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Yeah, Misanthropist pointed that out earlier. Tried it back a long time ago when I wasn't as serious about 1911s. Was working it tonight while watching the ball game and seemed a little easier with the standard release versus the extended.
Unlearning 20 years of using the right thumb is going to be the trick lol
Experience is a cruel teacher, gives the exam first and then the lesson.
1. Naked-lady scrimshaw fake ivory grips. </discussion>
Must have features or absolute requirements?
Requirements: Reliable with 230 gr. JHP/FMJ, and 2'' accuracy at 25m minimum.
Features:
Checkered front strap
Lowered/flared ejection port with live round clearance cut
Okay trigger
single side safety
flat MSH
rowel style commander hammer
good sights
carbon steel + melonite finish
Last edited by Magic_Salad0892; 11-13-13 at 22:29.
We miss you, AC.
We miss you, ToddG.
Colt XSE with night sights. Pretty much done.
If you aren't armed when you take a dump in your own home then your opinion on what is a practical daily carry weapon isn't interesting to me.
If it makes you feel any better...I also had to unlearn many years of using my strong side thumb, and I didn't twig to this method until relatively recently. I have XXL hands and can get away with using my right hand/strong hand/other weak hand/whichever for everything but even for me with my banana-sized fingers, it still turns out to be a better approach.
Full disclosure: I'm the editor of Calibre Magazine, which is Canada's gun magazine. In the past I've done consulting work for different manufacturers and OEM suppliers, but not currently. M4C's disclosure policy doesn't seem to cover me but we do have advertisers, although I don't handle that side of things and in general I do not know who is paying us at any given time.
45 Auto
Tritium front sight
Rear sight with hook for one-hand manipulation with one or no tritium vials
Full-size steel frame
4.25" bbl minimum, 5" bbl preferred.
Front strap texturing
Railed dust cover and SF X300
Mil-spec guide rod
Extended, beveled mag well
Quality small parts and assembly (and a lifetime warranty on all the above)
Many Wilson ETMs
A truckload of ammo and spare parts
" Nil desperandum - Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it. "
- Samuel Adams -
10-8 narrow rear and green fiber optic front with VZ gunner grips.
My dilemma is that nobody makes an affordable 1911 that really meets the 'requirement' part of that completely - the Colt Rail Guns are seemingly the closest, but they'd still need a bit of work to really work well.
Once I'm in the realm of paying the equivalent of 3x or more the cost of a G19, might as well go for features which are nice, instead of merely requisite for a worthwhile carry weapon. Hence in practical terms, my 'nice to have list' is indistinguishable from my 'must have list', because the difference between a reliable, accurate, 230grJHP feeding 1911 and a 1911 which is all of the above but has great grips, a quality 5# trigger, and top end sights is trivially minor as far as cost.
When it comes to being able to justify the cost of owning a 1911 which meets the minimal requirements on a handgun worth carrying as duty/carry grade, for the cost to performance ratio to make any kind of sense that pistol needs to outperform a cheaper modern handgun in some areas - hence why the 'unnecessary' trigger job putting a 1911 at that wonderful 4.5-5# glass rod is effectively a requirement before I'll consider carrying a 1911. Same with the a lot of the ergonomics of the pistol.
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