1911s suck 1911s suck 1911s suck....

[BerettaNut92]

Ok I like 1911s but I shoot my Beretta better. I still owe my savings acct $2000 (pulled out of reserves for LASIK procedure early this year). I have a job interview on Thursday that might place me in Arizona so I should be saving up for rifles instead.

I went to the range and shot a few 1911s and against my better judgment I think I want one again.

The Sig GSR is right up my alley. It oozes with teutonic tacticality, and carbon fiber can be had for it. And best of all it's California approved which makes it not unsafe.

So please tell me 1911s suck.

 

[boofus]

If you move to AZ you need to start saving for machineguns!

 

[Trisha]

NEVER!

 

[sm]

So please tell me 1911s suck.

Can't do - 'cause I'd be lying.

Still recall shooting my first Gov't model at age 6 (that would put it about '61) , Still shooting 'em , still prefer the Gov't model .

I never warmed up to spaghetti guns except the Jetfire in .25 or the Bobcat. Maybe that is why I turned out so well.

When you learn on the best - everything else pales in comparison.

I "learnt" to shoot on Old S&W Kframes and Gov't models of the 1911...I still prefer these and shoot these.

Since " I are" offically "Probationary Reprobate" now...I can say stuff like this now...

Who says nearing 50 is a bad thing?

 

[Tag]

Skunk, I could tell you that but I'd be lieing... 1911's ARE awsome.

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

Haha! Bitten by the bug again!

I don't like them at all, I only have four!

 

[Mikul]

Okay.
1911's suck.

Actually, 1911's don't suck if you don't shoot them a lot, or you enjoy performing regular maintenance that is unnecessary on most of the guns that are not 100 year-old designs. As a relic of days-gone-by, I find them amusing, and they certainly fit the niche of a fun gun, but I don't recommend them to people.

A Sig 1911 is just a strange beast. First, it's a single-action Sig. Isn't that an oxymoron? Secondly, Sigs work. They're as reliable as death. You run 20,000 rounds through them, perform no maintenance and they still work. This does not sound like a 1911. Maybe Sig will change my mind about 1911's and actually manufacture one that isn't a pain in the beavertail. They'd still have to get rid of the grip safety to make me really happy.

 

[Jammer Six]

Secondly, Sigs work. They're as reliable as death. You run 20,000 rounds through them, perform no maintenance and they still work.

One of the guys at a league I shoot in says the same thing. He's a Sig guy, and we call his Sig his "Uber-reliable Sig."

Many, many rounds.

When it's in the shop, he borrows my milspec so he doesn't have to miss the course of fire.

If I ever have the bad luck to get into a gun fight, I hope my opponent has either a Sig or a Micro.

 

[Pebcac]

Can't tell ya that, dude. I've got a Springfield WWII repro that I love and wouldn't trade for anything. In a previous, foolish life, I sold my 92FS stainless (blasphemy, I know), and I'd love to have it back and plan to get another one soon. Still, you should own a 1911 even if it's only to tell people "I have one and can't stand it," which I don't think would be true.

That GSR is uber tactical-looking. Sigs have nice lines, and their quality is good. Go for it. Just don't put it on the shelf next to the Beretta, or they'll squabble.

 

[clipse]

I've had 1911 lust for years. Love shooting them, love looking at them, and I love holding them. Sorry.


clipse

 

[rick_reno]

I read of early problems in the SIG GSR, check around to make sure they've corrected them before you buy one.
Arizona is beautiful this time of year, it really can't be beat. To prepare for summer living, head down to your local pizza joint and spend some quality time in the oven.

 

[Dave Sample]

Arizona is a horrible place to live. We are in the middle of a terrible drought and if you come here, you need to bring your own water. The heat is unbearable and the people, well........................they are real Americans. I think California would be the ideal place to move to! AZ sucks!

 

[Mgraff]

1911 are the GREATEST combat handgun of ALL TIME!!!! IMHO Followed shortly by the High Power! Skunk no self repecting pistol shooter should be without one!!! Buy it, Buy it, Buy it!!! Skip the GSR try a Colt 70 series, or a full house custom from a good smith, if your gonna spend some cash.... SPEND some cash!!!! ya know ya want to....

Good luck

 

[Tamara]

Okay: They suck. Go play with Nina.

 

[Titus]

If you're moving to the home of Jeff Cooper, you better get yourself a 1911! Wait til you move there and get a Series 70!

Now that you're getting older and more famous, I would suggest you dump the carbon fiber and move up to ivory for that 1911, but I don't know if it would like that AZ weather. A nice blued Series 70 with ivory would look more like a skunk though I say.

 

[PaleRyder]

What is meant by 'performing flawlessly without maintenance'?
I rented a .40 cal Sig at my local range. The first shot I took with it stovepiped. Then it jammed. I took it apart, cleaned it with some Breakfree I had brought along, and it started working just fine. But it was not performing flawlessly without maintenance, if maintenance includes normal cleaning.

 

[dwestfall]

Sorry SkB but I'm selling my HK handguns and buying 1911s, they are JUST THAT TACTICAL!

Of course you shoot your Beretta better now. The question is, if you start shooting 1911s which will you shoot better a year from now?

(Whichever one you practice the most with probably.)

 

[papaone]

What ????

SkB: Blasphemy. Horror of horrors. You are doomed to forever shooting High Points and reloading on a Lee reloading single stage press in the infernal regions.

 

[armoredman]

.... and reloading on a Lee reloading single stage press in the infernal regions.

Hey, I have a single stage, wassa matta wid dat?
Come in to AZ! Lots of room for pro gun people, aboslutely full to LIEberals. Great gun laws, weird water laws, but a free place to live, as opposed to Cali. We have no registration/no licensing/no permit to carry open/shall issue fast turnaround CCW permit/no magazine limit/no number purchased limit/no AWB/ no waiting period,(15 minute instacheck, if you don't have a CCW)/ pre-emption law, so we all play the same rules/safe storage laws for public buildings/ gun shows...sound good so far? If you can't stand the heat, then Northern AZ plays by the exact same rules, and we do have some colder coutry up there, like Show Low, Flagstaff, Pinetop/Lakesude, etc. Come on in - the water's fine!

Or, get really cold and move up with Wildalaska. The cold ain't all just weather.....

 

[papaone]

Armor

Ooooooooooops, sorry about that.

 

[Black Snowman]

They are highly variable. There are great ones. There are ones that suck. There is everything in between. I got a pre-ehanced Delta Elite. I occasionally have extraction issues with it other than that it's been a lot of fun. I got it mainly as a tinkering gun and it isn't my favorite. I almost traded it for a Glock 20 and 29 but the other guy vanished. I've since decided I'm glad he did.

If I wanted a tacticool 45 it would be the USP Tacticool. Carbon fiber for them is harder to come by though. For my first 45 ACP I'll be getting a moon clip revo. Specificly I'm tracking down a Taurus 445SH4 Titanium model. Titanium is almost as tacticool as carbon fiber

 

[psyopspec]

Yep, 1911's really su-

Wait, think I hear something...

Yep, it's my Kimber calling for me to go shoot some more 10-ring groups with that tight, crisp trigger and authoratative barking from the muzzle.

What were we talking about again?

 

[denfoote]

Welcome to Arizona!!!

Arizona is a horrible place to live. We are in the middle of a terrible drought and if you come here, you need to bring your own water. The heat is unbearable and the people, well........................they are real Americans. I think California would be the ideal place to move to! AZ sucks!

Yup, and besides, as soon as you step out of the car and walk into a Circle K or Seven Eleven, you are gunna be branded a snowbird!!!

Seriously, you will have a period of adjustment. Living in freedom takes getting used to. Kinda like the emigrants that came here from behind the Iron Curtain!!

Don't get freaked out at the sight of someone carrying a gun openly in the grocery store!! No, he ain't gunna rob and shoot up the place!! He's just excercising his constitutional rights!!!

Don't get upset at the sight of ammunition on the shelf of the hardware store!!

Don't drool all over the counter at the sight of all those sub guns available for sale at the local gun shop!!

The sound of gunfire is NOT necessarilly a bad thing!!! People go shooting out in the desert all the time!!!

The concept of the government sponsored public shooting range may be foreign to you!!!

Above all, DON"T feed the Democrats!!!
We have two carefully planned and maintained preserves set up where they can live out their lives in their natural environment!!!! A brief perusal of the Arizona election results will be more than enough to show you where they live!!

Welcome to freedom!!!

 

[Dr.Rob]

Non-Colt 1911's suck.

That's as far as I'll go.

 

[donkee]

I'll tell you they suck! And they do! Now, I wouldn't want you to keep any of those sucky 1911s, so if you want, I'll take em off your hands! Someone needs to adopt the unwanted sucky guns......