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Originally posted by 18Z50:
Yes. The hi-capacity Glock like pistol is the CCW of the present and future.

Eschew Tupperware! I'll stay with my Dan Wesson CCO 45acp!

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Originally posted by 18DAI:
Oh hell. First the DA/SA is dead, again, now the 1911 and revolvers too??!!?

Guess that only leaves the plastic striker fired guns with their shitty triggers. Damn. Im gonna go get me a sharp stick instead. Regards 18DAI

I know how you feel. Even worse, half my guns are chambered in the obsolete .40 S&W. As a result, I've already gone back to cap'n'ball revolvers. The smoke is just a minor inconvenience.

When you have an angry pit that just jumped the fence you are might glad you had a service X/D 45 that needs not to be cocked or racked.
Just an old timers tip that lived to tell a few times

For me it's a non-starter as a carry option, so the 1911 was never alive to begin with. I don't rightly care what others carry; I just stick with my yucky, icky Glocks. That's all that should matter.

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Originally posted by Nipper:
As a result, I've already gone back to cap'n'ball revolvers. The smoke is just a minor inconvenience.

Nowadays that smoke would be called "tactical cover", perhaps giving you enough time to perform a "tactical reload" on your revolver

I have carried a LW Commander in Super 38 a few times, but in the last few years I've modernized and started carrying my Hi Power.

Well, my 1911 Colt New Agent 45 type ,living in a comfy Ryan Grizzle IWB holster gets up each day singing the words from a recent Waylon Jennings tune..." I woke up not dead again today".

While I have several double stack polymer framed pistols, I've gone back to my roots and returned to the 1911 Commander size platform. A couple of single magazine pouches and I'm just fine with it.

Correction, that is a Willie Nelson tune. Up too early.

I carry glocks or Smith j frames usually, but I just hit the 1500 round mark on my Dan Wesson 9mm ECO. Flawless and wicked accurate. This fall, when i start wearing a coat again, I will carry it. Sig 115 defense ammo will be my carry round as I have put about 5 boxes of the stuff thru it.
So no , not dead, when I want to carry a semi, with a manual safety, it will be my go to.

Easy gun to shoot?

You're doomed!

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Originally posted by bcjwriter:
In full disclosure, I do love the 1911 platform. I own a couple, and love shooting them.

However, in a world of polymer guns, and some of the great CCW guns like the Glock 43 or S&W Shield, is the 1911 on the way out as a carry weapon.

In addition, with all the newer polymer handguns, does anyone still pull their 1911 out as a combat / carry weapon.

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Originally posted by AllenInWV:

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Originally posted by bcjwriter:
In full disclosure, I do love the 1911 platform. I own a couple, and love shooting them.

However, in a world of polymer guns, and some of the great CCW guns like the Glock 43 or S&W Shield, is the 1911 on the way out as a carry weapon.

In addition, with all the newer polymer handguns, does anyone still pull their 1911 out as a combat / carry weapon.

You even broke out Walt for that one!!!! Yes it was a serious question. At my agency I see very few 1911's anymore. I have one of a handful left. Just posed the question to spark some conversation.

The 1911's not dead.

It just smells funny.

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Originally posted by bcjwriter:
You even broke out Walt for that one!!!!

The look on his face in that pic is perfect.

Not at all. I still carry a GCI commander in 9mm as my EDC weapon. I tried to like Glock (several times). I just can't get used to the grip angle. Tried to carry HK USP compact in 9mm. Too heavy and bulky for me. I rotate between my 1911
Commanders (9mm and .45 cal).

Glock grip angle and 1911 grip angle...same. (nearly identical)

No.

RMD

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
Glock grip angle and 1911 grip angle...same.

I've seen articles on this. I don't care what the gun rags say, my wrist-o-meter says something different. The grip angle on a Glock feels closer to a revolver than to a 1911.

Someone will ask this question in another 100 years and I imagine they'll get the same answers. (If anyone is still here that is)

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
Glock grip angle and 1911 grip angle...same. (nearly identical)

I wouldn't say even "nearly" identical. Here's why:

1) The red line, which I assume is the line that your trigger finer follows is different. (Sloped on the Glock, versus straight on the 1911.) . I assume this is what makes the Glock feel more "revolver-like."

2) . The "Glock hump". I'm not sure if this was supposed to make it emulate the MSH of a 1911 A1, but in my hand, a 1911 A1 feels almost the same as a 1911 with the flat MSH. The "Glock Hump" makes the grip feel like it's got a load bearing diaper.

I don't have any problem with Glocks. They are excellent, simple, and reliable tools that get a job done without asking much in return. (Perhaps just being thrown in the dishwasher once in a while. ) If reliability and high capacity are your priority, Glock is your gun. However, if speed and accuracy are more important, I think a 1911 has an edge.