Has the 1911 fashon ran it's course? (GRATUITIOUS FLAMAGE INSIDE)

[R.W.Dale]

For the past half a decade or so it seems as though the entire gun market, media and community was focused almost exclusively on one firearm. The, M1911 and it's various variants. At times some of the fervor bordered on the religious. I remember one issue of G&A that had FIVE different articles on the handgun in question.

As of late though let's say this past year or so it seems as though the across the board focus on the 1911 has all but disappeared. As of late EBR's appear the firearm to own on order to sit at the popular table whilst the 1911 is now considered to be just another handgun. I predict the 1911 going to end up like the "wonder nine" fad of the late 80's, they won't go away but will rather just sorta float around in the background.

This is where the flaming begin!

 

[JonP]

No flame.


You're just wrong.

 

[First Shirt]

The first handgun I ever shot was the 1911 (not an A1) that belonged to a great uncle who brought it back from France in 1919. Since then I've shot more than I could count, and despite the wide variety of substitutes available today, I still can't find anything that works better, or fits me better, or is quite so comforting when things go bump in the night. Yeah, it' old - so am I!

 

[Airman193SOS]

I'll never understand the animosity towards the 1911. I will never, ever get one because I'm not keen on the cocked and locked carry. I much prefer more modern DA/SA handgun designs. However, I can appreciate that some people think that the weapon is the way to go, and I certainly wouldn't begrudge them their opinion. It's been around for nearly 100 years and is still successful in what is essentially the same design. It's hard to argue with success like that.

As long as handguns are legal to own and carry, 1911s and other weapons of that type will be extraordinarily popular.

 

[mavracer]

right and all the restraunts in the future are taco bells.go drink your kool-aid

 

[Black Majik]

 

[Deer Hunter]

Black majik...

Thank you. After 2 hours of studying finite math, I needed that.

 

[Hoppy590]

I predict the 1911 going to end up like the "wonder nine" fad of the late 80's

how has the wonder 9 fad faded glocks are still selling like coke laced hot cakes. everyone and thier mother is coming out with polymer guns chambered in 9,.45,.40, 10mm,357sig, and any other caliber the "wonder 9" is still alive, just the caliber choice has expanded. like wise the 1911 has adapted to include hicap versions. double action versions, small 3 inch versions. hammerless versions, 9mm, .40, 10 mm versions. the super .38 is back in style. the 1911 is alive and well and probibly will be long after the glocks fade, the M&P's go the way of the M&P's of the past and the mosins have all dried up.

 

[sm]

No.

Gov't Model of 1911, as JMB designed it still going strong and will continue to.

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[Lonestar49]

Sure..lol, until..

...

Like the old, beautiful 356 Porsche's, and like the old, yet still NIB, by so many 1911 "we better build some" manufactures of late..

Ya see one, it catches your eye, you drive one, and you have to have the pure honey of where it started..

And when someone finally shoots one..

They have to buy one, used, or new..

They just keep on going, and going, and going..


They're timeless.. from one generation to the next, to the next..

That's how "some" hold their values, and some go up and up in value..

Like the Pyramids, 1911's stand the test of time..


~ Imitation is the greatest form of flattery ~



LS


PS.. no flame, rather, a hot tip..

 

[eldon519]

There are still probably 10-15 successful companies producing 1911s, so I think that speaks for demand. Also, they still seem to be all over the pages of typical guns magazines, so I'm not sure why you would think they are fading.

 

[zinj]

Yes, the 1911 is a fad, just like those confounded self-propelled carriages.

 

[2RCO]

Just wait until 2011 everyone and their brother will be making a 100th anniversary edition. Heck I might even be making them by then!

Come to think of it a 2RCO 1911 sounds like a good Idea!

 

[evan price]

Crimeny, I hope not. When those fudds with 1911s decide to move on it might drive up the price of better stuff, like Sig.

 

[ugaarguy]

Crimeny, I hope not. When those fudds with 1911s decide to move on it might drive up the price of better stuff, like Sig.

LOL even SIG makes several variations of 1911 type pistols.

 

[Euclidean]

The 1911 will never die because:

- It's relatively simple being a 100 year old design. A GI spec gun will even detail strip just using the parts of the gun and a cartridge case.

- It's extremely pleasant to shoot. .45 ACP is a lower pressure round than more contemporary service cartridges and recoils softly especially in an all steel gun. The trigger is crisp and the sight radius is long.

- It's one of the easier guns to carry due to its thin, uniform profile.

- For its intended purpose, it works as well now as it did when it was made. It will take a tremendous innovation, one that will likely lead us away from cartridge based projectiles, to render it in any practical sense obsolete.

- If you don't like something about it, someone's probably made a variant that answers your complaints.

 

[crankshop1000]

1911 fashon???????? Is that some kind of old car?

 

[JohnBT]

"For the past half a decade or so it seems as though the entire gun market, media and community was focused almost exclusively on one firearm."

Glocks? ARs?

John

 

[El Tejon]

Couple of different reasons:

1. From September 1994 to September 2004 the production over over 10 round magazines was prohibited by federal law. The unintended consequence of this moronic legislation was to make pistols smaller and in larger caliber as well the 1911 platform became more popular (If I can only have 10 rounds of 9mm, then I'll carry 8 rounds of .45).

2. Concurrently there was a large increase in number of shooting schools shortly before and during the AWB. Once more gun owners began to receive formal education in using a pistol, the advantages of the 1911 in gunhandling became obvious. This influenced the market as these students began to influence others who had not been to school. Several 1911 makers made pistols in conjunction with certain shooting schools.

Now that the inane AWB has sunsetted, larger pistols holding over 10 rounds are experiencing brisk sales.

 

[BuntlineSpecial]

Well, I suppose everyone is entitled to an opinion.
I have carried, over the years, Sig's, Glocks, Beretta's, H&K's, S&W revolvers and semi-auto's, and the 1911's in various configurations. The 1911's fit me best.
They are not for everyone, cocked and locked is a choice to be made, and once made, to be respected and practiced. Some people cannot make that jump. But I love them. I love how modular the design has become, and how simple. As said earlier, you can disassemble the entire weapon with other parts for the weapon, and replace almost any part on it in an intutive fashion.
Enjoy whatever pistol you have become wedded to, as for me, I will have a 1911 close by for the rest of my time on this earth, or until Hillary is elected and takes them all.

 

[woodybrighton]

before the handgun ban even the uk was plagued with the 1911 plague

 

[Geronimo45]

Nope. Too much hype and mythology still surrounds it. Yes, it's a nice gun (custom models especially), but there's a lot of misinformation out about it.

Example: Since match shooters have match-grade 1911s that will generally outshoot stock service handguns, the 1911 (including El Cheapo clones and old WWII guns) is thought to be much more accurate than any other semi.

And there'll be stories about evil Germans that were blown a half-mile backwards by the .45, while the American GI they'd been shooting at with a thousand 9mm rounds survived. Or how the Germans were scared to death of the .45 round.

I really haven't found the 1911 to be all that it was cracked up to be. Hand fit? Well, I can wrap a hand around the grip and reach the trigger - but it seems to desparately want to point low by nature (arched MSH). Also gives a sore palm after a box of hardball. The trigger is nice, though.

 

[Baba Louie]

It's just a trend for the moment, this 1911, .45 Auto, JMB thing that'll probably pass in another 100 years or so. I fully expect it to peak around 2011 for some strange unknown reason... call it a hunch... then pass into oblivion. Kinda like that Winchester 94 trend thing. I mean for one reason or another Winchester had the smarts to get out of their own game... right?

I fully expect Colt et al to bail on the 1911 format sometime real soon once they convince the public that big, old, heavy, single stack limited capacity, single action trigger, unlocked semi-autos made in America are a thing of the past.

 

[The Bushmaster]

I'll take a few of those disgarded 1911's off your hands...No problem...

 

[meef]

No, probably not.

Nor has it likely runned its course either.