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Tenicor and now Dark Star make IWB holsters that work for both 1911s and 2011s, which seems likely to provide enough literal wiggle room for whatever dumb decision SIG made with this rail. If so it’s...

I’d absolutely be using those if the 47C wasn’t a thing. Pricey for sure, more so than Hilton’s other stuff as his 1911 parts seem commensurate with pricing by EGW/Wilson/Brown etc. Not a huge deal...

I’m also finding that the Great Pyrenees mix we recently got will make damn sure I wake up for something interesting. She barks at everything but it’s especially urgent sounding when she’s really...

I have a different view on this. It depends on storage.

My carry guns are obviously all condition one. At night my 1911 goes in the nightstand drawer in a holster.

The 870 is cruiser ready....

Speaking of basepads I will note that I’m a huge fan of the 47C, which is the standard 7rd version with a low profile steel basepad similar to what comes on an ETM with metal basepad. These are my...

They’re also a great mag if you put a Tripp Super 7 kit in them. That’s another $10 but can be added after you get some service out of the stock spring, and then it’s still an excellent $36 mag at...

Relevant to recent posts, I’m finding a Tenicor Zero may be my answer for tucked shirt carry. I have a deposition today, which is one of those less frequent events that has me wearing business casual...

That would, actually.

On a related note, Walther acts like it really wants to be taken seriously as a manufacturer of duty and self-defense pistols, but has recently come out with a facelift...

I have a set of three of those for shooting drills that call for 10 in the gun, and so far they work flawlessly across three different 1911s. I was expecting more drama from a 10rd mag.

I suffered my way through using a .380 PPK for a good bit. I recently got to shoot a .32, and that being a full size PP no less, and it’s only mildly better in my hands. It’s still extremely...

I have a PPS and for me at least, the protruding striker feature is enough of the SCD benefit to make the striker gun work when I otherwise gravitate to SAO with a safety or true DA. Frankly I think...

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Wife and I are battling a bad cold and I wasn’t able to make it to the midnight Paschal services last night, but I was able to manage through all the Holy Week services up to...

There are a lot of good options out there, but I'm a huge fan of the 10-8 flat trigger and have put it in every 1911 that I did any serious shooting with (three so far). It has a fixed overtravel...

I have a similar setup on two guns with a very low direct milled EPS Carry that requires a very short front sight. I just filed on plain black front sights to get them zeroed with the EPS rear...

Just curious, why no consideration of the Chambers/Charyn plates?

The potential problem with a direct mill makes sense. One of the vaunted advantages of direct milling is the optic being tightly...

They're actually ambi - one model with sweat shields on both sides, like the Raven Eidolon and certain PHLster offerings.

The P99’s decock button has a protrusion at the bottom that blocks the striker, so fortunately no. You can test this with a primed empty case or a blank (taking all appropriate safety measures) by...

A 200gr. load can be really tame and still run the gun perfectly with maybe a switch to a 15lb or 16lb recoil spring. I’m running full power loads for now but I could see eventually switching to...

I think you own at least twice as many 1911s as I do, and I carry one daily, so “renaissance” is an understatement! Why not carry them when you have the “two and a spare” thing done twice over?...

Didn’t Joe in PNG get this done?

To be fair, Series 80 guns can to. They just become Series 70 in the process.

No problem. For what it’s worth, the new Sig 1911x comes direct milled for K footprint optics and is S80 - I assume Sig was able to do this because it’s designed from the ground up to be an optics...

I’m not aware of anyone who can mill a 1911 and keep the drop safety. Impact and Green Tick will work on those guns but they’re clear that you’re ditching the S80 safety when you send it to them.
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I’d recommend anything using the K footprint over the RMRcc just because it’s more likely you will have new optics available to you as technology improves. That footprint isn’t going anywhere,...

I’m sure TC will have something smarter to say than me, but if you have a relatively common firearm you can start by looking up “[Glock/M9/1911/what have you] maintenance schedule” and going with...