Why is the 1911 more popular than ever?

[Amp]

Bill says the pendulum is swinging back to Wilson Combat building more .45 1911s than 9mm 1911s:

[farscott]

Part of the reason to choose .45 in a 1911-pattern pistol would be a concern about magazine capacity limits. If one is concerned about a magazine capacity and wants a SAO design, a 1911 makes sense. If one chooses a 1911, it is easier to make one reliable in the round for which the pistol was designed.

[fatdog]

Because it is so easy to shoot well. A new generation figuring that out? The manufacturers are marketing it well and producing more attractive models with "enough" of what was customization stuff done to them, decent sights, beavertails, etc.

[JCN]

WC calls their double stack X9 a 1911…

I’m not sure if he’s talking regular single stack 1911s in 45 and 9 versus adding up all the double stack “1911” in 9mm…

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

[Bergeron]

While I admire WC designs, parts, and guns, a 1911 manufacturer putting out a video title "Why the 1911 is still popular" seems a bit self-serving.

I like 1911s, I'll always have 1911s, and I'm certainly happy to see WC business prosper- but the double-stack 9mm is today's reality of defensive pistolcraft.

[Caballoflaco]

Part of the reason to choose .45 in a 1911-pattern pistol would be a concern about magazine capacity limits. If one is concerned about a magazine capacity and wants a SAO design, a 1911 makes sense. If one chooses a 1911, it is easier to make one reliable in the round for which the pistol was designed.

I’m waiting for the resurgence of .38 super and I would like a loading with a 148gr. bullet doing 1150ish fps please.

That would be sweet in a double stack or single stack.

ETA: loaded in .38 supercomp cases so they’re truly rimless

[Zincwarrior]

It is? ? ? Lets see some sales numbers. I have nothing against a nice 1911, but I literally only see old guys like myself shooting them at the range or competitions.

[RJ]

*hitches up pants*

Well, it could be buncha' us old-timers learnt on Glocks and recently discovered the pleasure of shooting slow, fat bullets out of a steel pistol with a carrot-snapping crisp trigger...

[ccmdfd]

I’m waiting for the resurgence of .38 super and I would like a loading with a 148gr. bullet doing 1150ish fps please.

That would be sweet in a double stack or single stack.

ETA: loaded in .38 supercomp cases so they’re truly rimless

YES, YES, YES!!!!!!

And make it with a duty grade bullet design.

[TCinVA]

I don't think single stack 1911's in 9mm make sense to anyone anymore. With Wilson's EDC based double stack guns seeming to work pretty well and the Stack-A-Toe obsession, if you want a 9mm with 1911 style controls there are just better options out there without compromising capacity.