My take on beating up the little foreign cars.
I would compare driving it to running a lightweight 10mm. All on the operator being able to control it.
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My take on beating up the little foreign cars.
I would compare driving it to running a lightweight 10mm. All on the operator being able to control it.
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Last edited by Trukinjp13; 05-24-2017 at 10:35 AM.
Analogies are all well and good, but let's not go to far afield with them.
I personally own both 1911's and Glock's and wheel Guns that being said I never had a problem going from 1911 to Glock and back - as a matter of fact it used to be a joke everyday the guys at the shop "would ask me want kind of mood I was in this morning " meaning I would carry a glock 357sig (32 or 31 ported ) some days I would take those same pistols and swap barrels out and mags and have 40 s&w some days. 9 mm Glock , some days 9mm 1911 Browning Hi-power some days 45ACP V-10 Springfield or 45ACP Desert Eagle ( possibly the Finest fit and finish and smoothest slide I have ever felt on a 1911) or some days a Kimber SIS 45ACP and back to a 23 Glock and I have Never had any issue of the switching in regards to handling or shooting accuracy but I've been told that was very rare.
Also when I first started shooting Glocks it was totally due to a friend and I thought that they were the ugliest and most useless thing made. I like to have never finally agreed to try the Glock but after I did I feel in love with them I guess cause they shot so easily for me. But that's just my two cents worth. MIKE
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So you feel that if you are placed into a high-stress situation such as a violent encounter you will be able to draw, present, and potentially fire whatever weapon / caliber you happen to be carrying that day with equally good results regardless of the gun du jour? Just curious.
This. The two cars I miss the most are the '67 Volvo 122s, my first car, and my old '96 Toyota Tercel. The Volvo because it was my first car and the Toyota because it was so cheap to buy, run and maintain. I gave it to a friend who badly needed a break and a car.
I fully acknowledge the advantages of a modern double stack 9mm like a Glock even though I don't own one. But a 1911 need not be overly expensive or unreliable. My example of one, bought new 2012, Colt .38 Super has been great. Mostly stock, it has completed two 2000 round challenges. The first with mostly factory ammo, the second with mostly [nearly all] my own handloads. Few issues, mostly connected to magazines it didn't like and a certain brand of inexpensive ammo.
If one goes down the 1911 route, or any other pistol for that matter, buy a good one and test it. If it runs let it be, maintain it with new factory weight springs, good magazines and ammo. Likely it will run.
Last edited by 1986s4; 05-26-2017 at 08:37 AM.
I love 1911s and I have more than a few.(ok, a bunch) I was issued Colts as a police officer for 19.5 years. Would I pick one for a new shooter or a police department today? No. Is simply comes down to cost. Every penny spent on 1911s cannot be spent on other things. The days of a police officer issued a handgun and a leather holster rig to last his career are gone. Today a dept has to budget for tasers, take home radios, patrol rifles, flashlights (multiple) body armor, plates, ammo and training. It gets real expensive fast. Don't think best handgun but "good" for everything. Out of everything I listed which would you pick to be lowest bidder? My old dept just changed to HK VP9s for many reasons. (Or excuses)
1. We went to colt 1911 rail guns.
2. Mayor refused to hire new officers after officers retired. He was trying to shrink the dept to match a budget number he had.
3. This caused excessive overtime.
4. The extra weight of the rail gun with light became too much for 16 hour shifts.
5. The FBI went to 9mm.
6. The new hires wanted a modern gun with firepower; not knowing that original reason we went to .45 was a shooting with 9mm that had 16 rounds/hits fired.
7. Dept wanted to save money on ammo costs.
8. After my range partner and I retired there was nobody trained as an armorer. The two guys they sent came back and said they weren't comfortable working on 1911s.
If I had a good friend or brother who wanted a 45 carry gun I would tell them HK 45 all day every day. For 9mm I would tell them Glock or HK VP9 or P30. If I was starting over I would go HK. If it had to be a 1911 a colt or a dan Wesson is were I would start. If they want a 1911 range gun I would avoid Kimber series II.
And now because I old and cranky I'm going to go carry my engraved colt gov in a milt parks holster because this is America and I can; plus life is too short to only own ugly practical guns. But first get the ugly practical guns and learn how to run them and when to run them (there's that tactics word again) so you can become old and cranky
Last edited by Poconnor; 05-26-2017 at 10:57 AM.
Can we start a new thread of these BMW hot rods? I am interested and intrigued. I had a co worker who bought a BMW M3 after one out ran him in a pursuit. My fast car solution has always been mustangs but my tastes have broadened as I age. I think my next project will be a land cruiser
It could actually be warranted for our sucky mods to split the car discussion out of this thread at this point, I reckon.
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