Love and Hate.. With a 1911.. (more love)

There is no better option out there for most of us as a carry gun in my view / my primary carry gun is, and will continue to be a Wilson Combat 5" CQB model in .45 acp ....and its coming up on 9 yrs old now / has about 25,000 rds thru it ...and it has run 100% right out of the box.
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That.. my friend, is awesome!! Please post a pic! My government model S&W is almost here, and I'm enamored with the 1911PD commander so I can't even imagine the 1911TA. Only difference aside from the size different and rail is scandium framed vs steel. But I've never had a problem carrying older all steel 1911's before and I doubt I will now.
 
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Not a great photo....but some of my 1911's....and the bottom one is my carry gun, Wilson Combat 5", Close Quarters Battle model..in .45 acp...with their black armor tuff finish on it. I carry it in a Kramer, Inside Waist Band holster with a forward FBI tilt - horsehide leather. The armor tuff finish shows very little holster wear...its a good product.

The next one to the right is my Wilson - all stainless - in 9mm / also a 5" gun that I practice with a lot...

Both Wilson's have been great guns .../ and in my opinion, they are the best mfg of 1911's ( over Ed Brown, Nighthawk, Les Baer, etc..)...

( 2 Kimbers at upper right / a les baer at upper left ).
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link to Wilson combat CQB model specs....

http://wilsoncombat.com/new/handgun-cqb.asp#.VCmL2sJ0zX4

My 9mm is their Protector model - in all stainless...but its essentially a dressed up CQB model and in about the same price range.
 
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I own (ahem) an AMT (Covina) Hardballer, circa 1984. I bought it from a private seller in 1992. It has 2 stainless magazines (rounded follower) which feed pretty much flawlessly and I acquired a blued steel mag (rounded follower) that works about 95+% (that's my last backup mag).

Y'all hoot all you want.

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When I got it for $175 in 1992, in the condition of cocked-and-locked, the hammer and thumb safety would simultaneously drop when the trigger was pulled. After much consternation, I found the sear pin to be badly bent due to soft steel. The gun now has a blued carbon-steel: sear pin, hammer pin, thumb safety, hammer strut, firing pin, extractor, and sear. The barrel has been throated and it runs all manner of HP ammo.

All parts costs, plus $175 for the gun, were less than $280. And, no, it ain't pretty but it runs just fine.

IMO, I love 1911's (no matter the flavor) because it is an example of 100+ year-old nostalgia that still does, indeed, work just fine and just looks good.

I have shot my BIL's Glock .40 and it works great. No failures. It's... Just... Ugly...

I have the same complaint (ugly) about the many other newer blocky semi-autos.

Oh, well,... I'm old and don't willingly accept the new designs. It used to be that firearms had a certain beauty.

I have yet to see a nicely engraved Glock.

And as a closing caveat, I am 62, and as I am Old And In The Way, my comments are probably swept out of the way of the young ones.
 
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A 1911 can look pretty much however one desires.
Tacticool? Check!
No frills? Check!
Pretty Hot and Tempting? Check!
Bare bones basic? Check!

Can't say the same about Sigs Glocks HKs, etc.
That doesnt make any other gun inferior. As long as they all go BANG when you want them to.
 
I like my Colts in plain vanilla best. Blued, spur hammer, wood grips, old style grip safety, but because my eyes aren't what they once were, I do enjoy the taller fixed sights on the newer models. Feels like a well broken in set of work boots, ready for anything.
Beauty being subjective, but to me the 1911 in bone stock configuration has a beauty all its own.
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their external extractors make me happy
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You don't say?
How 'bout the fish scales,the neon sign on the side of the frame,the guide rod
thing the evil Swartz*?
Whatever makes you happy.
* Not in E series models.
 
I own (ahem) an AMT (Covina) Hardballer, circa 1984. I bought it from a private seller in 1992. It has 2 stainless magazines (rounded follower) which feed pretty much flawlessly and I acquired a blued steel mag (rounded follower) that works about 95+% (that's my last backup mag).
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95% should be in the trash! 99.5% might be worth keeping for range use.
 
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