What is it about 1911's?

I feel the same way, I just got a springfield "loaded" model, and i keep going to find it just to fondle it.

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Sorry, but I've never had that feeling even though I have more than one 1911...I only shoot 'em every now and then and can take 'em or leave 'em. I know this is gonna cause me grief to say, but I wouldn't trade a good wheel gun for two 1911's.

History, style and "trigger".

The Harley Davidson of pistols.

They're elegant in a way that few handguns are.


Lots of folks feel the same way about a Browning Hi-Power as well.

They give a fuzzy warm feeling inside when I handle mine.

Trigger, big boom with mild recoil, mulitple safeties, fullsize that carrys well.

What's not to love?

I agree. I have a Kimber Pro Carry II, 4.25". I was happy but all of a sudden needed a compact. Bought one and was happy but all of a sudden, needed a sub compact. Bought one and was happy but all of a sudden needed a full size. Bought one and was happy but all of a sudden ................

Lord, where does it end? :banghead:

I'm going broke

I love 1911s and I wasn't a big fan of them. Everyone said get one and you'll see...They were right.

They are just the epitome of firearm.

There is little, if anything, out there that has a trigger that will compare favorably to the 1911. Try as one may, you are not going to get a SA/DA gun to feel like a 1911 in SA mode. Believe me, I've tried, and tried, and tried. Not that some of the SA/DA guns don't have good triggers, they just aren't a 1911.

Perfection is hard to beat.

Cheers,

ts

I have always been very partial to the M1911, especially with Colt Governments and Combat Comanders. Favorite caliber is still .45ACP, but I readily admit to a long term fascination for the .38 Super, along with a 9mm. conversion assembly.

Recently I picked up a Colt Government in .45 mainly because I really wanted one with the "100 Years of Service" engraving on the slide. I have more M1911 type pistols in my collection than any other semi-auto design. I even assembled one of my own using an Essex frame and mostly Colt parts.

So yes, you could say there's something about the M1911 that has really held my interest all these years!

Now and then someone builds something that is somehow more than the sum of its parts. The shape and balance is just right, and it simply FITS. The 1911 A1 with the short trigger is right for me. The Model 94 Winchester and the 1994C Marlin also fall in this select group. Some people find the Colt SAA to be perfect, but not me. But if you really want to experience what dreams are made of, pick up a lightweight high grade English SxS double barrel shotgun.

my girl carrys a browning hi power mk 3 and i carry my ria 1911a1 "tactical" model. we love each other's guns but both think our own are better.... oh well, john moses browning designed both...

What it is

It's the awesomeness.

I didn't get what the big deal was until I got one myself and then got the books to understand the history and mechanics of the gun. JMB was really a genius way back then, for his design to persist in so many iterations still today.

That said, I would like to see someone do a full redesign of the platform. Something perhaps gas operated with a fixed barrel. Blasphemy I know...

BullfrogKen said:

They're elegant in a way that few handguns are.


Lots of folks feel the same way about a Browning Hi-Power as well.

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I did, until every single one I picked up bit the hell out of me.

I never have this problems with 1911s, even those with the most rudimentary of hammers and no beaver tail.

I did, until every single one I picked up bit the hell out of me.

I never have this problems with 1911s, even those with the most rudimentary of hammers and no beaver tail.

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I have had 2 1911s chew the heck out of the webbing of my hand due to hammer bite. My Hi Power does as well. If the hammer isn't bobbed and there is no beavertail, my hand gets chewed. This feature of JMB's work is far from ideal in my opinion.

With that said, what I love about my 1911s is the trigger (along with the bobbed hammers and beavertails, I might add!).

Definitely an elegant gun and when setup correctly can be used for a lot of different purposes.

Because there still the best.

my girl carrys a browning hi power mk 3 and i carry my ria 1911a1 "tactical" model. we love each other's guns but both think our own are better.... oh well, john moses browning designed both.

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Not only did John Browning not design the High Power...he never saw one. He died in 1926, nearly 9 years before the High Power was completed.

Browning designed the Grande Rendement, which was about as much like a High Power as a Walther P-38. After the patents expired, Saive was able to incorporate many of Browning's ideas into the pistol...and the result is the High Power as we know it.

I think it is a combination of everything they offer than no one other pistol offers.

Ultimate tuneability, personalization, grip angle, trim frame, high power round, accuracy, reliability, complete ergonomics, beauty of design and esthetics, and the whole historical thing. As well, they seem to have more support than any other pistol in the world as far as aftermarket parts, and did I fail to mention easy to work on/repair? I also think they are the best looking pistol of all time.

I felt the feeling when I fired my first one at about 10 and have been TOTALLY hooked ever since and have tried everything else to no avail.

What ISOW said.

When I have a 1911 in my waistband (as I do at this moment,) I am holding the history and engineering that has saved more soldiers' lives than any other handgun system.

When you have a good SAO trigger, you begin to forget why you would ever need or want anything else.