons to drive it.
SO HELP ME OUT HERE, TELL ME WHY I NEED TO CARRY THE 1911 INSTEAD OF THE GLOCK (at least occassionaly)