45 for Life

[drewball]

I love 1911's as much as the next guy, but for me it's a Smith and Wesson 625 45 Colt. It is the perfect balance between strength and size/usability. It'll take a solid 45 Colt load, which for my money is better than a 44 Mag and with less chamber pressure. Yet it is not so big, heavy, and bulky that you don't want to carry it in the field. No it's not a 454 but the real world difference isn't as great at "handgun" range as some of us would like to think. Beside I'll gladly accept the trade off of a better package and give up what additional power the 454 (or 460 for that matter) has. If I had to pick a 1911 or a carry gun it would be a 10 MM, sorry no 45 ACP's for me.

 

[ARTiger]

Ruger P345

 

[Smaug]

HK USP Elite

Best DA trigger I've experienced on an auto pistol.

SA trigger rivals high end 1911s.

Accuracy was astounding with my simple reloads* and very good with factory ammo.

Too bad they're eleven hundred bucks. I guess that's no biggy if I can never have another 45, hehehe.

* = 230 gr. FMJ bullets over 5 gr. of Bullseye

 

[Smaug]

Just thinking, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea for us to always buy the gun as if it will be our last of that type...

 

[MarcusWendt]

M&P would be my choice.

 

[dust_101]

No no no no no no NO! I want more than ONE!

Ok ok it's only a hypothetical question (for now) calm... breathe....

Well let's see here. I own 3 of them now, and planning to GET a S&W 625 someday soon, so I can only comment on what I have now.... One of my two 1927 Sistemas (1911A1), one has already been modified to death to almost match a high end Les Baer, but the other one is still pure GI (wellll ok I did replace the MSH with a flat GI one) but it still LOOKS GI.

Yes, I'll keep that one. Not a misfire yet, and easy to find/replace parts. Good quality old world steel, should outlast me by a long shot.

....course, if I could have another it'd be my T/C Contender with the .45-70 14" barrel.