fatmanonabike
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No absolutely not. It is simply junk, the poorest design ever conceived. However several generations of mass hypnosis has enabled a couple dozen manufacturers to stay in business.
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that they are more popular today than ever, and many people stake their lives on the design.the truth is
Their lawyers won't let them?cops and military do NOT carry 1911's as duty guns anymore. There's a reason
Dude, you need to find someone else to build those 1911s then.I do not consider the limited capacity single stack prone to have a .5% ftf rate as a great option for trusting my life to it.
See above statement.I have owned 4 1911's, and worked on some more. Out of the 4 that I own, none of them have proven 99.99999 effective. Maybe 95% at best.
For example, buy a 1911, then (see my posts on 1911 builds from scratch) modify the heck out of them. Hammers, triggers, slides, bull barrells, whatever. Buy a glock or a sig, and what to glock and sig owners upgrade on their guns? Sights maybe? Or another barrell to run 2 calibers?
Flame away, but the truth is, as the truth does, and cops and military do NOT carry 1911's as duty guns anymore. There's a reason.
for day to day carry, it's the glock.
cops and military do NOT carry 1911's as duty guns anymore. There's a reason.
I have a Kimber Custom II. Just passed 1000 rds., and no malfunctions of any sort here. Works for me.
okay, I'll play. soo.........
If the reason is that the lawyer's won't let them carry them, one must ask, "why won't the lawyers let them carry them?" Are the lawyers pro-plastic? Anti single action? What is it that causes the lawyers to not want police and military to carry 1911's?
But I lied when I said that there's a reason cops and soldiers no longer carry them on duty. Because actually, there's more like 10.
Oh yeah, that' right, about 100 years of statistical data that shows the overall length of the round has to be long enough to prevent nose dives ftf,
another 100 years of data showing that safeties complicate training,
Might the lawyers that don't want cops and soldiers carrying 1911's have reviewed the 100 years of data that shows in the heat and speed of battle 12-17 rounds of 9 are more effective than 7 rounds of 45?
For example, buy a 1911, then (see my posts on 1911 builds from scratch) modify the heck out of them. Hammers, triggers, slides, bull barrells, whatever. Buy a glock or a sig, and what to glock and sig owners upgrade on their guns?
I do not consider the limited capacity single stack prone to have a .5% ftf rate as a great option for trusting my life to it. Though I have carried 1911's,
Out of the 4 that I own, none of them have proven 99.99999 effective. Maybe 95% at best.
I love 1911's, (do a search on my screen name and you'll see custom makeovers on 1911's that I've personally built,)
So a single motion with the thumb is complex...
I think I found your problem.
Right up there with Rubik's cube, I recently learned.
I do not consider the limited capacity single stack prone to have a .5% ftf rate as a great option for trusting my life to it.
theQman23 said:I generally carry a glock when in normal clothing and a 5 shot revolver when dressed skimpy. Either of these guns have proven to me to be 99.99999 percent reliable.
theQman23 said:I do not consider the limited capacity single stack prone to have a .5% ftf rate as a great option for trusting my life to it.
EddieNFL said:I have to question the rationality of carrying a firearm that malfunctions once in 20 rounds.
You are correct, however, I had this in mind when I posted.A 0.5% failure rate is one failure in 200 rounds.
Out of the 4 that I own, none of them have proven 99.99999 effective. Maybe 95% at best.
Is the 100+ year 1911 Design reliable?
I can agree with this statements implication, and I can also test fire my new girl to provide the definitive answer to this thread. She will be 100 next year. We did a lengthy look at her internals and she looks great, firing pin and extractor show some wear but other than that she has a clean bill of health.
Flame away, but the truth is, as the truth does, and cops and military do NOT carry 1911's as duty guns anymore. There's a reason.
Might the lawyers that don't want cops and soldiers carrying 1911's have reviewed the 100 years of data that shows in the heat and speed of battle 12-17 rounds of 9 are more effective than 7 rounds of 45?