Dedicated M1911 Website

[Danko]

For those who aren't aware, there is this dedicated M1911 website. I somehow stumbled onto it yesterday. I haven't yet explored it, but have it bookmarked for later perusal. I expect the site has some valuable information. Here's a link to it.

https://m1911.org/

[JTQ]

Lots of good information archived there.

The forum is nearly dead, and has been that way for probably the last five years or so. It is the first gun forum I joined, back in 2007.

[Borderland]

There's another one.

https://www.1911forum.com/

It's a pretty tight knit group of conservative posters and moderators, owned by a Canadian company who think they're American patriots.

[Amp]

www.1911addicts.com is my favorite.

[DrkBlue]

https://www.1911forum.com/
It's a pretty tight knit group of conservative posters and moderators, owned by a Canadian company who think they're American patriots.

Caveat emptor…
Unfortunately, the superb Steven Camp archive around the P35 Grande Puissant / High Power resides on the 1911 Forum. There is still a decent amount of posts, nearly daily, on new innovations and older insights around the platform. Without naming names, there appears to be a healthy overlap between PF and 1911 Forum High Power posters (which is a good thing).

As Borderline notes, the maturity and social refinement of some characters are a bit underwhelming.
If you didn’t know, Tisas guns are made in Turkey. Many someone’s will post up that vital, life-changing information in every thread.
Of course, those same Turks seem to make a pretty decent wide body 1911 at 25% of the US-manufactured costs, another topic of deep analysis and debate about the state of the Lira and Turkish economy. Lots of discussion of 1950’s era western TV shows too.

It reminds me of the playground analysis of the latest A-Team episode when I was in Fourth Grade….
There’s a spirited discussion, but no worth listening to is involved.

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[Cory]

www.1911addicts.com is my favorite.

I was once an active poster there from 2015-2017. The forum admin sold to a company that indirectly supports anti-gun legislation. A liberal toronto based newspaper/media group owns the forum and the ad revenue and supporting member fees from the forum is going to support them. In turn they work against the very heart of the forum.

That caused the membership to fracture, and half went to a new site called 1911fanatics. It was slow to take off, and I dont know how they faired over time. I quickly became a PF only guy.

It was the 3rd gun forum I was a member of that was bought by TorStar, covered in ads, and fractured.

[awp_101]

I was once an active poster there from 2015-2017. The forum admin sold to a company that indirectly supports anti-gun legislation. A liberal toronto based newspaper/media group owns the forum and the ad revenue and supporting member fees from the forum is going to support them. In turn they work against the very heart of the forum.

That caused the membership to fracture, and half went to a new site called 1911fanatics. It was slow to take off, and I dont know how they faired over time. I quickly became a PF only guy.

Same. I hung around a bit after the sale and was amused by the attitude of some of the regulars. They insisted the owner should have told them about the sale beforehand and acted like their membership constituted part ownership of the forum rather than simply payment for services (information and the ability to buy/sell/trade on the forum). I left after one of the new admins felt the need to insist that I re-post the pics of an item I withdrew from a FS post.

Regarding 1911.org, I left after an admin chastised my use of the word "screw" in a post. I had asked about doing a minor mod and said I was looking for clarification beforehand because I didn't want to screw it up. I was told that because they have posters and readers of all ages from all over the world, the word "screw" was to only be used in reference to a threaded fastener. I briefly considered telling him to go threaded fastener himself but remembered discretion is the better part of valor...

[HCM]

For those who aren't aware, there is this dedicated M1911 website. I somehow stumbled onto it yesterday. I haven't yet explored it, but have it bookmarked for later perusal. I expect the site has some valuable information. Here's a link to it.

https://m1911.org/

As noted by prior posters there are multiple dedicated 1911 forums. The quality of information varies but most are primarily focused on collecting and or tinkering with 1911s but the signal to noise ration (I.e. ratio of legitimate info vs gun shop lore nonsense) is generally poor. There tends to be significant amounts of brand based “fan boy” nonsense as well.

You will occasionally find posters there, who actually shoot their guns, but for the most part, you’ll find a lot of glowing praise for guns after one range trip consisting of “50 flawless rounds” shot slow fire.

For information on actually shooting a 1911 or keeping one running when actually shot in any volume, the two best resources I’ve found are here (Pistol Forum) and the Brian Enos Forum - a forum primarily for competitive shooters.

[Amp]

I was once an active poster there from 2015-2017. The forum admin sold to a company that indirectly supports anti-gun legislation. A liberal toronto based newspaper/media group owns the forum and the ad revenue and supporting member fees from the forum is going to support them. In turn they work against the very heart of the forum.

That caused the membership to fracture, and half went to a new site called 1911fanatics. It was slow to take off, and I dont know how they faired over time. I quickly became a PF only guy.

It was the 3rd gun forum I was a member of that was bought by TorStar, covered in ads, and fractured.

Wow, I didn't know that, thanks for the heads up.

[okie john]

I made myself persona non grata on one of them for mentioning that I had exchanged letters on the Scout concept with Jeff Cooper and had arrived at different conclusions than the people on the thread.

My opinion of the hasty sling was also a sore point.


Okie John

[valian]

1911forum has a fair amount of good information concerning 1911 gunsmithing, new models, collecting and history. But, it comes with a lot of annoying and constant noise regarding John Browning is God, Jeff Cooper was his anointed son, the 1911 is the best gun that will ever be designed, 45 ACP is a nuclear grade ordnance and all others except 10mm (because Cooper is associated with it) are just like a bee sting and only used by pussies.

[Ichiban]

1911forum has a fair amount of good information concerning 1911 gunsmithing, new models, collecting and history. But, it comes with a lot of annoying and constant noise regarding John Browning is God, Jeff Cooper was his anointed son, the 1911 is the best gun that will ever be designed, 45 ACP is a nuclear grade ordnance and all others except 10mm (because Cooper is associated with it) are just like a bee sting and only used by pussies.

An old favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55_mFAOvRA

[Trooper224]

Danko,

Do yourself a favor, avoid those forums. Brand or typecentric forums tend to be filled with those who view their choice as a talisman, rather than a tool. This isn't confined to the 1911. If snarky condescension is your thing then by all means, proceed.

But, there's good reason why many of us only post here.

[JonInWA]

There is decent information to be mined in all of the 1911 centric forums mentioned, but as also mentioned, it seems that there are more collectors and fanatics there then regular/serious users. For actual use and down to earth empirical advice and experience, you're likely best off here at pistol-forum.

Best, Jon

[KevH]

I used to go on 1911forum, m1911, and ltwforums all the time. Both m1911 and ltw are pretty much dead. 1911forum has some good stuff, but a lot of nonsense.

The glory days of those forums were in the mid 2000's.

[TiroFijo]

I used to go on 1911forum, m1911, and ltwforums all the time. Both m1911 and ltw are pretty much dead. 1911forum has some good stuff, but a lot of nonsense.

The glory days of those forums were in the mid 2000's.

The gunsmithing and troubleshooting section in 1911Forum has a lot of good info into the archives...

[JonInWA]

We used to have some excellent, informative and spirited discussions on the old 10-8 forum, but I have no idea if it's archived or even accessible today.

I think of it as the predecessor to p-f.

Best, Jon

[HCM]

We used to have some excellent, informative and spirited discussions on the old 10-8 forum, but I have no idea if it's archived or even accessible today.

I think of it as the predecessor to p-f.

Best, Jon

It’s not, at least not publicly.

Most of the 10-8 crowd went to lightfighter which is still around. Much of the Lightfighter crowd then went to Primary & Secondary.

Someone bought the light fighter form from ATS but most of that LF/P&S crowd is moving to discord servers.

[RJ]

I was once an active poster there from 2015-2017. The forum admin sold to a company that indirectly supports anti-gun legislation. A liberal toronto based newspaper/media group owns the forum and the ad revenue and supporting member fees from the forum is going to support them. In turn they work against the very heart of the forum.

That caused the membership to fracture, and half went to a new site called 1911fanatics. It was slow to take off, and I dont know how they faired over time. I quickly became a PF only guy.

It was the 3rd gun forum I was a member of that was bought by TorStar, covered in ads, and fractured.

1911fanatics is also (currently) owned by VerticalScope as well, amusingly enough.

[FNFAN]

1911 Addicts is a great forum for people that enjoy that gun. There are some highly opinionated folks there but all and all it’s most excellent.

[Borderland]

Everyone has a forum these days. I used to frequent a trap shooters forum that I joined in 2009. I posted there for about 3 years but didn't post there for about 12 years. I went back because I started shooting trap again and was called a troll. I guess the culture changes a lot in 12 years.

But it's trap shooters and I know that crowd. Real conservative bunch of folks. Far worse than revolver shooters. ;) Probably why the sport is dying.

[Robinson]

We used to have some excellent, informative and spirited discussions on the old 10-8 forum, but I have no idea if it's archived or even accessible today.

I think of it as the predecessor to p-f.

Best, Jon

Hilton Yam still posts some good 1911 content on his Patreon page, which requires a fee to subscribe to. There are multiple levels of subscription to choose from, and I have been satisfied with the bottom tier.

[JonInWA]

Hilton and I over the years disagreed over a couple of things, most of them technical stuff regarding magazines or components, but at the end of the day he was a true experienced operator and exceptionally knowledgeable in things 1911 and other platforms. I have a huge amount of respect for him and his contributions to the community.

10-8 was interesting because you needed to be credentialed to be a participant; p-f has the same quality of participation, as it seems fan bois (both platform- wise and otherwise) and similar pretty much seem to self-eliminate in fairly short order here.

Best, Jon

[Tokarev]

Hilton Yam still posts some good 1911 content on his Patreon page, which requires a fee to subscribe to. There are multiple levels of subscription to choose from, and I have been satisfied with the bottom tier.

A bunch of these dudes are moving to Patreon or similar. With YouTube de-monetizing they need to do something to pay their range fees, ammo budget, camera equipment, etc. Some people say this makes them "sell outs."



10-8 was interesting because you needed to be credentialed to be a participant; p-f has the same quality of participation, as it seems fan bois (both platform- wise and otherwise) and similar pretty much seem to self-eliminate in fairly short order here.

Best, Jon

We have our fan bois here. Look at the various 320 threads and how those often deteriorate. Or whenever someone reports about Department X buying Brand Z someone will do the usual drive by post of, "why didn't this Department just buy Glocks?"



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