I'm now officially a Man. Bought a 1911.

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Trey Veston said:
Ordered a Wilson Combat magazine for it. Not a lot of options for 1911 mags in .40 S&W. $40 for a magazine? I knew 1911s were for rich guys...
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The trick for Wilson mags is to keep an eye on the usual suspects (gregcote, gunmag warehouse, midway, Brownells, etc) for the sales and get them for reasonable prices. Got my EDC X9 mags for $25/each on midway clearance a while back. Got most of my 47Ds and ETMs on sales for less than $30 over the years.

That said, I see metalform makes .40 mags and I've had excellent success with their 9mm mags. $19.99 seems to be the going price for those.
 
Br careful; they're addictive. I started off with a cheap GI style, just to see if I liked them. Now I have an assortment:

Two "1911 inspired" 380's (Government Model and Baby Rock)

A 9mm 1911 and a 9mm Star BM (sightly smaller and no grip safety, but same locking system)

A 40 caliber double-stack 1911

A 45acp 1911

If a great deal on a 10mm presented itself to me, I would be tempted.

RIA 1911 40 caliber double stack

RIA 1911 40 caliber double stack

 
Trey Veston said:
$40 for a magazine? I knew 1911s were for rich guys...
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Well, yeah, in .45acp you can find magazines for $10*, but they are like finding $3 bottles of wine.

Used to be you could get reliable mags for $15-20, inflation has made that $20-25; shipping & handling make buying multiples almost required.
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*I will exclude the CMP GI magazines, that's a different kettle of fish.
 
TomJ said:
Congrats, and welcome to the club. I own quite a few types of guns but there is no gun I shoot better or enjoy shooting more than a 1911. I have two 9mm Dan Wessons, a Guardian and Eco, a 1911ish EDC X9 and EDC X9S and my son has a SA Mil Spec 45. The X9S is now my carry gun. In regards to reliability, I don't remember any of them having a malfunction of any kind. Using quality magazines will go a long way towards maintaining reliability.
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Only one ECO?
 
I love my 1911. It is a SW 1911Sc Commander. It's lighter weight. It had some break in problems and had to go to the shop but settled down. I shot it in IDPA all the time with WWB 230 gr FMJ. I love the boom and the feel of the gun. The recoil was not bothersome. I lifted weights pretty religiously (not now as gym is closed) and had decent arm and hand strength, so no problem holding, racking, dealing with recoil - despite being a 70 ish old fart. I put an ambi safety on it as I am a leftist. haha.

Two funny things:

1. I call it my new drapes gun. When I bought it, my wife said - if you can afford that, you can buy new drapes for the living room. Yes, dear.
2. Told a big guy (over six feet - I'm 5'6 ish, used to b 5'8 but being older took my height and made it my width), that I shoot a 1911. He said he shot one in the army and it nearly took his arm off. Huh? I looked at my hand and said, well I just shot 95 of these, Saturday and still got it.

I bought the gun as a possible EDC, that's because a trainer (whom I won't embarrass) insisted that real gun slingers wouldn't carry a 9mm due to the failure of the 9mm round at the Miami shootout. Well, it was a little too big for EDC for me and guess what, said trainer is a 9mm Glock guy now! Still, I've carried it once in awhile and it is a little too big. G26 is my preferred EDC but if I had to, I'd carry the 1911 without a qualm. Some extra mags though.
 
Trey Veston said:
I really liked the feel and trigger of the 1911, but just couldn't justify the added weight, size, reduced capacity, high cost, and spotty reliability of the platform.
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Heh!

I had to laugh at this! "Spotty reliability of the platform"!

Always glad to see someone find, or rediscover, a new love in a firearm!
 
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I did say to someone, we shoot 1911s so we can practice malfunction drills every match. Hard to do that with Glocks. Flame on - ducking for cover.

Heard at matches - Shooter ready, Beep. Nothing. Shooter - Gosh Darn safety, Click - bang, bang.
 
The very first gun bought was a Kimber 1911 Custom TLE II when I was 21. I never looked back.

The only pistols I have are 1911s. Every time I get a synthetic pistol in my hands, I just cringe. I have shot a few that were very nice, but they had lots of money poured in them. So, every time I look at a striker fire, I’m like...well, I could add this or change that and then it would be pretty nice. Then I look at how much I would spend, and decide I could get a nice 1911 for that total price...

And so, I keep ending up with 1911s.
 
Trey Veston said:
Went back to Gunbroker and ordered it.

Probably won't find that good of a deal on a decent 1911 in a caliber I am well-stocked and reload for in quite a while. I actually looked at 10mm and .45 ACP versions and they were $200 to $400 more. Who cares; this will only be a range toy.

So I will soon be the owner of my first 1911. I am ashamed and proud at the same time.

Now to get an appropriate leather holster and quality magazines for it. Hopefully I remember how to field strip it after all these decades.
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Congrats. You did great on the price. 40 cal is the only 1911 I have left on my "to get" list.



Casefull said:
Easy to load that 40 to 10mm velocities Trey. You will enjoy.
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You mean off the shelf variety 10mm velocities I hope. I'm a fan of the 40 and 10mm, reload both, and best I can do is come within 150fps or so.
 
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GEM said:
I did say to someone, we shoot 1911s so we can practice malfunction drills every match. Hard to do that with Glocks. Flame on - ducking for cover.

Heard at matches - Shooter ready, Beep. Nothing. Shooter - Gosh Darn safety, Click - bang, bang.
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I would have closed the thread after that...:D
 
True, one thing we noticed is that the motor memory for disengaging the safety is pretty well established on the draw. However, even the skilled might flub it once in awhile. However, flubs were more common if you had to use the gun in a nonstandard manner. Let's say you had to take the gun from a box or off a table to shoot. Thus, not your standard draw stroke - folks would forget the safety off a touch more.
 
Hmmm...to be a man one must own a 1911?

So I guess if you got rid of all your 1911s and switched to Glocks, does that make you a “Smart Man”? :p

I’m kidding! :rofl:

Congratulations on your new addiction Trey Veston. :thumbup:
 
Your price may even get better. Remington started a $50 rebate on all their 1911 R1 handguns effective 15May2020.

Well after watching a few reviews on the enhanced 1911 r1 models, which this model is very similar, I pulled the plug and bought one. I could not pass this up for $499
 
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Welcome back to the 1911 club!

I bought my first the day I got my commission down at NAS Pensacola. For me they are ergonomically better than any other firearm I have used, even the BHP. I was forced to carry Glocks for my LE career, and they always felt like a 2x4 in hand. Now that I am retired I carry this Colt Combat Commander .45 ACP that was refinished in NP3 by the now-defunct Robar gun works in Arizona. Life is good! ;) I just picked up a 10mm DW that I need to try.
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And here is my 1911 BBQ gun....

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Pat Riot said:
Hmmm...to be a man one must own a 1911?

So I guess if you got rid of all your 1911s and switched to Glocks, does that make you a “Smart Man”? :p

I’m kidding! :rofl:

Congratulations on your new addiction Trey Veston. :thumbup:
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I apologize for this off topic post - It makes you Plastic Man. Remembering him from comics of my youth.
 
GEM said:
I apologize for this off topic post - It makes you Plastic Man. Remembering him from comics of my youth.
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I could be except all my revolvers aren’t plastic so...

Trey Veston, sorry to be hijacking your thread for humor.
I have owned a few 1911s. My biggest and best piece of advice - One of the 1911’s weak links is the magazine. Always buy quality magazines. Wilson Combat & Chip McCormick mags are mags you can trust. I know there are others as I haven’t owned a 1911 in 15 years.
Enjoy your new toy. :thumbup:
 
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