Posted: 10/12/2008 5:16:09 PM EDT
| Okay, I'm in the process for a reserve position at the local dept. and I asked if we need to provide firearms and I was told yes, but there are no restrictions (yay!) The assist. Chief then told us that the dept. was getting several 1911s from the army/marines that if okayed by the firearms instructor, we could use. I have my own guns to use (I can carry a 1911... saweet, but I may go beretta for awhile), but are we talking run of the mill OLD GI issue .45s or have they been made for the military by any other manufacturer in the past 30 years? |
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While SOME 1911A1s were made for the military using SA parts in the past 10 years or so, they were for special situations and ops teams. As far as the rest, the last USGI 1911A1 was made in 1945 and MAYBE a few in 1946 but thats to be argued. There has been quite a few REBUILT after that date, sometimes several times but the last USGI frame was ran over 60 years ago. |
Your last sentance shows your utter stupidity for all the world to see. |
Why exactly can't you shoot HP's? My front sights are just fine. In fact, I've seen more Glock and Sig sights fall off than 1911's. I've seen more idiots draw blood with a M9 than a 1911. You are quite the knowledgeable expert. Geeze, I'll run out and sell my piece of shit 1911's and buy Glock/S&W/XD/SIG/H&K's. |
 I've run probably 2 or 3 thousand rounds through my 1944-made Colt, and I've never had it draw blood. The front sight is solid too. I've never tried to shoot JHPs through it, but outside of the Speer Flying Ashtray it should feed things just fine. |
Please, the ONLY 1911 sight I've EVER had come off was a Briley Versitility and that was a DOVETAILED front sight, not a staked one. Hane not drawn blood yet on a 1911A1 tho some with a high grip can have it happen. As far as HPs, I've seen some GI pistols feed certain types perfectly fine depending on the ogive of the bullet. Some bullet designs need some mods, I'll give you that. So what kind do you like? I'd bet I can do a pretty goood job of hacking your fav pretty quickly if I only concentrate on some aspects of it. 4 wars isn't a bad average for a firearm type and that does not include the little "incidents". Obviously they worked well enough that they were not replaced until they were totally worn out, parts stocks were depleted, and we wanted a common NATO caliber. |
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The feed ramp on an original 1911 was designed for ball. Running anything else through it may or may not work. Try it, and you'll get your answer. Unless you install dovetailed sights, the front is prone to falling out. It has happened to me, and to everyone I know that shoots original style sights. As for hammer bite, I get it with original style 1911s and with Glocks. It's because of how I shoot. I grip the gun as high up as possible. And that means I get cut. And sometimes the safety won't engage. I also like a high cut front strap, a medium trigger, and a bevelled magazine well. I may be an inarticulate asshole, but I shoot pretty well. And it isn't hard to shoot better than the original 1911 will allow. |
Depends on how you hold it. And my front sight fell of after about 800 rounds. That day. About 2,000 in total. Tight dovetails are the way to go. |
I love the 1911. I think it should have been retained, but with the addition of a beavertail and Heinie sights. The only other gun that has proven itself as well as the 1911 was the Hi Power. And the Glock is a pretty good gun, although I don't like finger grooves. |
 The all seeing eye of lock is watching.
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Please post pics when they arrive. thanks |
| It is my understanding that Clark Custom is providing finished Caspian slides and receivers along with Clark made barrels for Pendleton, (did I spell that right?, I'm Army.), produced MEUSOC 1911A1 pistols since there aren't enough useable parts left in Marine inventories to meet the demand. |
How do you get hammer bite with a GLOCK? A GLOCK has no hammer. |
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I lost a front sight and have seen two others that came off-one on a Springfield, one on an original Remington Rand and the last on a 70 Series Colt. I much prefer a good dovetail. I can't see the half dime front sights very well either, not at speed anyway. I can shoot well with them but it takes waaaay too damn much concentration and time. A good modern dovetail solves both issues. I also suffer from grip safety bite, not hammer bite but anytime that I shoot a gun with an original 1911 style grip safety after about 20 rounds the web of my shooting hand gets cut from the safety tang. Again, I much prefer the more modern speed bump style, hell, even the old Kings beavertail sans bump is a great improvement. I have seen old time pistols that would feed most any reasonable round and some that would balk on anything but 230 ball.....got to try yours to know. His complaints are valid for the most part in my experience, he could certainly be more tactful though. |
