orangeninja
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I have recently decided to do somthing other than a Sig (thinking outside the box) and am going to get a 1911. My only non-Sig pistol.
I wanted a basic 1911 with a Beaver tail and hammer to match, other than that, bone stock is fine with me, why mess with what works right?
My question is, should I get a Springfield GI Stainless or a MilSpec. The Milspec has a lowered ejection port, does this make any kind of difference at all?
Also I was looking at the Champion, and the only thing preventing me from getting one, is the itty bitty sights on it, however, I could add after market sights eventually.
The full size GI's seem to be comming with 3 dot sights now, so the mil-spec and GI both have acceptable sights in 5 inch.
The gun will be used as occasional off duty carry piece, thus my interest in the 4 inch (I'm in hot hot hot Texas) but I'm not sure if the extra inch is a big deal.
Having no experience with 1911's, is it possible I can drop in a beaver tail myself? Or is it better to get a smith?
Secondly, which would you choose and why? 5 inch GI, 4 inch GI, 5 inch Mil-spec?
Lastly, does a lowered ejection port affect reliability one way or another?
I wanted a basic 1911 with a Beaver tail and hammer to match, other than that, bone stock is fine with me, why mess with what works right?
My question is, should I get a Springfield GI Stainless or a MilSpec. The Milspec has a lowered ejection port, does this make any kind of difference at all?
Also I was looking at the Champion, and the only thing preventing me from getting one, is the itty bitty sights on it, however, I could add after market sights eventually.
The full size GI's seem to be comming with 3 dot sights now, so the mil-spec and GI both have acceptable sights in 5 inch.
The gun will be used as occasional off duty carry piece, thus my interest in the 4 inch (I'm in hot hot hot Texas) but I'm not sure if the extra inch is a big deal.
Having no experience with 1911's, is it possible I can drop in a beaver tail myself? Or is it better to get a smith?
Secondly, which would you choose and why? 5 inch GI, 4 inch GI, 5 inch Mil-spec?
Lastly, does a lowered ejection port affect reliability one way or another?