What Will You Never Believe Or Understand About Gun Owners...
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Airsoft is so addictive, huh?
Silly question. When you open the safe to grab one, how do you decide which one?
Airsoft is so addictive, huh?
I dunno - don't own any. But I DO appreciate the voice of experience.....
I don't - guns in a safe don't do ya any good. There's at least a half-dozen 1911's around the house in various locations, along w/a KSG shottie in my office.
LOL - when THAT happens, ah just post up a picture of the NEXT safe......
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What I can't understand is why TexasRedneck hasn't adopted me yet.
Hell - 'cuz ah've heard about how much ya eat!!!!
unfired and at that price should sell about a half a heartbeat before.
The ar15 was one of the last guns to be designed before we hit the current plateau of small arms designs. It was modern enough to make proper use of modern polymers, and is arguably the single most adaptable firearm design ever made. It also has the benefit of over 60 years of military and civilian development.
On the flip side, the 1911.
The 1911, we need to break it down into 2 parts, military use, and civilian. Military 1911's are service pistols. The fine fitting of parts to make a gun shoot 1-2 inches at 50 yards didn't happen. Parts had to be held under strict QC to ensure that basic maintenance and armory repairs didn't end up with a gun that didn't work. Military 1911's are loose guns.
Civilian 1911's saw little development until the AWB made it the go-to choice for those who wanted to shoot a semi.
Prior to kimber showing up, you got a gun that was basically a USGI spec pistol. You'd then send it off to a smith to increase its accuracy, and reliability with HP bullets, and even then it wasn't a guarantee that you'd get what you paid for. Point being the modern production 1911 is less than 40 years old
In any case, when the 1911 was designed, the only other successful semi auto pistol was the luger. Not exactly strong competition. Over the years, even browning would improve his design. The hi-power had a number of improvements, though he died before seeing it to completion.
Think of it like this, when the AR15 was designed, everyone knew what a select fire carbine should be. The AK was a thing, the STG44 was a thing, and the M2 carbine was sort of a thing.
When the 1911 was designed, it was treading new ground. Hell, the whole idea of a slide was less than 10 uears old at that point.
Despite all the shit i talk, the 1911 is an ok design, and in the few niches it shines, it's one of the best around, but other designs (that wouldn't exist without the 1911) have surpassed it for what 99% of people use a pistol for.
