I'm looking for good reasons to own a 1911, what are they?

[1911'S 4 Me]

There is no reason not to.

 

[Moonpie]

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

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[Byrd666]

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Quoted below from post # 621

They received a smallish shipment of the single stacks. And they are trying to get a rear sight set-up done for me on this pistol now. With what was discussed the other day, the odds of me having it in my hand by reunion time are very, very thin. But, it is on the way.

 

[Cob]

since 1977 i have been shooting the same two series 70 gold cups since 1977 as long as they are clean and properly lubed the run like a singer sewing machine

 

[Grumps21]

I have heard of (from LEO's), and read of too many instances of 9 mm not stopping the fight over the years.

And as far as civilians go, the probability of needing more than a few rounds is EXTREMELY unlikely ( a bunch of zeroes behind that decimal point probability).

Go ahead and start a caliber war if you wish. I know what self defense rounds I trust. And which rounds I do not.

And following your logic, why not just carry a .22 with even more rounds than a tupperware 9 mm?

Really, a 5 or 6 shot revolver would do just fine for most outside of the house. Who hangs around for a shootout? I often carry high cap, but I would not feel under gunned with 7 or 6 or 5 rounds. Now for HD that’s something entirely different. Hi cap every day for that...

 

[Byrd666]

This thread is NOT about calibers, revolvers, CZ, etc. This thread IS about the reason(s) for owning a 1911. Let's leave it at that.

 

[TxStetson]

This thread is NOT about calibers, revolvers, CZ, etc. This thread IS about the reason(s) for owning a 1911. Let's leave it at that.

OK, fine. I’ll start listing reasons to own one.

 

[TxStetson]

 

[toddnjoyce]

…Just because some of you folks have an eerie, borderline dysfunctional love affair with the 1911 and .45 ACP doesn’t mean it is better to run out of ammo with a .45 than have triple the capacity with a 9MM in a drawn out gunfight or conflict!

Best of both worlds for me, EDC X9.

I’ll still take a single CNS hit over 69 holes thru soft tissue w/o organ hits any day. Just like hunting animals, shot placement is key.

I’m always curious about stories like you linked…how much actual stress shooting do most LEOs do. Once the adrenalin starts pumping and the heart and respiration rates soar it gets real hard to keep a handgun on target in a fight.

 

[TxStetson]

 

[TxStetson]

 

[TxStetson]

 

[Cob]

in my youth there wasnt much stress involved in the ppc course
12 rds AT 7 YDS
24 RDS AT 25 however ther was both strong andweak hand
24 rds at 50 yds kneeling prone and strong and weak around a barracide

 

[Havok1]

I don’t carry a 1911. But I do own a few. They are just fun. It’s tough to not like the work that went into a well made 1911, and how smooth everything is.

 

[BuzzinSATX]

Best of both worlds for me, EDC X9.

I’ll still take a single CNS hit over 69 holes thru soft tissue w/o organ hits any day. Just like hunting animals, shot placement is key.

I’m always curious about stories like you linked…how much actual stress shooting do most LEOs do. Once the adrenalin starts pumping and the heart and respiration rates soar it gets real hard to keep a handgun on target in a fight.

According to the article, he hit the perp 11 times with a .45, 4 hits were “fatal”.

The guy was one of those rare dudes with zero quit in his system.

 

[toddnjoyce]

According to the article, he hit the perp 11 times with a .45, 4 hits were “fatal”.

The guy was one of those rare dudes with zero quit in his system.

Fatal hit isn’t a CNS hit. Put one through the brain bucket and all the ‘zero quit’ in the world doesn’t matter. Science and all that…

 

[BuzzinSATX]

Fatal hit isn’t a CNS hit. Put one through the brain bucket and all the ‘zero quit’ in the world doesn’t matter. Science and all that…

Yes, I understand.

He finally stopped the fight in the second head shot he connected with.

Did you read the account? It was quite a gunfight. At the stop, the gang member rushed out of his car and opened up at the cop. The cop sent his first 13 rounds back from the driver seat through the windshield.

At the end, the cop, a sniper and master weapons instructor, had 4 rounds left in the gun (on his last 13 round magazine).

And LEO was extremely lucky that the goon, who ran dry in his first gun, grabbed a second pistol rather than the sks that was also in his car.

 

[toddnjoyce]

…Did you read the account? It was quite a gunfight…

Yeah, I have read it. A bunch of times, the story goes back to 2013 or so. This is my favorite part of it…
“Then I told myself, ‘Hey, I need to slow down and aim better.’”

When the suspect bent down to peer under the car, Gramins carefully established a sight picture and squeezed off three controlled bursts in rapid succession.

Each round slammed into the suspect’s head – one through each side of his mouth and one through the top of his skull into his brain. At long last, the would-be cop-killer crumpled to the pavement.”

Here’s an account from a guy that worked for me from 2010-2013 and led to comprehensive change to how our career field implemented approached gunfighting.

UNSUNG HEROES: The Tactical Air Controller Who Laid Waste To The Iraqi Republican Guard

On April 4, 2003, less than three weeks after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began, Tech. Sgt. Travis Crosby, a tactical air control party specialist

taskandpurpose.com

 

[Big Green]

There's a story from WWI of that, if it's to be believed. (It's hard to know if it's legit, propaganda, or heavily embellished) shows the 1911's usefulness as a hammer. Out there floating around somewhere is a picture of a US serviceman holding a Luger. I don't remember all of the specifics, but basically two US soldiers came across a German near their lines at night. Not wanting to fire a gun in the middle of the night while exposed between two armies, they opted to beat him to death with a 1911. They knew he was probably armed, but couldn't find his handgun in the dark. The next day, one of them snuck back out there and retrieved the German's Luger for his friend.

I'd agree that the 1911 makes a fine hammer.

You should post that pic!