For the true 1911 experience, I understand Gunsite has a camp ground. I’m just saying…
@Erick Gelhaus
For the true 1911 experience, I understand Gunsite has a camp ground. I’m just saying…
@Erick Gelhaus
Since this thread isn't necessarily about shooting 1911's, rather what makes a good one, I've got a little bit different take on the 1911 experience:
https://www.nelsoncustomguns.com/bobclass/
Since I'm in the class that starts May 16th, I'll have some comments on the 24th.
And, Crete (where he currently does the classes) has a campground, also:
https://www.crete.ne.gov/vnews/displ...0%26%20Camping
And here's a video about the process: https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/h...ob-marvel-way/
Adding nothing to the conversation since 2015....
Another mod that is possible is to fit the gun to your hand. The 1911 is an early modular handgun. You can change the trigger between long and short and the mainspring housing between flat and arched.
Good catch. I did forget slimline and standard grip panels. So if you think about it, the HK P30 grip has a similar idea to the 1911.
@Maple Syrup Actual nailed it.
Being a little more familiar with that particular video than most, I'd remind viewers that in the first 30 seconds we pointed out that this particular segment was done at the request of channel viewers. Bill Wilson had a lot to do with promoting the modifications most of us here now expect to come standard on 1911s.
I wish that somebody would make a 1911 with:
1. Sights you could see
2. Controls that were big enough to manipulate easily (mag release/slide stop/hammer)
3. Was a loose 4 inch a 25 yrd gun
4. Came with 3 Wilson ETM or Chip McCormick Power Mags
5. Ran like a box stock OEM G17 Gen 5-every time.
6. Not too sharp on the edge i.e. Colt-way too sharp, Kimber Series 1 much better, Ruger today- probably right there.
7. 5 ish pound trigger with a bit take up
8. Beavertail/lowered ejection port/beveled mag well
799.99 out the door all day long (which is 1.5 times the price of a G17 to non Blue Label type folks.)
I fully acknowledge that individual examples of Springfield/Rugers and Turkish/Filipino offerings meet the mark with the exception of the mags. But IMHO, not gun for gun, all day long relative to a G17.
A man can dream...
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The Springfield Garrison is close to what you are looking for. It might need a little work, but its close.
https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-...unds/p/1723544
Your thinking matches mine.
Setting aside the issue of seeing a gun disposed of as a result of some legal shenanigans...
If I am going to drop $3,000 (or more) on a 1911, it damn sure better run without need of 'tinkering'. Maybe I'm wrong and have an incorrect mindset where it comes to the design (I've been ''out'' of the 1911 for longer than I care to admit), but these days, carrying a 'soul-less' but 'proven' polymer pistol (in this case, a Glock 17) makes more sense to me for its almost "disposable" nature (thinking of the Bic lighters that can be bought for about a buck apiece).
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