Originally Posted by
Fjallhrafn
ToddG from pistol-training is apparently now rocking a full-house custom 9mm 1911 LW commander as his carry gun.
One of the guys local to me has played with 9mm 1911s, too, and really, really likes the concept. Per him - and as others in this thread are saying - it seems the key is good magazines. But even with good magazines, they can be a money sink. Otherwise, we wouldn't have two major instructors rocking custom 9mm 1911s.
(I believe that LAV, Ken Hackathorn, and Steve Fisher all use 9mm 1911s built by semi-custom production houses (Wilson, Wilson, and Nighthawk respectively) but to the best of my knowledge Ken and Larry only use theirs for training. Per RECOIL's CCW magazine, Steve does carry his 9mm 1911.)