1911 picture thread

[newyork]

Are you happy with the grippiness of wood stock panels? I found the ones on my SW191PD to be too slippery during heavy rain.

The wood stock panels on my Colt (I got them from Nutmeg for $40) are grippier than the Black VZ checkered double diamond G10 grips I have.


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[Robinson]

I love the full checkered medallion stocks on Colts. I find they give sufficient purchase on the grip.

[That Guy]

The wood stock panels on my Colt (I got them from Nutmeg for $40) are grippier than the Black VZ checkered double diamond G10 grips I have.

Nice!

Like I said, I found the stock panels on my Smith & Wesson too slick. I thought they were just fine until one day when I was out shooting in heavy rain. After that, they had to go.

I went with VZ panels myself. They're not nearly as pretty as the original wooden ones, but the amount of grip is outstanding. The grip screws do keep backing out very quickly though, which is annoying.

[Robinson]

Nice!

Like I said, I found the stock panels on my Smith & Wesson too slick. I thought they were just fine until one day when I was out shooting in heavy rain. After that, they had to go.

I went with VZ panels myself. They're not nearly as pretty as the original wooden ones, but the amount of grip is outstanding. The grip screws do keep backing out very quickly though, which is annoying.

Nice pistol. The little rubber O-rings you can get work great for keeping the grip screws tight. VZ sells them, as do others. You can probably find some at a home improvement/hardware store.

[richiecotite]

I’ve found the walnut colt medallion grips to be very grippy as well.

I’ve tried rosewood and i think cocobolo and they just didn’t have the same bite walnut stocks do

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[M2CattleCo]

I've had this pistol around about 6 months now. I've carried it quite a bit, shot it a fair amount.

As of today it's at 6,327 rounds. 1581.75 average between stoppages. Take away crap ammo and crap mags and it's zero. Whodathunkit??

4 stoppages.

-2 FTFeed caused by belled case mouths on some Winchester ammo from '09.
-1 FTFeed with Winchester Forged. That stuff has very rough cases and I'm surprised it fed the other 149.
-1 bolt over base FTFeed on the first round from slide lock today with a Metalform mag. These mags could use stronger springs. I'm going to see if the springs Dawson makes for the 10 round Metalforms will work with these 9 rounders.

This pistol had digested almost 500 rounds of hollowpoints, the majority being HST 147. No malfunctions with JHP thankfully.

It ejects brass in a nice pile at about 3:30, with a mag or without.

I don't have any trouble shooting 5" groups at 25 yards standing with this. That's not impressive by any means, but I'm not a good shooter and it's usually windy as hell when I shoot. Strong and weak hand only with a 5" 9mm is too easy. It makes everything easy really.

Trigger is luscious and everything is silky smooth. I've never cleaned this pistol so it's lapped itself in really nicely. I may clean it at some point. I run it wet so it cleans itself. I wipe off the excess oil after I shoot it so it doesn't end up in my holster.








Thank God for polished feed ramps huh?

[StraitR]

Looking good M2C. No shocker on the reliability. Unfortunately, mine is coming up on two years of almost daily carry, but hasn't seen nearly the round count of yours. A tolerable sacrifice after having baby number two, I'm afraid. Still, not one bobble, even as I shot up all my old and random carry ammo piled up at the bottom of my safe.

[awp_101]

SR1911 .45 Commander with aged buffalo bone stocks from SK Grips

[M2CattleCo]

Looking good M2C. No shocker on the reliability. Unfortunately, mine is coming up on two years of almost daily carry, but hasn't seen nearly the round count of yours. A tolerable sacrifice after having baby number two, I'm afraid. Still, not one bobble, even as I shot up all my old and random carry ammo piled up at the bottom of my safe.

Is that a 45 or a 9?

I played with mine with the mag that gave me the bolt over base and I couldn't get it to do it again unless I didn't have it seated all the way. Which is totally possible as I'm used to the extended length ETMs bs those welded base mags.

[StraitR]

Is that a 45 or a 9?

I played with mine with the mag that gave me the bolt over base and I couldn't get it to do it again unless I didn't have it seated all the way. Which is totally possible as I'm used to the extended length ETMs bs those welded base mags.

Steel framed 9mm CCP.