Don Fischer
New member
While in Europe my unit had 1911's I didn't care for them. I think the newer Breatta's are better weapons for what they are used for. The intended use is a military assault weapon. They certainly do stop the bad guy but don't carry near enough ammo in my opinion. About the time you get to shooting, you have to stop and reload. They are pretty heavy also but for the military, it doesn't really matter that much depending on how many mags you need to carry. I'm not sure anything can make them miss fire. Run over one with a tank and pick it up, still shoot's. But for military use, low round count turns me off. That is all in a combat setting. Great gun that doesn't carry enough ammo. In a self defense situation, I certainly don't care for it myself. There I can live with only eight rounds but the thing is huge and heavy. When I'm out and about I sometime's carry my P 89 Ruger. Longer barrel and 15rd mag but that comes at a price. The price is extra weight, larger size and bit more than I really am comfortable hiding. I am consistently aware of it when I wear it. At the same time I barely notice my Shield 9c and it disappear's under a light shirt. I see the 1911 as an assault type weapon that simply doesn't carry enough ammo, to much time lost reloading.