1911 fans, tell me why?

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Yes I know Ol'Fuff......if you have an old one that JMB touched himself, it will always work....but most of us don't have one of them[or can't find one].
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Then I don't think you're looking. I came across 4 this year - on Internet auctions. They went for around $600, and were just worn enough so the collectors didn't jump. Solid shooters though. No, I didn't buy any of them. I didn't have the need, and I was sure someone else did.

One that went for around $400 was 100% USGI parts except for an Essex frame - that might or might not have been good. But the other parts were worth the price - as parts. There was one bidder, and he took it.

Just watched an older LW Commander go for $600.

Ya' want egg in your beer???
 
Just a thought...Another big cause of problems comes from Dremel Dan and quickie kitchen table ramp and throat jobs. If they'd require a 30-day waitin' period for those flippin' things, life would be pretty simple for we who have to go behind such foolishness.
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Hey! Cut me some slack! ;) I take the ol' Dremel to all my new guns. :eek: All I do is break the hard edges and polish the ramp. They can all eat anything I throw at them. The secret is NOT to go any farther than that unless you know REAL well what ya are doing!
 
I own 1911's because they are reliable, accurate and comes to target better than most.

I don't own glocks because they have no safety, and they are so ugly I refuse to be seen in public with one
 
I don't know about "better than a Glock". I've never owned a Glock. The only .45acp pistols I own are 1911's. They have been more prone to failure than my P226, and I probably wouldn't carry one for self defense. But if you asked me what my "favorite" semi-auto was it would be the 1911. I like the looks of it and it fits my hand better than the Sig or any other flavor for that matter. I also shoot tighter groups with it than any other.

So the 1911's may not be my best pistols, but they're my favorites.
 
Full sized, steel 1911s are great. And they are heavy.

Finding lighter, smaller 1911s is where, I think, it "get's weak". Meaning, a mixture of external extractors, ramped barrels, no bushings, no beavertails or poorly fit, 4" barrels when they should be 4.25", etc, etc. You would have to "blend" several designs to get one that's "correct" IMHO....without going custom.
 
Is...one of those hard edges at the top of the feed ramp...by any chance?
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I know where ya are going with this... Yes, it is. Think of the radius I use like the one on this period (.), NOT this "O"!
 
breaking the edge, NOT "rounding" it isn't going to hurt it. Sure, if you get carried away and round it off, you now have less support at the cartridge head. All I did was remove a sharp edge which does not decrease the safety or reliability. Most of high-doller 1911's I have seen are done this way, that edge is NOT sharp. :neener: ( ;) )
 
I run a Kimber custom for 4 years now at USPSA matches and have never had a problem with the gun. every problem was either me or the mag.
 
The reason I prefer the 1911 is it feels better in my hand than any other gun I own 1 AND ITS GREAT IT'S a Springfield Mc Operator and it my house gun. Would not trade it for another
 
I know where ya are going with this... Yes, it is.
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You're a lucky man. You should play the lottery.

Just FWIW...That corner is there for a very good reason. If radiusing it was a feeding aid, it would have been radiused long ago...like around 1912.
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After talking off-like about this, I think I'll go buy that lottery ticket.

Kids, don't try this at home!
 
wow great reading, This must be the first time this question has come up.:neener: I think a search would provide about 987654321 other post on this same subject.
Send me the 1911 and go with the Glock. I offer everytime but I am yet to recieve one. Come on somebody work with me here !!!
 
Kids, don't try this at home!
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It's not that many people haven't done a little polishing with a Dremel and done fine. Some have improved the feeding...but too many others haven't, and a large percentage have made it worse.

Whenever somebody around here calls me with a feeding problem, and they tell me that they've already done a "ramp and throat job" that didn't help...I go ahead and start takin' Excedrin Migraine before they get here because there's about a 50/50 chance that I'm gonna have a headache before they leave.

The only advice that I can give is...before you file, grind, lap, or polish anything...explore everything else that could be at the root of the problem...and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Oh yeah...Take the Dremel out in the driveway and hit it with a big hammer. 8-10 times oughta do it. :D
 
Oh yeah...Take the Dremel out in the driveway and hit it with a big hammer. 8-10 times oughta do it.
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Hey now! I use it for all SORTS of other stuff besides screwing up...I mean fixin my guns! :neener:
 
I own three 1911s. One of them was built in 1943. That's the one that has never malfed on me. Duh.
 
if you take a mil spec 1911 you have to...

change the sights

change the mag

change the barrel

flare the ejection port

change the grip safety to a better one

serrate the front of the slide

put better springs in it

polish the feed ramp(s) they actually have a two part feed ramp.

stiple the front of the grip

re-finish

and get an ambi thumb safety
 
I own several Colts from a 1941USGI to a new Agent. They all, work . Bought a Kimber first week of Nov. Its gone it didn't work and didn't feel like a Colt when I held it.. Also never saw a Colt need 500 rounds break in.. Suggest you buy a Colt and you will see why people love a good 1911. As for the weight get a LTW Commander and good belt and holster.
 
if you take a mil spec 1911 you have to...

change the sights

change the mag

change the barrel

flare the ejection port

change the grip safety to a better one

serrate the front of the slide

put better springs in it

polish the feed ramp(s) they actually have a two part feed ramp.

stiple the front of the grip

re-finish

and get an ambi thumb safety
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Funny, all I've needed to do with a mil-spec 1911 is shoot it. Hasn't failed me so far, though I guess if I put all that other stuff on it, it just might.
 
if you take a mil spec 1911 you have to...

change the sights

change the mag

change the barrel

flare the ejection port

change the grip safety to a better one

serrate the front of the slide

put better springs in it

polish the feed ramp(s) they actually have a two part feed ramp.

stiple the front of the grip

re-finish

and get an ambi thumb safety
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Military never needed to do that and they were carried and used for many a year. They saw no need to tinker with Browning work. I carried one almost every day for 13 yrs. Never had a USGI that didn't work no matter the age .
You read to many gun mags A basic 1911 mil will work and work well .
 
polish the feed ramp(s) they actually have a two part feed ramp.
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:confused:

If you mean a feed ramp in the frame and the barrel ramp that have a gap between'em...it's supposed to be that way. There's a reason for it.

The barrel ramp isn't a feedway, and it's not an extension of the frame's feedramp. It's a clearance.
 
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