Why Own A 1911?

bcas, REAL MEN CARRY 1911's.

Greg, he is saying that the two 1911 shooters DID feed the empties.

"All but two failed to feed the empties....the two 1911 shooters."

It is just another way of saying "The only two that didn't fail to feed the empties were the two 1911 shooters."

Greg, he is saying that the two 1911 shooters DID feed the empties.

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You're right, I read it 2 times. swear he meant to say the 1911s fed them,

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DAMMIT, I meant to say...
..."swear he meant to say the 1911s didn't feed them"

I realize the 1911s fed them, NOW!!!! jeez a busy day.

So I just gotta know.. why all (the couple) posts here about 1911s having trouble with hollow points? AN EMPTY Case has gotta be tough relatively.

Why own a 1911?
Because we can.

A better question might be "Why not own one?"

I can't speak for anybody else, but I'd feel plumb naked without at least one 1911...one .45 Colt single-action revolver...and one K-Frame Smith.

qcsmitty said:

Not all "non-plastic guns" are 1911's. I'm curious too. What does a 1911 have that my W. German Sig P220 doesn't? The CZ97?

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A better trigger.

Better dimensions for CCW.

Easier to detail strip.

You can't forge plastic

I think Tuner has the better question.

Years ago while I was on the road in Jersey and living with several other men from my local, there was a young man who paid for the cable TV line coming into the flat. He very strongly believed that there would never be a black and white program or movie on it while he was around. He claimed that nothing in B&W was worth watching because it was old and no good. I never found out if he ever used that glass belly button we bought him for Christmas that year.

Sometimes folks on this thread and real life remind me of that kid.

Why the 1911? Because chasing unruly teenagers off your front lawn with a polymer auto sporting a "Read Manual before Firing" warning on it just doesn't have the same panache.

Because this... is....'MERICA!!!!!!

Because they don't make a 1912.

For me it's many of the reasons already mentioned but mainly because they're so easy to make hits with. When I bought my first, a Springfield "Loaded" model, the first two mags I fired through it at 15 feet could be covered by a tic-tac box. When I take new shooters to the range for the first time we start with .22's, both autos and revolvers, and work our way up through .38's and 9mm's to the .45. They also are usually making good hits with the 1911 the first time they shoot it.

Why a 1911?
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Just 'cuz.
I didn't need a reason. I just like them.

If you have to ask you wouldn't understand!

American history!

Because I won one at a Friends of the NRA banquet...

Because they don't make a ---1912 smalls said it best

how about: Why not?

How can you resist her beautiful curves and lines? how the safety gracefully compliments the beavertail, the smooth sweep of the cuts on the slide... I have never found a gun, long or short, that fits my hand as well as my Kimber, nor another design that can match her beauty.

Catherine is her name. Few things in life can compare to her

Spare parts are readily available, magazines can be bought at extremely favorable prices and .45ball is cheaper then most quality JHPs for "slimmer calibers"?

dboy225 said:

Because this... is....'MERICA!!!!!!

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Oh yes......and let us not forget .45 is standard military handgun caliber of the Mexican military. I do like their 'Hecho en Mexico City' pistol better then the 1911.

Just ordered my first 1911 because of this thread, not that I hadn't wanted one, I just have so many other guns. I ordered a Springy Loaded something or other. And when she gets here I will fondle the hell out of her!