Most Reliable 1911

[Fish Miner]

I had been tracking this thread- I just got my first 1911 on Tuesday.

I went with the Springfield Loaded full size-



it even has night sights which was cool and unexpected.



So far with 100 rounds- no problems. Which is exactly what I wanted, out of the box fun. My Spring XD in .40 has near 5K rounds through it and never had FTF or FTE.

I am am believer in their products. Here is a vid of the first rounds down the pipe...

 

[9mmepiphany]

Nice pickup.

Might I suggest you place your right thumb on the thumb safety and bring you left hand higher on the grip

 

[tripe1917]

Twenty five years ago I bought a Colt Gov.Series70 which had a stove-pipe problem. A gunsmith enlarged the ejector port and polished the ramp and no more issues,ever. I recently bought a Kimber Custom II and have fired 300 rounds without a hiccup.

 

[Mr Woody]

I bought a couple Colt 1911s back in the 80s. Nice looking guns but they did not shoot more than a couple of rounds without a failure. The gold cup was better but both were junk as far as being reliable. Now after being 'tuned' a bit by a co-worker they ran fine but my opinion of Colt quality has never recovered. I did however learn to like the 1911 and carried it for many years.

On the other hand my father in law had one made for the first world war and that thing never has a problem. I still have that one..and another one
Woody

 

[Old Ranger]

Good shooting? - - - Dan Wesson. I don't even know if you can get one anymore. Kimber - - - good, but when something did go wrong; getting them to take care of it was a nightmare. S & W - OK.

Springfield GI models are made in Brazil: may as well get a Taurus. Maybe others are made there too - - - don't know.

I bought a Rock Island GI model a while back and shot it a good bit: no jams, no problems; so I bought a tactical/target model, put a set of Pachmyr grips on it and took it to the range. Same thing, only better. After it was broken in I used my own loads: WCC Military brass, Winchester primers, Hornady 230 gr fmj bullets and 7.1 grains of Power Pistol. From sand bags it clover leafs at 25 yards, and sometimes puts them through the same hole. Off hand, two handed - - - that pistol shoots!! So if I had to get rid of everything except one, I'd keep the RI target model. I don't care how pretty it is, or what the name is - - - I only care how it functions and shoots.

 

[BlayGlock]

This one has been one hunert percent reliable from day 1:

Springfield GI models are made in Brazil: may as well get a Taurus.

Umm no. Not even close. Made in Brazil does not equal bad quality. The Springfield guns are favorite base gun for many full house builders.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Springfield GI models are made in Brazil: may as well get a Taurus. Maybe others are made there too - - - don't know.

I bought a Rock Island GI model a while back and shot it a good bit: no jams, no problems; so I bought a tactical/target model, put a set of Pachmyr grips on it and took it to the range. Same thing, only better...So if I had to get rid of everything except one, I'd keep the RI target model. I don't care how pretty it is, or what the name is - - - I only care how it functions and shoots.

I'm glad you've had a good experience with the RI, but it has been my experience that most folks prefer the forged frames from Brazil over the cast frames from the Philippines.

I even know top shelf 1911 smiths who will not accept the Philippine frames (Armscor, Rock Island, High Standard, etc...) for work, but welcome the Springfield frames...the Springfield frames are forged by IMBEL which is a world class manufacturer of firearm parts

 

[WillDe83]

My S&W 1911Sc has been running fine since I brought it home...but i only have a couple of thousand rounds through it. I like the way they are fitted better than comparably priced models in the other lines


At the mid-priced range, my Springfield EMP has been surprisingly well fitted

+1 for the Smith and Wesson Sc

only 1911 I have owned that has never jammed

 

[migkillertwo]

My only experience is with Kimber and very limited experience with Rock Island Armory. The Kimber runs like a champ after a couple hundred rounds. My only experience with Rock Island was an officer model that a fellow shooter at a range let me shoot about 28 rounds today, and it cycled every single round I gave it.


Off topic, but I liked the Rock Island a lot more than I liked the kimber. I thought it was WAY easier to make followup shots, and I thought the sights were more precise.

 

[akadave]

My experience in shooting for 30 years is that problems will pop up way before 700 or so rounds. The gun will run or it wont usually. If a gun I have will not cycle a certain round (exlcluding barrels that are not ramped and throated for other than ball) its unreliable and I usually get rid of it.

Its true most people will not shoot even 1,200 rounds in the period of time they own a gun but if they have problems from the get-go then its time to get it fixed or get rid of it. I dong believe in this 500 round break in period crap. I have never had to do that with any of my 1911's and dont intend to put up with it.