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[Traxxis]

Damn! Maybe I oughta not go with a 1911 after all! This ******** sounds like more trouble than it's worth! You don't have this kind of trouble with Glock magazines.

I'm just sayin'!

Shame on you.

Mountains out of mole hills. I have 0 reliability issues in any of my 1911's with my ACT mags... and I have 15, all 8 rounders that I use for both competition, carry and duty.

I shoot everything from 230 grain LRN to various hollow points and everything in between.

 

[Shadowrider]

Well I just went and tested all my 6 of my 47ds. They will go in and engage the mag catch loaded with 8 rounds. But they are freaking tight!

I'm ordering longer bumper pads tonight.

 

[ldp4570]

Almost everyone I know who runs a single stack 1911 hard and is concerned primarily with reliability, runs a 7 round mag.

Some say McCormick, some say Wilson but all say 7 not 8 rounds.

YMMV.

Michael Brown

YEP!!!!!!

Why is 7 better than an 8 rounder? More coils on the spring perhaps?

Because John Moses Browning made it that way!!

 

[Glock 'em down]

Shame on you.

Mountains out of mole hills. I have 0 reliability issues in any of my 1911's with my ACT mags... and I have 15, all 8 rounders that I use for both competition, carry and duty.

I shoot everything from 230 grain LRN to various hollow points and everything in between.

Now, now, now! Back the up Traxxis! I'm not here to debate the 1911's reliability. Obviously, ol' slabsides has come a long way over the years and they seem to be a little more dependable than days gone by. I wouldn't even be considering one if they weren't.

I've done my homework...mostly. And after talking with lots and lots of 1911 guys, they all agree that for the money, the Smith & Wesson series of .45s are about the best around. I can't afford the likes of Wilson Combat, Les Baer nor Ed Brown and I just don't like Kimbers. Hell, I can barely afford this Smith & Wesson!

But the guys I've talked to all agree...Smith & Wesson makes a damn fine .45 for less than others.

 

[Traxxis]

Now, now, now! Back the up Traxxis! I'm not here to debate the 1911's reliability. Obviously, ol' slabsides has come a long way over the years and they seem to be a little more dependable than days gone by. I wouldn't even be considering one if they weren't.

I've done my homework...mostly. And after talking with lots and lots of 1911 guys, they all agree that for the money, the Smith & Wesson series of .45s are about the best around. I can't afford the likes of Wilson Combat, Les Baer nor Ed Brown and I just don't like Kimbers. Hell, I can barely afford this Smith & Wesson!

But the guys I've talked to all agree...Smith & Wesson makes a damn fine .45 for less than others.

I'm just sayin'... several thousand rounds with 0 malfunctions!


Actually though, 1911's that were truly built to JMB specs don't normally have issues. The old warhorses were made pretty loose and would fire anything of the 230 grain variety. We still shoot an old Colt 1911 A1 from just before WWII and it runs like a champ, it's just not the most comfortable to shoot!

Does that S&W have an external extractor?

 

[Glock 'em down]

I'm just sayin'... several thousand rounds with 0 malfunctions!


Actually though, 1911's that were truly built to JMB specs don't normally have issues. The old warhorses were made pretty loose and would fire anything of the 230 grain variety. We still shoot an old Colt 1911 A1 from just before WWII and it runs like a champ, it's just not the most comfortable to shoot!

Does that S&W have an external extractor?

Yep. Why? Is that a bad thing?

Here is some pron for everybody else. The pic I posted in the very first post is a pic of a "newer" model. This is the actual .45 I'll be getting. Hopefully, it will have a different set of grip panels on it (hint, hint, hint...wink, wink, nudge, nudge) when I get it.

 

[Traxxis]

Here... read this if you're afraid of the original 1911's reliability!

http://www.m1911.org/full_history.htm

"Browning was determined to prove the superiority of his handgun, so he went to Hartford to personally supervise the production of the gun. There he met Fred Moore, a young Colt employee with whom he worked in close cooperation trying to make sure that each part that was produced for the test guns was simply the best possible. The guns produced were submitted again for evaluation, to the committee. A torture test was conducted, on March 3rd, 1911. The test consisted of having each gun fire 6000 rounds. One hundred shots would be fired and the pistol would be allowed to cool for 5 minutes. After every 1000 rounds, the pistol would be cleaned and oiled. After firing those 6000 rounds, the pistol would be tested with deformed cartridges, some seated too deeply, some not seated enough, etc. The gun would then be rusted in acid or submerged in sand and mud and some more tests would then be conducted.


Browning's pistols passed the whole test series with flying colors. It was the first firearm to undergo such a test, firing continuously 6000 cartridges, a record broken only in 1917 when Browning's recoil-operated machine gun fired a 40000 rounds test.

The report of the evaluation committee (taken from 'The .45 Automatic, An American Rifleman Reprint', published by the National Rifle Association of America) released on the 20th of March 1911 stated :

"Of the two pistols, the board was of the opinion
that the Colt is superior, because it is more
reliable, more enduring, more easily disassembled
when there are broken parts to be replaced, and
more accurate."
"

 

[Traxxis]

No, the EE isn't that bad of a thing for the S&W or the Sigs... Kimber on the other hand is a no no.

I like it, just wish they didn't have all the junk on the slide. I prefer naked, or at least subdued slides.

ETA: That's one heck of an "idiot scratch"!

 

[Glock 'em down]

No, the EE isn't that bad of a thing for the S&W or the Sigs... Kimber on the other hand is a no no.

I like it, just wish they didn't have all the junk on the slide. I prefer naked, or at least subdued slides.

What? You don't like the billboard?

 

[ldp4570]

What? You don't like the billboard?

OK Smart A$$!!!

Here's mine I just got today. Colt slide Essex frame, plain-jane 1911A1.
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