LAV knows 1911s very well
I voted NO!
LAV has both the Operational, Instructional and Maintanance aspects of the 1911 and I believe that he is right on the money with what he stated. Since the 1911 is "NOT" a begginers/newby's type of pistol like a Glock or M9 Beretta would can be. Majority of 1911s do require tune ups even if the owner does his/her homework. LAV I believe was trying to get across the FACT that if a person is looking at buying a 1911 specially the people reading the Article Joe Military Personnel that thinks he knows to shot specially since he/she qualified with a M9 9mm pistol and is not a member of SOCOM might think that they can handle a 45acp 1911. Truth of the matter is that the DOD has been cutting firearm qualifications for most service members exept the Marines since the early 90s. There are many companies making 1911s and not all of them make a product that is 100% all the time. I believe that the main point that LAV was trying to make is that homework has to be done by the young Airman that just got done with his/her first sandbox deployment that is rewarding his/her selves with a shinny new 1911 like his/her father or grandfather used in the past but letting them know that stuff will have to be done and extra money will have to be spend.
I was lucky enough to have had both Marine and Navy Armorer's advice and guidance when I was looking for my first 1911 and for my project 1911 pistol project. I have a Springfield Armory Loaded that was tuned by the SA Custom Shop with the original MIM parts that I recently upgraded with a Nowlin Action kit(Hammer, Sear, disconnector, and springs) Nowlin Barrel, EGW Barrel Bushing and a SA Mil-Spec that has STI, Cylinder and Slide, Wilson Combat and Smith Alexander internals.
Just my 2 cents
Last edited by af22raptor; 06-28-11 at 01:01.
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