Ok is time for Loch to get himself a .45. I tend to research my guns in great depth before I buy them, as disposable income is slim and I try no to set myself up for disapointment. Further more, for my future .45 I have a couple of requierments:
1) Single stack. This might become my "house gun" and my wife is 4'11 with hands to match she must be able to reach the trigger.
2) Capable of single action. See above for reason, plus I like single actions.
3) Reliable. See 1.
4) Prefered manual safety over decocker because of 1 and the desire to keep the gun ready to go.
5) Price is important. I like the SIG P220 but it goes for about $800 in my neck of the woods.
So so far my list of possible options looks like this:
1) SA 1911 Mil-Spec. Nice price, good rep. However I can see spending lots of money tinkering with it. It's also heavy.
2) Taurus 945. All the right features, good price, nice size and weight. Some bad reputation regarding service and quality. Some love it some hate it.
3) Taurus P97. Attractive and reliable, but decocker only. I could live with that, but not thriled.
Others that have been excluded from the list are Glocks (dont like the grip angle or the safety), USP (to big. ok size in compact but to expensive), SIG P220 (a tad to big, and way to expensive), revolvers (not my cup of tea), Witness (I have a CZ75 and I love it but I would like something of a different design), CZ97 (too big).
So .. did I miss any potential condidates and what do you think of the choices.
Loch
1) Single stack. This might become my "house gun" and my wife is 4'11 with hands to match she must be able to reach the trigger.
2) Capable of single action. See above for reason, plus I like single actions.
3) Reliable. See 1.
4) Prefered manual safety over decocker because of 1 and the desire to keep the gun ready to go.
5) Price is important. I like the SIG P220 but it goes for about $800 in my neck of the woods.
So so far my list of possible options looks like this:
1) SA 1911 Mil-Spec. Nice price, good rep. However I can see spending lots of money tinkering with it. It's also heavy.
2) Taurus 945. All the right features, good price, nice size and weight. Some bad reputation regarding service and quality. Some love it some hate it.
3) Taurus P97. Attractive and reliable, but decocker only. I could live with that, but not thriled.
Others that have been excluded from the list are Glocks (dont like the grip angle or the safety), USP (to big. ok size in compact but to expensive), SIG P220 (a tad to big, and way to expensive), revolvers (not my cup of tea), Witness (I have a CZ75 and I love it but I would like something of a different design), CZ97 (too big).
So .. did I miss any potential condidates and what do you think of the choices.
Loch