Originally Posted by
psalms144.1
Just because no horse is so dead it cannot be beaten on PF, I "grew up" shooting MILSPEC 1911s (in fact, military issued 1911s). They generally suck ass, with skimpy sights, bitey hammers, marginal triggers and small, hard to use safeties. I would only buy a WWI-II replica 1911 to hang on the wall. All of my 1911s that get shot have decent sights, beavertail safeties, improved thumb safeties, and mid-length triggers. Doing it "old school" won't likely lead to a love affair with the platform...