Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
I vote for...
just "some" of the bells and whistles.
This. My real world choices aren't limited to "all or none."
1911's... All the Bells and Whistles, or Mil Spec ?
- Thread starter gizamo
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This. My real world choices aren't limited to "all or none."
Adjustable rear sight, beaver tail grip safety, S&A magwell is all dressed and ready for the Bar-B-Que.
Double stack and stainless steel is for the opera.
Double stack and stainless steel is for the opera.
ElToro
Member
i have a colt 1991 commander at colts custom shop right now. i am paying extra for a current production slide since i abhor the 1991 billboard slide. having the model o package done. beavertail, rounded edges, night sight novaks. also getting a steel trigger tuned and a steel MSH. added. also getting 25 LPI front checkering. also a reliability package with tuned extractor and lowered and flared port. extra hand polish on the slide flats and hand fitting of slide to rail.. finally all refinished in blue. cant wait.
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I did not see my choice so I did not vote.
What I want is the ambi safety, a competition trigger, grips that allow a firm hold, rounded edges on the entire gun, extended beavertail, a 16 lbs recoil spring and adjustable night sights.
All of this needs to be on a stainless frame.
Certainly not mil spec and neither tactical or competition.
What I want is the ambi safety, a competition trigger, grips that allow a firm hold, rounded edges on the entire gun, extended beavertail, a 16 lbs recoil spring and adjustable night sights.
All of this needs to be on a stainless frame.
Certainly not mil spec and neither tactical or competition.
Bassamatic
US Veteran
In all of my years I just never got into the 1911 platform. Don't know why. But I was at a gun show last month and just couldn't pass up a Colt Govt. model series 70 in bright nickle. Too much $$$, but I bought her anyways. What a sweet shooting pistol.
I think now I am hooked because I've been eyeing that new Remington R1.
I think now I am hooked because I've been eyeing that new Remington R1.
BuckeyeChuck
Member
Evil One
Member
I like a pretty basic... simple pistol.
No ambi safety, no FLGR, no big magwell, dont need an oversized beavertail...
JMB got it pretty right out of the box.
Jim
No ambi safety, no FLGR, no big magwell, dont need an oversized beavertail...
JMB got it pretty right out of the box.
Jim
29Wheelgunner
US Veteran
One or two whistles and a bell at best.
I liked the 1911 while I was in the military. Once I shot one with a few mods, I loved it.
I liked the 1911 while I was in the military. Once I shot one with a few mods, I loved it.
NFrameFred
Member
snowman
Member
So Caj got us with an obscure quote, huh ?Always sumpin' to learn . . . .
A pro basketball player -no wonder I didn't know about it.
Andy
I started shooting certerfire pistols with my Granddad's surplus Remington Rand, and over more than a few years have handled and shot lots of 1911s belonging to other folks, in lots of different configurations. I don't care for the gun all that much in the stock configuration and would just as soon have a good Combat Magnum. But basic improvements do change the gun a lot, for me.
If I have to go bare-bones on a 1911, I want a reliable gun with decent barrel, modified GM-grip safety to accommodate a Commander hammer, and a good trigger. Bigger sights, a beavertail grip safety, and a checkered front strap are really nice, but beyond that, my wish list hits diminishing returns and I quit spending the money.
I have not shot one of the new, so-called mil-spec guns but I would think one wouldn't need to do a lot to have a pretty serviceable gun - maybe just a trigger job? I am not really interested in 1911s with long slides, compensators, optics, 20+ round extended magazines, etc., etc.
If I have to go bare-bones on a 1911, I want a reliable gun with decent barrel, modified GM-grip safety to accommodate a Commander hammer, and a good trigger. Bigger sights, a beavertail grip safety, and a checkered front strap are really nice, but beyond that, my wish list hits diminishing returns and I quit spending the money.
I have not shot one of the new, so-called mil-spec guns but I would think one wouldn't need to do a lot to have a pretty serviceable gun - maybe just a trigger job? I am not really interested in 1911s with long slides, compensators, optics, 20+ round extended magazines, etc., etc.
So Caj got us with an obscure quote, huh ?
You guys are making that too hard. It's not about basketball or quotations. Old Cajunlawyer just wants a gun he can shoot in or out of the water, in case he loses his footing and slides in. Probably lots of 'gators down there needin' a lawyer-lunch.
bwsmith2850
Member
All I need added on a 1911 are good night sights and a hammer that doesn't bite. Other than that leave it as 'St John of Ogden' made it.
66TAS
Member
There was no "Ed Brown" choice.....
Broker50
Member
Well, I'm really surprised at the results here. I don't think sales numbers on milspec guns as compared to more "modern" 1911's agree either, although I have no idea how to prove that. Personally, a Milspec 1911 is virtually useless to me, mainly because of the sights, or rather the lack of sights, & a short trigger. Beavertail, rounded hammer, extended safety, better barrel, tighter slide to frame fit are all nice to have too. All of these things contribute to ease of use & better accuracy. Like I said, i'm really surprised.............
