Tallball
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The solution to 'too heavy' is a proper gun-belt. Believe me, it's a life-changing experience! Coupled with a good holster it takes the sting out of the weight. As for a carry gun in .45, you can't beat the classic.
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A good gun belt help, absolutely, but even with good belts my back will simply no longer tolerate more than about 36 oz loaded without nightly and morning pain.
I recently decided that since I've been working out and my back had been on great shape I would try my VBob for a week and see how it went. A single day carrying and I had back pain for two days. It's just not an option for me, and I was using my stiffest nylon/kydex belt.
Fair enough. I think you may be on the right track looking at a polymer gun then. I'd suggest a shoulder holster, but you may have already tried that, and while I like them I've found there are many situations where it can be difficult to dress around them.
I still haven't been out to work out the kinks in mine, but it's one that will be carried. Picked it up from an on-line police auction in TX, had it shipped back to its home state.The solution to 'too heavy' is a proper gun-belt. Believe me, it's a life-changing experience! Coupled with a good holster it takes the sting out of the weight. As for a carry gun in .45, you can't beat the classic.
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Love my 3" Kimber. 3" guns can be finicky, but mine has been 100% from round one.
Although nothing wrong at all with a CCO I have huge hands a CCO size grip doesn't work for me. Same with the Ultra small carries. I afraid of some hand flesh launching with the bullet. And that could happen. In the smaller guns there is a lot to be considered. I think we are all on a quest for the lightest weight and what shoots well.I wanted to drop weight and size from a Govt 1911 .45Auto and bought this gem ten years ago. DW 1911 CCO .45Auto, Lightweight officer's frame, Commander slide. 28 ounces. Based on my history with 1911's, I only wanted to go to a 4.25 commander's slide for reliability, as I had troubles with a Kimber 3.5 inch slide. Yes, there are some exceptional 3.5 inch 1911's... yet this CCO in the Nexus and Axiom holsters from Milt Sparks has been my EDC and bedside pistol all these years. OP... hope you find the best compact 1911 you can. These lighter weight 1911's are great carry and all around excellent personal pistols.
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Shoots like a full 1911, weighs almost like a .38 snub,
Better have some extra grippy grips or you may need a flashlight to find it when the muzzle flip launches it over your shoulder.Well, I wish I could find a "micro" 1911 pistol, chambered in .45 ACP that weighed anywhere close to what two of my edc, six-shot snub-nose revolvers, chambered in .38 Special, do: a Colt Cobra, weighing 15 ounces and a Smith & Wesson Model 12, weighing 18 ounces. But then there's the admonition "be careful what you wish for"; as the recoil on any 1911 .45 ACP pistol weighing a pound or so might need an hourglass to time how long it would take to make a quick follow-up shot.