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AndyC wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:48 am If an American has never owned a 1911, they're a Commie and shouldn't be trusted

You rock, Andy! I'm not sure why INS even needed an interview to confirm you as a citizen!

KinnyLee wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:19 pm I've carried these two for the last fifteen of so years

Beauties! Nothing better than a 1911 showing some honest wear!

I didn't doubt you or that you had a lemon, I just noted that you are in the minority (with multiple lemons) and that no gun is perfect, even if some marketing guy writes "perfection" on the box.

YMMV

Yes, very much so. My 1911 experience is the exact opposite- I've never had a problem 1911, in any brand or configuration.

LeonCarr wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 4:27 pm I have had a lot of reliability issues with 1911s, plain ones and fancy ones.

Those words have been uttered about every gun ever made, by one man or another. I've seen glocks and M&P's fail, even a couple of sig's and XD's. If you "have had a lot of reliability issues" with multiple 1911's, you are certainly among the minority.

I'd love to have a 10mm, although I have no practical need for it, other then an excuse to start reloading a new caliber. Which is, in part, why I bought the last one in 38 Super!

RPBrown wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:36 am
This post actually made me take a look at my collection. I have them ranging from an inexpensive to custom expensive models.
After my count, I decided I must need another one to have an even number. Let’s see, what is it the wife wants

Ha! I'm sitting on an even number right now... and since I'm well short of cash for what I want next, I'm safe- for a little while!

DocV wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 5:20 pm All that said, I want to caution you about buying a 1911. The confounded things can multiply like rabbits.

That is God's honest truth!

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:50 pm

jb2012 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:03 pm Series 70 vs Series 80- Series 70 is the original design and what is typically preferred.

Seeing as how the pistol was adopted by the military in 1911, and the Series 70 modifications came out in 1970, I don't see how that can be.

1911 - is the original design adopted by the military in 1911.
1911A1 - was adopted by the military in 1924.
1911 Series 70 - released by Colt in 1970.
1911 Series 80 - released by Colt in 1983.

TAM,

The reference to firing pin block as series 80 is partially correct but in that regard its an 80 or a pre series 80. The real 70 series has a collet bushing only applied to full size Colt 1911's. Although makers now use 70/80 to define the firing pin block or lack thereof.

Some detail here: https://www.ammoland.com/2017/02/series ... z63SdRAVgF


ETA: Kind of like in Kimber speak it a series II (with a Schwartz style FP block) or a pre series II. The originals were never referred to or called series I until they after they had a series II.

Books have been written to adequately cover that question...

I love my 1911's and do carry them often. Although I don't carry a full size. I like them for a variety of reasons- ergos, trigger, thinness, aesthetics, design, "custimizability." (yes, I kind of made that last one up) I carry them because I shoot them better than any other handgun and they carry easily being a thin single stack.

As for recommendations, there are a bunch to choose from so you'll probably have to make a list of what features you want/like and then start model searching. Start with size and frame material (do you want LW or steel?) and then get into all the specifics from triggers and sights, to beavertails, round butts, etc.

There are lots of great options out there.