why you like beavertails

[Sam1911]

I don't like beavertails because they get in the way of my thumb when I try to cock the hammer.They slow me down.

Hmmm. Well, that is a refreshingly unique perspective. Probably won't be a problem for most folks, but not everyone likes to tread the well-traveled road.

-Sam

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

The beavertail-grip-safety-equipped 1911 is more comfortable to shoot than the standard grip safety, and allows a higher hold on the gun which I prefer (and accounts for some of the abrasion and pinching I've experienced with standards).

 

[jigglyjames29]

Question:
Do people with skinny hands ever experience hammer bite?

 

[dondavis3]

It feels better in my hand.

Kimber in .45 cal.

 

[MCgunner]

Then you are obviously not a heterosexual.

I ain't the one in love with JMB AND Jeff Cooper.

 

[Sam1911]

Uh, Don, there's a .40 S&W case stuck in one of your .45 ACP empties...

-Sam

 

[dondavis3]

+1 Sam1911

Good catch - I sure never saw it

 

[MICHAEL T]

In general, the lower into your hand you can sink the gun, the faster your "split times" (hundredths of a second between aimed shots) will be.

I don't play shooting games so a few 100's of a sec to me isn't important I am sure I can fire fast enough in a SD situation . To much junk being hung on 1911's that are for gamers and Gun writers insist we need on a carry pistol and factory adds because they can jack price . Need a good trigger, sights, and reliability . I have never been bit by a 1911 but of course I hold it low Like it was designed to be held. I carried a USGI with better fixed sights and trigger job for a long time I never felt under gunned Because I didn't have a beaver tail .front slide serrations. Full length guide rod ,wide paddle ambi safety or a extended slide release .or that it rattled if shook Col. Cooper pretty much kept his guns simple
I can live without the beaver tail on a carry pistol But then I am old and set in my ways only own and carried these things for 40 yrs.

 

[Oyeboten]

As for me, I don't like Beaver Tails, and, I do not prefer the raised Mainspring Housing of the A-1 configuration.

Got 'bit' once, on the first shot when I first had a 1911, realized my error, corrected my error, never got bit again.

It's very easy to merely hold the Pistol correctly and securely, thus avoiding any Hammer nips.

And, one tends to shoot better, holding the Pistol correctly, anyway.

 

[CWL]

I have a scar in the web of my right hand from hammer bite. That's one reason why I prefer beavertails.

Second reason is because I use a high grip and the beavertail is a way to consistently grip my M1911s.

 

[WarMachine]

Beavertails allow a higher grip, and I find them immensely more comfortable. Small'ish slivers of steel don't play nicely against the web of my hand. I've never experienced hammer bite, however. And they are not "junk" by any stretch.

 

[Demitrios]

I have a 1911-A1 with the old style grip safety and while I've never gotten hammer bite from it the edges on it do dig into my hand a bit. The beavertail is just a lot smoother and more comfortable, but it ultimately depends on your hand and what you like.

 

[JZ06]

From the very first time I shot a G.I. style 1911 I hated it. The beavertail is the best(For me, and obviously a bunch of others).

 

[JZ06]

That's a 1991 NRM with a Wilson drop in. No metal was removed. It fit like a glove and boy it shot well after it was done!

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Question:
Do people with skinny hands ever experience hammer bite?

I have skinny hands. I have not experienced actual hammer bite, i.e., my hand caught between the hammer spur and grip safety tips. I have experienced abrasion where the grip safety tip dug into the top of my hand, and - on a different gun - pinching/cutting where the grip safety was poorly fitted and left a gap between the grip safety and frame cutout.

 

[jigglyjames29]

Yeah, I have skinny hands and have never experienced it either. I was wondering if there were any members on here with skinny hands that DO. Hah, from my username, people probably think I'm 300 lb or something.

 

[Jed Carter]

It's Beaver and Tail, whats not to like?

 

[76shuvlinoff]

I don't like beavertails because they get in the way of my thumb when I try to cock the hammer.They slow me down.

.... then let the slide cock the hammer like God intended.

 

[Blakenzy]

'Cause it helps avoid the following, plain and simple.

http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=264865&highlight=1911+hands

 

[Hacker15E]

Well, may not be what God intended, but I guess that's what cavalry officers intended, since the 1911 ended up with a big fat spur hammer that was perfect for cocking by thumb.

 

[makarovnik]

Good old rat tail for me with a semi-bobbed spur hammer. Use the add on rubber front strap grip with the finger grooves, use a rounded mainspring cover and go ahead and hold it a little lower.

 

[csamanie]

I see you have Star PD like the one I have. I love this gun, it is perfect for CCW. I have owned mine for 20 some years. Just lately I replaced the buffers on my gun.

 

[mordechaianiliewicz]

I was wondering how long it would be before someone made a sex joke.