Originally Posted by
Firefly
I’ll go a step further, if one “had” to have a 1911, get a 9MM one or a 2011. It took me almost 20 years to outgrow .45 ACP. It’s an interesting cartridge and fun to shoot, but irrelevant for what it is.
But even then, Glock is still the easy button. If not Glock then HK.
It’s sad how much my formative gun decisions were made due to brainwashing or some dude saying “because I said so”.
Like I found out the hard way that police departments do actually pick their guns because some guy “said so” and it wasn’t too expensive. I wasn’t into guns when I started out. I just did what I was told. I did gravitate towards ARs and Glocks. I had the right answer at a nascent level, but listened to people above me who didn’t.[/QUOTEy]
Firefly knows.
When I had the Glock epiphany, I quickly got a G21 for range fun. I like reloading. 45 and it's fun to shoot at the range. 45 is to shoot with your friends; 9mm is to shoot at your enemies. If I carried a 1911 it would be 9mm.
45 doesn't do anything on jackers that 9mm won't do.
Oh, and Det-sog: I hated Glocks until I tried Gen 5. Glock is much better now.