The 1911... I'm beginning to understand

[rauchman]

Greetings all,

Went to the pistol range yesterday and brought with me, my USP 45F and SA Loaded 1911. I normally shoot at 15 yards and out of any handguns I own, I shoot the USP the best consistently. I usually have a maximum spread of 3" at 15 sometimes going as low as 1" shooting 5 round groups. With the 1911, it is a much different feel from the USP. The USP is like a well crafted brick and makes the 1911 feel very slim, almost too slim. Anyway, it finally started coming together yesterday at the range. I finally had a couple of one holers at 15 yards with the 1911. It's all in the grip. There was a gent a couple of ports away who was practicing more combat shooting with a Wilson of some type. As much as I would like to have a high end 1911, I can't justify the gun until my shooting skills would benefit from having a gun like that. I have a loooonnnnnggggg way to go. Anyway, I'm really starting to dig the 1911.

 

[horge]

 

[Smoke]

Sooner or later...everyone comes around.

Be prepared, the 1911 is addictive, the multiply as well.

Smoke

 

[garrettwc]

I'm really starting to dig the 1911.

It begins...

 

[nico]

I have the same problem. I shot a Kimber Gold Match at the local range a few weeks ago and now I NEED a 1911 of some sort. I've been looking around at the different models, and saving up for a nice higher end gun like the Kimber is very tempting, but I think I'm going to buy a Springfield Mil-Spec sometime next summer and just make any modifications (I most likely won't do anything major) that I want gradually.

 

[lycanthrope]

The low end Kimbers shoot just as tight as the high end ones. Just get a base gun and add to it later.

 

[nico]

yeah, but a low end kimber is still a lot more than a Springfield Mil-spec and I don't shoot well enough that I'd notice the difference before I'm able to afford the Kimber.

 

[lycanthrope]

Yeah, but if you love the gun you're gonna be there in a year or two......

So spend the extra $200 now and save the $650 later (for a base Kimber that you'd buy as a second gun...which is what they go for around here).....

Not that the Mil Spec isn't a good gun, because they are....but by the time you factor in the add ons like the beaver tail, commander style hammer, extended thumb safety, better sights and better accuracy that extra money is actually coming back to you.

 

[XavierBreath]

Enjoy your Springer.... and start saving money for the next 1911. You are now hooked, and you cannot escape the power of the 1911.

 

[Dienekes]

If the 1911 has decent sights, a decent trigger, is reliable, and will stay in 4" at 25 yards, it will suffice. Less is more.

 

[mbs357]

The grip makes the pistol imo.
It could be the most accurate pistol in the world, but if the grip isn't right for you, you could do horrible with it.
This is the reason the CZs are so popular, great grips on those.
I'm also quite fond of the USP and 1911 myself. Uncle has a USP Compact, best shooting pistol I've ever had the privaledge to fire. His 1911 was the short one, I think the Commander. It's a bit old (I think he mentioned a bad part...maybe extractor?), but still a mighty fine pistol.

 

[Obiwan]

1911's are one of those weapons that make me kick myself for not trying them sooner.

I believed all the hype about them being an "experts weapon" for far too long.

Which is why I am increasingly less accepting of those that would tell you what you need!




I shoot them better than anything else and I now own 4 of them

 

[NMshooter]

I had a USP in .45 once. Well, several, actually. Eventually I ended up with a Kimber, though, and I do not regret it one bit.

Of course I still like my Glock.

 

[10-Ring]

I have the same "problem." I have a USP & an Expert 45 that I shoot consistently better than I do my 1911s...I'm currenlty using this as my excuse to shoot more often & get more proficient w/ the 1911

 

[nico]

I believed all the hype about them being an "experts weapon" for far too long.

what is the deal with that anyway? I've heard from a lot of people that "a 1911 isn't a good beginner's gun." IMO, no .45 is a good beginner's gun, but I don't see what makes the 1911 some mystical weapon that only someone with a lot of experience with other guns can handle.

 

[45auto]

With a light load the 45 is a "pussycat" to shoot, easier to shoot than the ever present 9mm white box in a typical 9mm IMHO.

It must be the SA trigger. But, for the first gun many people recommend a Ruger 22, which is a single action trigger.

Anyone shoot rifles or shotguns with DA triggers??

Perhaps, people assume every gun bought is going to be carried. The 1911 is not the best pistol to buy today and carry tomorrow for the novice. But then, no gun is without proper training anyway. The 12lb DA revolver would have an edge...a small one.

 

[tallgrass]

I have a SA Mil Spec and then bought a Kimber TLE and even as a novice shooter I can tell the difference and the Kimber shoots much tighter groups that the SA. I know my abilities don't change from one pistol to the other, so you will be able to see a difference in the groups from a higher quality gun.

 

[Pointman1776]

I feel you, bro

My first was a Sig P226ST, then P220ST, then CZ's, Baby Eagles, XD's, etc. etc. etc.

Anything and Everything but a 1911...heck no, wouldn't catch me with one...no sir.

Didn't want to spend big $$$ to get a 1911 and then have to spend even more big $$$ to get a hundred-year-old-designed antique the way I expected it to perform out of the box like my Sigs, CZ's, etc.

Then I shot one. Big mistake. Now I'm hooked for life.

I absolutely love my Sigs, CZ's, etc., but I can do things with my Kimber Team Match II out of the box with only a $50 action polishing job that I can't match with my Sig P226 ST or Sig P220 ST which were both perfectly tuned for me by Langdon.

Before I purchased my first handgun, everyone advised me to get a 1911 because even if I didn't buy one at that time I'd end up there anyway eventually. Darn if they weren't right.

I'll never tire of my Sigs, love them too much, like my BMW's...precision engineered German accu-shots. Just sweet-sweet-sweet shooters, fit me like a glove, do everything perfectly, and greet me like an dear old friend everytime I shoot them. Nothing but good times every time.

But, oh my Kimber TMII...(drool)...like Corvettes...made in USA, power, smokin' performance, indisputable results, value that can't be beat, and grins a mile long, all day long, every time I press the trigger.

I'll still break out my Sig for a competition now and then for fun, but my #1 shooter is my Kimber TM II.

The results don't lie...they speak for themselves.

Enjoy!!