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Post by louis357mag on May 10, 2024 18:38:17 GMT -5
The start of the 1911 was approximately 6 years or so earlier by John Moses Browning inventing the 45acp cartridge for use in his automatic pistol. Quite a long lived invention.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on May 10, 2024 18:54:03 GMT -5
Probably one of the best firearms inventions ever made. Over 100 years old and still one of the absolute best self defense weapons and cartridges ever made and still near the top of the heap.
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Post by nikonoclast on May 10, 2024 19:54:51 GMT -5
How come multiple gun makers can make the same model, no copyright infringement issues? 1911. That was 113 yrs ago. Classic american handgun. Replaced in popularity by Glock, king of the plastic guns. I have a colt, still need to get a glock someday. Stick with the Colt. For me, all of the Glock benefits are offset by its' "Full-Time Half-Cock" design. Besides, the G-19 is Not a "compact pistol", no matter what the company says.
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Post by nikonoclast on May 10, 2024 20:02:18 GMT -5
Tried to post some photos ... It didn't work ... Do a Google image search ... there are all manner of "Trump" firearms. Many are 1911 style, at least one is a Thompson drum-magazine clone, some are "plastique". Almost all of them, no matter how constructed, are, to my eye, dreadful. The one shown at the beginning of this thread has "the honoree" grimacing. Was the artist trying to make Trump look tough, or just constipated? One 1911 made by "Jesse James", and shown at the SHOT Show 2018, was indeed special. Look for it ... over the top engraving, in a good way, almost too good for a Trump product.
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Post by richm on May 10, 2024 20:47:55 GMT -5
Plan to die owning colt and the unpopular .45 cal. Bought it about 40 yrs ago when it was stll king and it is the best shooting gun i have.
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Post by mapper on May 10, 2024 20:55:32 GMT -5
I like 45 acp.. in a 1911 recoil is a gentle push back..in a n frame smith it's a pussycat..it doesn't have to go fast to be effective, and even if it doesn't expand it still is a good size hole.
Rich, I had a glock 34 for 2 weeks.. It wouldn't do anything better than a cz 75 or 85 so it didn't stay around before My plastic allergy kicked in.
At least that's what I remembered before that tragic boating accident..
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Post by whitebacon on May 10, 2024 23:11:10 GMT -5
1911. That was 113 yrs ago. Classic american handgun. Replaced in popularity by Glock, king of the plastic guns. I have a colt, still need to get a glock someday. Stick with the Colt. For me, all of the Glock benefits are offset by its' "Full-Time Half-Cock" design. Besides, the G-19 is Not a "compact pistol", no matter what the company says. I still carry a Glock 43 whenever I leave the island. But personal choice on the island is a Sig Sauer 365 9mm. And many times I will switch it out with the Glock. For the recent 30 years I've owned nothing but Sigs and Glocks for personal safety. The Sig will fail from corrosion and massive friction degradation inside the mechanism long before the 43 will.
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Post by One Man Gang on May 11, 2024 5:27:10 GMT -5
Gots me a stainless colt gold cup national match 45, and several other weapons, from a lawyer that owed me some money. I have no use for collectibles or gimmicks when it comes to tools but I also wouldn't turn down a gun that's gifted.
Wouldn't mind getting a glock 43x to tote around though.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on May 11, 2024 9:31:52 GMT -5
Para Arms made a real nice stainless 45acp on a basic colt design. I believe they actually had one that is double action. Para LDR if I remember correctly.
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Post by mapper on May 11, 2024 10:29:30 GMT -5
Para LDA, stands for Light Double Action. Think like a internal semi halfcock, and a bobbed hammer like a ruger revolver. Long reset but trigger same everything.
They had it in a variety of models single stack as well as double stack. They also had traditional single action models. In single and double stack in various calibers. Some had external extractors. PXT models.
They went away with the 3 headed dog cerberus and freedom group (Remington, para, bushmaster, tapco,a suppressor company, and others and marlin, ) first they got moved from Canada to North Carolina, then they didn't survive the purge when all the rest moved to alabama..
They died by corporate greed. They were innovative and put out good products.
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Post by nikonoclast on May 11, 2024 20:25:52 GMT -5
Stick with the Colt. For me, all of the Glock benefits are offset by its' "Full-Time Half-Cock" design. Besides, the G-19 is Not a "compact pistol", no matter what the company says. I still carry a Glock 43 whenever I leave the island. But personal choice on the island is anIn a marine and/ orSig Sauer 365 9mm. And many times I will switch it out with the Glock. For the recent 30 years I've owned nothing but Sigs and Glocks for personal safety. The Sig will fail from corrosion and massive friction degradation inside the mechanism long before the 43 will. A marine and/or tropic environment is very hard on anything metallic. Stainless is preferred, of course, but not always available. The 43 has been recommended numerous times, but ... I just can't pull the trigger. That new Beretta Tomcat replacement, the 30X in .32 , doesn't have a stainless option. The new Smith dealer special .32 mag six-gun has both Blue and Stainless, if you can find one.
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Post by mapper on May 11, 2024 20:35:03 GMT -5
When I hear damn nice weapon and engraved I think of Merlin Enright..traditional as well as unique patterns Lisa Tomlin has nice work as well as others
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