how many 1911 lovers here?

Vile Shadow · Feb 22, 2014

hairba111 said:
Since you don't have access to the "Water Cooler" yet, there is a whole permanent thread there called 1911 porn. Until you get 50 'legitimate' posts, I would suggest you check out the Gallery 1911 section. You'll find most of the 1911 affectionados have numerous photos there.

There's one here too.

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=5197&highlight=1911+porn

Biggfoot44 said:
Welcome to MDS . See about becoming an IP , so you can tell us all about your grips.

Cavery said:
Tell me more about this "IP". Thank you sir!

It stands for "Industry Partner". It costs $50 a month and you get to have a cool badge underneath your name.

They're not adding any new ones at the moment though.

Mooseman said:
There are forty nine 1911 lovers on this site. What did I win for getting the number right?

Better make it 50.

SargeTMC · Feb 22, 2014

I fell in love with the 1911 platform about 22 yrs ago and haven't looked back since. Don't get me wrong, I own revolvers, and a few polymers too. But there is something about handling a well made 1911 that just feels right.

Sc0tt556 · Feb 22, 2014

SargeTMC said:
I fell in love with the 1911 platform about 22 yrs ago and haven't looked back since. Don't get me wrong, I own revolvers, and a few polymers too. But there is something about handling a well made 1911 that just feels right.

+1

Lou45 · Feb 22, 2014

WOW!!! It's hard to believe so many here got sucked into drinking the JMB 1911 .45 koolaid. The only two primary reasons the 1911 .45 has endured the years of life it has seen is due to the limited budget of the DoD and those that NEED to make up for their physical inadequacies and/or little to no self esteem. The design is flawed in many ways, single action only and single stack mag to name only just a few. I could continue with the numerous reasons why the outdated and obsolete 1911 .45 lives on but I won't bore any of you with more of them. If JMB was so "ahead of his time" and "smart" as historians claim, he would have designed the Stallard, now called the "High Point".

If anybody believes that shit I wrote above and I gotta' bridge in New York to sell ya'.

Yeah, I gotta' few, just alotta' few. That's all.

bama47 · Feb 22, 2014

I've really started liking 1911s over the last year but had others I wanted prior to the Oct 1st ******** now I guess I have to wait until I leave maryland to get one.

On_Target · Feb 22, 2014

My first was a customized Ed Brown Kobra Carry. Where do I go from here? It's exactly what I want in a 1911. I think I'm good, I'll stay put.

RoadDawg · Feb 23, 2014

On_Target said:
My first was a customized Ed Brown Kobra Carry. Where do I go from here? It's exactly what I want in a 1911. I think I'm good, I'll stay put.

You really need an old used in the war milsurp 1911... Then you will be a real 1911 guy. Right now you just own a pretty pistol.

Raylon Rules · Feb 23, 2014

On_Target said:
My first was a customized Ed Brown Kobra Carry. Where do I go from here? It's exactly what I want in a 1911. I think I'm good, I'll stay put.

I'm in the same boat on the kobra carry. I think my next will have a Damascus slide from caspian.

dist1646 · Feb 23, 2014

We know Lou hates Remington Rand's! :lol2:

ptman2000 · Feb 23, 2014

I got the 1911 bug last year and now have 3 smith and Wesson 1911's! They are my favorite guns to shoot!

Billman · Feb 23, 2014

I'm squarely in the 1911 club, it's by far my my favorite handgun design. Have several, mostly 45acp, there's a 10mm hiding in the safe too.

Most 1911 guys tend to be Hi-Power fans too :thumbsup:

Tomfowl · Feb 23, 2014

I have three. An Ed Brown kobra carry,customized Colt govt. model and Springfield GI. The Colt is my favorite.

Magnumite · Feb 23, 2014

"You really need an old used in the war milsurp 1911... Then you will be a real 1911 guy. Right now you just own a pretty pistol."

I have one of those. 1918 vintage, arsenal reworked with GI replacement hammer and early Colt arched mainspring housing A1 upgrades. It was sent out and chromed over 30 years ago to be hard chromed by the previous owner. Other than that it is as arsenal reworked. It is not the end all in the 1911. The modern form when fitted with the same attention is a much better performer and more shootable. I had to install better sights, a short trigger, bob and fit a different hammer, fit a tighter barrel bushing, even went back to a flat mainspring housing to improve it. At one time I had a Brown barrel in it because I was unimpressed with the wide groups. After improving and building a few and getting a clue, I reinstalled the GI barrel. I shoot the other 1911's and only shoot this one once in a while.

I posted this to give my experience for those just getting into 1911's, as I did all those years back. The GI guns are great pistols, I love 'em and truly appreciate them. But again, they are not the end all form. If they were, the modern form 1911 being built would not be so prolific.

jimbobborg · Feb 23, 2014

Just thought I'd add this. I got into cowboy action shooting this year. Apparently, there's a sub group based on The Wild Bunch movie. These shooters use pre-WWI spec 1911s, Winchester 97 shotguns, and lever guns for their matches. Now I need to pick up yet another 1911 (probably an RIA) and a Winchester 97 shotgun so I can play this game, too.

Magnumite · Feb 23, 2014

I've read about that, seems like it would be a hoot to shoot.

RoadDawg · Feb 23, 2014

Magnumite said:
"You really need an old used in the war milsurp 1911... Then you will be a real 1911 guy. Right now you just own a pretty pistol."

I have one of those. 1918 vintage, arsenal reworked with GI replacement hammer and early Colt arched mainspring housing A1 upgrades. It was sent out and chromed over 30 years ago to be hard chromed by the previous owner. Other than that it is as arsenal reworked. It is not the end all in the 1911. The modern form when fitted with the same attention is a much better performer and more shootable. I had to install better sights, a short trigger, bob and fit a different hammer, fit a tighter barrel bushing, even went back to a flat mainspring housing to improve it. At one time I had a Brown barrel in it because I was unimpressed with the wide groups. After improving and building a few and getting a clue, I reinstalled the GI barrel. I shoot the other 1911's and only shoot this one once in a while.

I posted this to give my experience for those just getting into 1911's, as I did all those years back. The GI guns are great pistols, I love 'em and truly appreciate them. But again, they are not the end all form. If they were, the modern form 1911 being built would not be so prolific.

I never claimed that the milsurps were any "end all". But to truly appreciate the breed and to fully fill out your collection... You NEED (or should have) at least ONE that was in the hands of a man in a battle somewhere, to go with any of the modern versions. Kind of a "where we came from" and "how we got here" addition to your stable.

Magnumite · Feb 23, 2014

True. I hear ya.

sxs · Feb 23, 2014

I'm mostly a wheel gun guy, but love my 2 1911 .45s. One is a Colt Gold Cup Trophy Match and the other is a 'Frankenstein' of sorts....all parts with NM prefixed, but nonmatching serial numbers. It was built quite a few years ago by a friend now long gone who was once an armorer in the Army. Wish I could get back a really nice Clark gun I sold about 15 years ago. It was a .45 built on a Colt 80 frame.

BigSteve57 · Feb 24, 2014

python said:
John Browning may have invented the 1911, but he finally got it right on the P35 Hi Power. I'm very partial to the .45acp cartridge and always wondered why the BHP was never made in .45. More gun designs are based on the hi power design than the 1911. I'll take my Sig 220's over 1911's any time. I have Les Baer Monolith for sale on this forum, in case anyone is interested. Good luck to all.

I have a Colt series 80 Gold Cup and a pair of Sig P220's.
I love them both.

I hope to live long enough to become expert enough to have a clear preference or to personally show that one shoots better than another.

hairba111 · Feb 24, 2014

Too many 1911s ain't enough fer me. I doubt my collection would impress Lou but they're all quality firearms.

how many 1911 lovers here?

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