The Art and Science of Keeping Your 1911 Running

[DamonL]

The 38 Super is longer than 9mm. It might work or it might not. For you it didn’t. Better to get 9mm mags.

Here is more info on mag differences.

https://www.1911forum.com/threads/9m...rence.1045317/

[Tokarev]

On a recommendation of a friend, I ran four CMC 38super mags in my Ed brown 9mm govt. Three out of the four induced repeatable double feeds. I switched to the stock EB 9rd mags and the rest of the day went ok. I think I’ll go to Wilson’s

Wilson or Tripp. Either should work well for you.

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[awp_101]

How much difference is there between a bobtail and round butt? Buried somewhere in this thread is a bobtail discussion and IIRC more than one poster mention they tend to shoot low when pushing for speed. Do round butts have that problem as well?

[SW CQB 45]

ACW 1201 RB
large hands and no issues.





Pete Single RB
large hands and no issues.

[60167]

I was playing with grips and swapped this MJD Villain onto my Prodigy to see how I like it. It's a great grip that I would prefer to the factory Prodigy grip. I prefer the shape and texture. The problem is that I can't consistently disengage the grip safety. I'm curious if there are any way I can massage things without having to buy/blend a new safety or pin the existing one.

[Robinson]

I was playing with grips and swapped this MJD Villain onto my Prodigy to see how I like it. It's a great grip that I would prefer to the factory Prodigy grip. I prefer the shape and texture. The problem is that I can't consistently disengage the grip safety. I'm curious if there are any way I can massage things without having to buy/blend a new safety or pin the existing one.

The safety can be modified to deactivate sooner within its travel (or deactivating it completely) by removing material from the tang where it interfaces with the trigger bow. But that is a permanent modification to the safety. I know you want to avoid buying another safety, but it might make sense to keep the original as it is and buy another safety to modify for use with the MJD Villain grip. Does Springfield even sell the part?

[60167]

https://usampf.com/grip-safety-delet...ry-beavertail/

I found a fixed "beavertail" non-grip safety as a solution. I think this will be a good choice because it's somewhat drop in and I can always go back to the original. I'm okay with deactivating the grip safety function since this is purely a gamer gun and won't see the skreets.

[Tokarev]

https://usampf.com/grip-safety-delet...ry-beavertail/

I found a fixed "beavertail" non-grip safety as a solution. I think this will be a good choice because it's somewhat drop in and I can always go back to the original. I'm okay with deactivating the grip safety function since this is purely a gamer gun and won't see the skreets.

I don't need it but I find this company's reversible mag release interesting. I'm somewhat surprised someone like MJD isn't doing a polymer framed version.

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[Depmur]

I’ve carried this Wilson ULCC 80% of the time for the past 8 years. I’m a little over 9K rounds through it with no issues. I clean it every 5-600 rounds, detail strip once a year and replace all springs at that time. I use Wilson magazines exclusively. I think a lot of problems with 1911’s can be attributed to magazines and or extractors not being properly adjusted.

[Trooper224]

How much difference is there between a bobtail and round butt? Buried somewhere in this thread is a bobtail discussion and IIRC more than one poster mention they tend to shoot low when pushing for speed. Do round butts have that problem as well?

Quite a bit. It aids in concealment, but I won't buy another.