Its not about winning, Everyone has different taste, and we get to learn why different people like different guns. Glocks and 1911s fascinate me because they have such loyal fans. and yet they are so different. I don't get to try out a lot of different guns so its nice to hear why people like what they do.Tote 9 wrote:After reading all the pros. and cons to this thread I can see no clear winner.
I think it comes down to this. As has been said, "to each his own". Whatever
a person is comfortable with and likes is what he should go with. Myself I
like reliability and good looks and I know for certain I can and do have them both.
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- Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:12 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
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- Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: cocked and locked?
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Seriously though, why would anyone care about a what something looks like when its going to spend its life pretty much concealed? It seems a lot of gun owners like their guns pretty. Nothing wrong with that, I just could never understand the idea of form over function.flintknapper wrote:Venus Pax wrote:I don't have a problem with an ugly gun. I have a problem with a gun that doesn't work properly and won't get me out of trouble.
No argument there!
Of course..my 1911 works properly, but its up to me get myself out of trouble.
I'm just "gigging" the Glock owners a little, I would never trade "looks" for reliability, and "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
On 1911's I only know what I've learned on this site, but it seems as though they are a expencive finicky design. The 1911 fans themselves have convinced me that they aren't for me. I'll take cheap and reliable any day... Pretty doesn't even factor in.
- Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:22 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: cocked and locked?
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While I won't conceal carry a handgun without a safety. My P95 a DA/SA lowers the hammer when I put it into safety (Decocks). Awefuly unnerving, even if I just checked the chamber.TX Rancher wrote: If you take for instance a Glock, I feel there’s not much difference, both drop the hammer against the firing pin. But the 1911 at least allows me to control the fall of the hammer since I can get to it.
If you compare against a weapon with a decocker such as the 92F’s or the Walther P99 QA, the 1911 is probably in second place.
But I think the thing to remember is the best safety is your brain, not some piece of hardware on your pistol/rifle. I suspect most AD’s are the result of someone pulling the trigger on an “empty� chamber that isn’t really empty. If your mindset is “I don’t pull the trigger until I know the chamber is empty, and then checked again.� you’re good to go. Of course always act as if it’s loaded, and point it in a safe direction…
If your brain “safety� is engaged, you won’t have any problems. If it’s not engaged, all the mechanical safeties on your weapon could prove useless…