I'm looking for good reasons to own a 1911, what are they?

[toddnjoyce]

ToddnJoyce,

Thank you for that article. I knew of several of our TAC-P/Combat Controller heroes, the most famous probably being TSgt John Chapman, but I had not heard of TSgt Travis Crosby. Thank you for sharing!

A lot of filks make fun of the USAF, as we are not really a group of gunfighters. I admit I received poor firearms training while in uniform, and it wasn't until I sought training as a civilian at Gunsite that I really began my journey of gunfighting skills.

Nothing but admiration and respect for our USAF SOF folks, including SERE trainers, Combat Controllers, and ParaRescue Airmen. God Bless you all!

I was privileged to serve with a great collection of heroes in my last six years before retiring. I was luck in my timing in that Congress had several SOF champions willing to fund elite physical, mental, and tactical training resources to preserve these great Americans.

 

[RevolverGuy]

Not a fan of the 1911 as a shooter. I prefer to get my dose of classic grace and beauty from a nice revolver instead. That said its worth owning a 1911 for the history and aesthetics even if you dont like the way it shoots. Its a beautiful gun and it along with the AR, Garand and a few others are just so inherently American


But if Moonpie ever sells his Chrome 9mm Colt 1911, I will buy it. Its got more chrome than a mexican hoopty but it is one of the best shooting guns I have ever shot

There is only ONE caliber the 1911 should ever be chambered in, and it ain’t the Kraut-9!!!

 

[69ChevelleLSX]

Well did you buy a 1911?

 

[SQLGeek]

There is only ONE caliber the 1911 should ever be chambered in, and it ain’t the Kraut-9!!!

Correct. The one and only is the 10mm.

 

[SQLGeek]

the reliability of a Subaru.

That's probably about right.

 

[Moonpie]

 

[Texasgordo]

Correct. The one and only is the 10mm.

Metric system is ghey

 

[SQLGeek]

Metric system is ghey

So ghey it not only has a greater capacity but more foot pounds of energy in a typical load.

 

[msharley]

You folk are aware of Fusion Firearms?

If a feller were to purchase a LONG SLIDE, supported Barrel & Frame from Fusion...they offer such a discount on the most EXCELLENT Small Parts....one could build one's 10mm for reasonable....

 

[avvidclif]

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Don't try that yourself Moonie, even eyewash couldn't remove that image

 

[Byrd666]

Well did you buy a 1911?

Waiting on my sights to be done on the single stack, and waiting on the double stack to come back into inventory.

 

[RevolverGuy]

Correct. The one and only is the 10mm.

God told Noah to build the arc 300 x 50 x 30 CUBITS.

He told John Moses Browning to build the 1911 for a cartridge .452 x .898 INCHES.

 

[SQLGeek]

God told Noah to build the arc 300 x 50 x 30 CUBITS.

He told John Moses Browning to build the 1911 for a cartridge .452 x .898 INCHES.

Yes right after he finished telling him to make the 1903 in .32 Auto lol.

 

[easy rider]

Yes right after he finished telling him to make the 1903 in .32 Auto lol.

If I remember from reading about John Moses Browning, he started working on what would become the 1911, along with other handguns, before 1900. He invented the slide (the biggest feature for a handgun of those days) which is used on many firearms today.

Now I can't say which he may have built first, he often worked on several designs at once, but the 1903 was made to be a concealed handgun, hence the name Pocket Hammerless. Certainly, at the time, I think a 1903 would have been better than a derringer, which was the major concealed handgun then.

 

[OldCurlyWolf]

Correct. The one and only is the 10mm.

Have one

 

[OldCurlyWolf]

The main reason to buy a 1911 is:

It Was designed by John Moses Browning.

I have never used or held a Browning designed weapon that wasn't an excellent firearm.

 

[Cjohnston]

Because They're awesome.

 

[DaBull]

My fave pistols are the beefy wondernines: Beretta 92, CZ75, Sig P226, Browning Hi Power, etc. It took me a long time to try a Glock and 1911. Ultimately, I came to love them too. I am a little faster to embrace big trends now...as a gun nut I figure my fellow gun nuts know what is fun and useful and what is not. Althought I still wonder about rifle caliber pistols. No problem with a Ruger PCC...that thing is just fun.

 

[benenglish]

Althought I still wonder about rifle caliber pistols.

Don't. They can be wonderful.

 

[OIF2]

This one has been posted before, but it's an awesome pistola. Built in the FT Benning AMU shop in '71, probably by Jackie Best. Shoots GI match ball into tiny groups at 50 yds without any malfunctions. A superb 1911 that's fun to shoot, with a history.
Bob