I used the 1911 platform during my service in a conflict,it was one reliable weapon,I never had a problem with it,I don't understand how other's can cry that they are so unreliable,unless they are failing to maintain them properly
This post started out sounding like a bash to all pistols from the get go as the preference of the person was his GLOCK,which has just as many problems as any other pistol and the reason so many LE agencies are dropping them,They have lost a huge amount of the sales they once had! I wonder why If there so reliable!
NONE! i dont care if you spend $5k on a pistol, there is no way i would just load it and carry it for personal protection right out of the box. at a BARE BONES MINIMUM, i would want to shoot 200 rounds through any gun, then clean the heck out of it before putting it into service. in the first place, even forgetting the chance that it may fail, how are you going to know if it shoots where you point it if you do not shoot it?!