Posted: 5/24/2005 3:51:07 PM EDT
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I am thinking about a 1911. This will just be a normal range gun, won't be carried or used in competition. What I am looking for is a solid pistol without reliability problems. I don't need anything custom or special for accuracy, the only stipulation is that it has to be black -dare I say tactical- (no wood or shiny stainless/nickel/whatever. Recommendations? |
Springfield mil-spec 1911-A1, I just got mine and I like it a ton, you can put some hogue finger groove grips on it or gunner grips for "tacticool" points. The only thing that would be nice to have that it lacks is a rail for mounting a light. There a few 1911s out there now with rails on them, the sprigfield operator is one of them. Pics of both styles: 
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I would look for a Springfield Custom Loaded full size PX9109L. It's probably the best deal going for a full sized 1911. My local dealer has them for $630. It has features like; real Novak low mount night sights, beavertail grip safety, and ambi thumb safety. Options like this on a forged frame and slide 1911 for less than $700 is hard to beat. Picture from SA's website: www.springfield-armory.com/images/pistols/PX9109LLarge.jpg |
Stock night sights are a nice option, especially for that cost. I think I'll be buying this one, thanks! |
But not all of them have a beavertail grip safety. In the above picture, the top pistol has a standard grip safety, and the bottom pistol has a beavertail grip safety. The beavertail is longer and doesn't allow the hammer to touch the hand and prevents hammer bite. |
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Just my opinion but for a general plinker witout all the frills a SA Mil Spec is a great place to start and easy to upgrade as time goes on. Now understanding that these are like AR and too easily modified, improved here and there, this and that added....You might want to save a little time, money and after market parts and just jump in at the SA Loaded Level and get a few of the basic frills you will most likely want in say a year or so. Trust me, the idea of a box stock 1911 pistol is a pipe dream, it just doesn't happen. For the money IMHO is a TRP that may never need to be upgraded with anything but is about $500.00 more than a Loaded.......Is is worth it, maybe not to some, well worth it to others and then there are the Pro Owners that cut their teeth on a TRP as a starter 1911. Myself, I have a SS TRP, TRP Operator and a SA Lwt Compact and could be happier with all of them. Note, all 1911's DO Have Grip Safeties.........Mil Spec has a regular GI style where the Loaded and better come with what is called a Beaver Tail. The Beaver Tail for the most part have elongated thumb gaurd as well as a Memory nub to make sure it is depessed completely. Karsten |
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| The standard Springfield GI model will serve well as a plinker. I'm up around 1K on mine without a single hiccup of any sort. Best part was $399 OTD. I plan to leave it completely stock. Of course it's my 3rd 1911 so I can handle it remaining in stock trim. I'm so pleased with the GI that I plan to buy another of the same model. |
Smart move. |
I really like mine, about 700 rds so far with no failures of any kind, and a lot of those rounds were Wolf. 
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