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Old 05-31-2011, 04:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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No handgun feels better to shoot than a 1911.
I like how they feel, look, etc. but I have owned some nice ones and they just don't run like a Glock. I guess after owning a $4000 jam-o-matic (Tactical Supergrade from Wilson, as well as a Les Baer TRS--both sucked in the reliability department even when clean, well and correctly lubed, and on the square range. No dirt or running dry needed. They failed when pretty.), you become a bit anti-1911.

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I like how they feel, look, etc. but I have owned some nice ones and they just don't run like a Glock. I guess after owning a $4000 jam-o-matic (Tactical Supergrade from Wilson, as well as a Les Baer TRS--both sucked in the reliability department even when clean, well and correctly lubed, and on the square range. No dirt or running dry needed. They failed when pretty.), you become a bit anti-1911.

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I may not carry one everyday but I will always have one in the stable.

I am with you on the Glocks, though. Big fan. My primary carry is a G26 at the moment. I need something a little bigger (probably the G19) and something a little smaller and I'll have a nice trio of carry guns.
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I carry a 4.5" Springfield XDm .40 with a IWB Minotaur holster. Full size gun and still I forget I have it on. The holster makes all the difference in the world. Sits perfectly at 5 o'clock. If I am not at work it is on me... Love Florida! Glad to see all the people who carry! Occasionally I'll carry my glock 23 when I need something more concealable. But that is rare. About to pickup the new XDm 3.8 compact in .40.

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I like how they feel, look, etc. but I have owned some nice ones and they just don't run like a Glock. I guess after owning a $4000 jam-o-matic (Tactical Supergrade from Wilson, as well as a Les Baer TRS--both sucked in the reliability department even when clean, well and correctly lubed, and on the square range. No dirt or running dry needed. They failed when pretty.), you become a bit anti-1911.

Give me my tupperware.
When you want reliability out of a 1911, you want a GI spec not a super accurate and therefore super tight, Wilson or Les Baer. They are race horses and for every day you want more of a pack horse.

Glocks are great and I do not recommend you change weapons.

Re: tupperware. Mine came in the same but now Glock gives you a lockable box.
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When you want reliability out of a 1911, you want a GI spec not a super accurate and therefore super tight, Wilson or Les Baer. They are race horses and for every day you want more of a pack horse.

Glocks are great and I do not recommend you change weapons.

Re: tupperware. Mine came in the same but now Glock gives you a lockable box.
yeah pretty much this.

I shoot XDs personally since the glock doesn't really fit my hand, but my GI spec 1911 has been flawless in operation. Not a single failure to feed.
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