Striker Fired vs 1911 - a dispassionate discussion?

[Deanimator]

And once you've had 15 rounds in the magazine, having the slide lock back on eight sucks.

Having a gun you can't comfortably shoot one handed sucks worse. There hasn't been a .double column .45acp semi-auto made (apart from a Taku Naval Dockyard C96 clone) that doesn't feel like a block of wood in my hand. A Gen4 Glock 21 JUST fits in my hand.

The only .45acp semi-auto for me is a single column M1911 of some sort.

 

[M1key]

I hate clowns. Clown shoes however are funny. I still wouldn't own one today, though I did 30 years ago. But what did I know back then...

SC

 

[Deanimator]

Something to put everybody in agreement...

Or not?

Double-stack, all metal, 9mm, 1911 trigger...





And if someone tells me that he prefers the looks of a G17, there's that chick in the neighborhood who's been looking for a boyfriend ever since she left school...

Other than the fiberoptic front sight, that's pretty near the perfect 9x19mm pistol, at least for ME.

 

[Deanimator]

So...never mind.

Bought the RIA. Love it. Quite a nice shooting pistol. Great trigger for a bargain gun. Love the 1911!

But some barsteward on here just published a link to a $350 FN FNS 40, so I bought that as well.

My Citadel 3.5cs has the best out of the box trigger pull of any M1911 I've ever owned.

 

[Deanimator]

The RIA pistol is relatively new but in the first few hundred rounds I have had quite a few failures to feed even with 230 grain ball ammo, and a couple of failures to extract and one stovepipe. I am debating whether to send it back to RIA at this time.

What magazines are you using?

The OEM Philippine magazines are problematic. I had similar problems with my Citadel. I switched to Chip McCormick magazines and the problems disappeared. It now feeds 230gr. ball, and 200gr. Hornady and Speer JHPs without problems now.

 

[pblanc]

What magazines are you using?

The OEM Philippine magazines are problematic. I had similar problems with my Citadel. I switched to Chip McCormick magazines and the problems disappeared. It now feeds 230gr. ball, and 200gr. Hornady and Speer JHPs without problems now.

The pistol seems to be smoothing out now. I do not believe I have had any failures to return to battery in the last 75 rounds or so. The magazine that came with the pistol is an Italian-made 8 round ACT. To answer your question, I have used that magazine, Chip McCormick Shooting Star 8 round magazines, and Wilson Combat 47D and 300 XTM 8 round magazines. The feed issues did not seem to be associated with any particular magazine.

 

[Walkalong]

So many awesome options for that cartridge, getting it in a 1911 is clown shoes, just silly.

Color me silly then, because I like my awesome 1911 in 9MM.

 

[DeanV]

I really like my Dan Wesson pm-9.

 

[Kano383]

Why have a 1911 in 9mm?

Er... Maybe because ammo is half the price? And it's fun to fire a 1911 trigger? And lots of people like the looks? And the balance? And the way it fits in a waistband? And the way it feels in the hands? And there is no written or unwritten rule prohibiting people from enjoying a particular caliber in a particular type of firearm? And since the Moro inconvenience, ball 9s have changed quite a lot? And we can't really find any realistic case in modern days where a BG shot with a good 9mm bullet sued because it should have been a .45 instead?

Seems that there may be a few reasons to have a 1911 in 9mm, but I'm sure I missed plenty...

 

[MTMilitiaman]

Why have a 1911 in 9mm?

Er... Maybe because ammo is half the price? And it's fun to fire a 1911 trigger? And lots of people like the looks? And the balance? And the way it fits in a waistband? And the way it feels in the hands? And there is no written or unwritten rule prohibiting people from enjoying a particular caliber in a particular type of firearm? And since the Moro inconvenience, ball 9s have changed quite a lot? And we can't really find any realistic case in modern days where a BG shot with a good 9mm bullet sued because it should have been a .45 instead?

Seems that there may be a few reasons to have a 1911 in 9mm, but I'm sure I missed plenty...

The High Power is single-action only. I am sure you can get it's trigger feeling pretty good. You may give up a few rounds to the ultra modern design, but you don't have to rely on proprietary magazines and parts. You get the nostalgia of a proven design that allows you to still bow at the altar of the greatest small arms designer ever, John Moses Browning (amen).

CZ is a proven world beater. Not well known inside the states. I held an SP-01 that felt and pointed fantastic but held 18 rounds in the magazine. The polymer version, the P-09, holds one more round and trims over half a pound of weight off the pistol. The SP-01 has several versions that are SAO or have safeties that allow them to be carried cocked and locked. Again, I feel this design is far superior to the 1911, esp a 1911 that takes proprietary parts and magazines.

SIG offers SAO versions of both the P226 and the P220. They further offer both these pistols in their Legion series. I held a P226 SAO Legion down at Selway. The website lists the trigger at 5 pounds or so but I would be suprised if this one measured much over 3 pounds. It was the most delightful trigger I've ever felt on a handgun, including tuned 1911s and Colt Pythons. If anything convinces me to spend a $1000 on a handgun and pulls me away from the Glock for my 9mm, it is going to be this beaut.

Again, I have no problem with the 9mm. I just see the 9mm in the 1911 as having only disadvantages to other designs in that caliber.