Walt Sherrill
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Sort of like all the articles about italian sports cars in car magazines? Most of us will never own one of those exotics.
That said, some of the top-drawer (i.e., more expensive) SIGs, H&K, CZ/Tanfoglio guns are both exotic and interesting, and I'd really like to read more about them. How about some articles about a Sphinx or the newly reincarted Daewoo/Lionheart?
How about some comparisons for the various service pistols: M&Ps vs. Glocks vs. SIGs, etc.? I'd certainly read those articles, and might even benefit from them.
Articles about how Ghost or Apex parts IMPROVE the performance of any of these guns would be welcomed too -- but we never see those sort of articles.
I wonder if this focus on 1911 is due to a sort of snobbishness of gun mag staff members; they are hooked on 1911s and just can't see much else. (Look at it as being a bit like the complaints about LIBERAL BIAS in the mainstream media -- suggesting that the folks who are biased don't even notice the bias.)
The gun shops where I visit generally have a section for 1911s, but not much in the way of variety or different models. They generally have more Glocks or Rugers. At the recent IDPA Nationals, I think the 1911s made up a relatively small part of the guns that competed -- I've mislayed that copy, so can be sure. Lots of Glocks, though.
Bullseye might be where 1911s really rule -- and variants of the venues where race gun traits really matter. But, truly, those guns are a relatively small part of the shooting universe.
That said, some of the top-drawer (i.e., more expensive) SIGs, H&K, CZ/Tanfoglio guns are both exotic and interesting, and I'd really like to read more about them. How about some articles about a Sphinx or the newly reincarted Daewoo/Lionheart?
How about some comparisons for the various service pistols: M&Ps vs. Glocks vs. SIGs, etc.? I'd certainly read those articles, and might even benefit from them.
Articles about how Ghost or Apex parts IMPROVE the performance of any of these guns would be welcomed too -- but we never see those sort of articles.
I wonder if this focus on 1911 is due to a sort of snobbishness of gun mag staff members; they are hooked on 1911s and just can't see much else. (Look at it as being a bit like the complaints about LIBERAL BIAS in the mainstream media -- suggesting that the folks who are biased don't even notice the bias.)
The gun shops where I visit generally have a section for 1911s, but not much in the way of variety or different models. They generally have more Glocks or Rugers. At the recent IDPA Nationals, I think the 1911s made up a relatively small part of the guns that competed -- I've mislayed that copy, so can be sure. Lots of Glocks, though.
Bullseye might be where 1911s really rule -- and variants of the venues where race gun traits really matter. But, truly, those guns are a relatively small part of the shooting universe.