Most F-ed up 1911 "improvements" ever?!
The thread on the STI II and III got me to thinking. What's your vote for the most messed up "improvements" to the 1911 you seen on the commercial market?
We are not talking about horrible smiths and people with Dremel tools and no brains, but product changes introduced by some company say.
My vote has to be the LDA trigger from PO they introduced some years back. You take what is the best trigger ever developed on handgun, the trigger that sets the standard by which all handguns should be judged, and you mess with that???
I didn't actually find the LDS trigger itself all that bad, and built into a new gun design say, might even have thought it not have bad compared to some, but take what gives the 1911 shooter such an advantage (a short crisp trigger) and screw with that to allow those who don't want to carry the 1911 as it was designed and intended? Oh hell now.
You now get the worst of both worlds, a trigger no better than many others you can choose from, and low capacity in a big gun. :rolleyes:
And there's a fair number of people who will defend the LDA. Oh my head! :eek:
Runner up, the PO p14 double stack, but at least with enough work on it, some could get them to run for competition uses, so they at least have a niche use for some.
Your choice?