B? Really?? I'll agree that the 1911 design is mechanically ingenious and superior to the glock in terms of precision, but to say that it's better is hard to do. Glocks loose tolerances allow for reliable function in some pretty adverse conditions. If in combat I had to dive into a mud pit, I'd rather have a glock in my hand when I had to shoot the BG on the other side. I think most of us would.C-dub wrote:I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if it were d). Maybe that's why us poor civilians have to pay so much for one. Lot's of manufacturer's will give a low ball bid to win a big contract.G.A. Heath wrote:I think we can safely assume that C is out of the question seeing as how "the Brass" would include bean counters.JCole wrote:I think "A" is probably out, too.LongHairedRedneck wrote:I think we can safely say that it probably was not choice "D"G26ster wrote:
a) All the Marines in the Marine's Force Recon units voted for it?
b) The Kimber won out in testing?
c) The brass upstairs made the decision?
d) Kimber tendered a lower bid than Glock?
Who knows.
With that said we are left with "B", so I guess the Kimbers were better than the Glocks...
True Kimber may have "low-balled" the bid (however that is very unlikely), I think the main reason is that Glock won't put manual thumb safeties on any of their guns IMHO. It isn't how they were designed. Besides they have contracts with military and law enforcement all over the world, not getting one contract isn't going to hurt 'em.
Either way Glock has proven that they aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and they have a design that simply just works. 1911's aren't going anywhere either. They are battle proven over the test of time, and are works of art in their form and function. I still don't see the point of all the debate. If you have nothing better to do but compare apples to oranges, go to the grocery store and bother the produce manager. A functioning gun is a good gun.
Before anyone shouts "Fanboy!" I have glocks and 1911's (my favorite being my Wilson Combat). I show the 1911's to my friends and the Glocks to my enemy's, as I've heard said so many times before. All of my compact and subcompact Glocks have grip reductions and beaver tails (the smaller Glocks don't fit my hand well). But Glocks are what I intend to carry most of the time.
Just my $.02
