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  • Ahhh, the ol 1911. 60% of the time, it works, everytime.

  • The M1911 certainly was the pinnacle of American firearms

  • Ehh.... I've seen quite some discussions regarding the M1911 and other guns... So... If you ever shot and relied on one before, you would know, the M1911 is a pretty tough gun, very reliable (Assuming you got a good quality one and you do maintain it), very customizable (Though, it's just to improve it's already good performance), and, matter of fact, it's probably the only gun who already has over 50 years of history... Nowdays it's still used by the Delta as well...

  • @zeus907 Its over 100 years old. You don't know what "Delta" uses, and there are many sidearms that have been in use for over 50+ years.

  • @PaleHorseWC2 Ok, yeah, my mistake. But you get the point, it has history.

    Well, the "Delta" used to use it, and I'm pretty sure some of their operators still use it.

    Like, which? And are they still in use now days? And don't mention the Browning Hi Power. If it qualifies.

  • @PaleHorseWC2 The FBI hostage rescue team uses custom 1911's and some Spec Ops guys use them too NOT STANDARD issue in spec ops though, As far as I know it is for The FBI Hostage rescue team. though.

  • great video

  • Still have my sidearm from when I left the Marines in 75'.. Not in the house, got it in a deposit box in town boke down. They would probably $hit if they knew it was there LOL. Great weapon last time I cleaned and used. Long history, I'm told by friend still in that many still prefer it. Did the job it was designed for. Amazing that after all these years something works with so little change.

  • @candr well it is the best semi-auto pistol ever built!

  • @sexyself45 Ahhh no, great gun in it's day. That day however has passed. Just like the model T Ford had it's day and new designs are better. The Glock's, XD's Sig's and H&K's of today are better. I carried the 1911 during my military days but today, I carry a SIG on duty. And it is a better handgun.

  • not bad:D

  • I can't believe that the conversation below was between two fully-grown adult males. Seriously, The last person I heard who slings mud like that was an elementary-schooler.

  • whoa it has two firing modes, slow motion and normal

  • @BaddieAss holy shit why do you treat someone who has fought and risked his life for you.And the 1911 beats your piece of shit anyday.Listen to Chaos he knows what he is talking about.

  • It should still be the standard

  • I just turned 21 and bought a colt series 70 government. I kinda rushed into it not thinking and this is my second gun( i have a Mossberg 500). I am wondering if there is any way i could exchange the government slide for a commander slide?

  • 0:23, BIG mistake, dude. NEVER put your finger on the trigger while you're not intending to shoot, especially when you're pulling the slide back to load the chamber.

    Other than that, the Colt 1911 is one of my favorite sidearms of all time. :)

  • nice hollywood rack with your weak hand. LULZ

  • why the stupid low caliber m9 replace this god pistol?!

  • @XiMQcX

    Capacity. Colts .45s had 8 rounds on them at max. More stopping power, but shorter ranges, more kick, and a smaller magazine while at the same time still being a rather large pistol. 9mm is far from a stupid small round, Hell, 9mm has killed just as many living creatures as .45 has.

  • It's my favourite handgun...

  • thumbs up for beat pistol ever created

  • The M1911 is one of the best sidearms, but the 7 round mag. is to small for my likings, it is a beast and sure is fun as hell to shoot ; )

  • @JasionJones

    The small magazine isn't much of a problem when it comes to defense, a .45 will do some damage ^_^

  • ima buy one of these soon once i get the money

  • 45S! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OO

  • The fuck?.. lol, it doesn't recoil that much I've seen girls shoot it controlling the recoil better.

  • only reason i don't like the glock is one 9mm isn't going to kill no body i would use a 22lr in stead,but they are great gun but i am not impress with it the colt however is been around for a long time and it is most trused gun i ever seen plus i can make it goe more than 10 yards maybe 100 meters.

  • @superstreetking95 how is not one 9mm bullet enough to kill something? the 9mm has a higher velocity and impact than the .45 ACP

  • @Slotty trust me some veteran who came back from iraq switch from 9mm to 40. or 45. mostly cause 9mm wasn't putting anything down making them use alot of rounds. you be pissing off whatever, but you are right every gun is good for one thing killing a living thing if it threatings you :)

  • @superstreetking95 well i guess in the end its all about what you like personaly :P myself I would like a .45 and a M14 ;)

  • @Slotty your right and i do would love have a 45. and m14 or m1 grand :)

  • @superstreetking95 problem for me is that I dont live in the US.. I got the money to buy them but cant own them legaly xD

  • @inekberkan: Uh-huh. I'm curious to know if what you say is true, seeing that Germany lost World War II with a lot of the German firearms you just mentioned. I will admit, however, HK is up in the higher-end companies.

  • @Blemo23 yeah.. well.. they lost but not because of their weapons... They were more advanced than any country back then.. with the first assault rifle ( stg.44 ). the most advanced tanks. they lost due to Hitlers stupidity :P

  • @Slotty: True... the German technology was nothing short of awesome, but the user that trolled "German weapons pwns Americans" is nothing short of a total tool. He could have rephrased that a million different ways, but chose to sound like a troll.

    I do agree with Germany having the best weapons of its time. I was just messing with him. :P

  • @Slotty well that and deciding that inading russia was a good idea

  • @ActionMasterMegatron it WAS a good idea.. until Mr. Stalin figured " oki. lets recruit every man in the country and send them to war " at the " Gate of Berlin " there was 10.000 German Soldiers ( with armor ) vs 1.000.000 Russians.. yeah.. they were pretty much f****d :P

  • next year it's gonna be it's 100th birthday!

  • Colt is a Shit Fuck Gun!! Best Weapon is Germany Weapon!! Germany Weapon is P99 Walther, P1 P8, H&K P30 Sigsauer p225 p226 p228 MP5 is Germany weapon!! and Luger!!

  • @inekberkan HAHAHA if you're gonna troll, at least say something that doesn't make you sound dumb as shit. Just because a gun is made in America or Germany doesn't make a lick of difference. There are good and bad guns from both countries. What we can all agree on though, is that the US military can kick your ass with either.

  • @Soky270 and we can all agree to that every gun in the world is good at one thing.. killing people.. or animals. doesnt really matter where they´re made ;)

  • @Slotty except maybe keltec...

  • Do you have the take the M9 in the Marines? If I were in the Marines, i'd trade in the M9 for the 1911 :)

  • @MonteLSV6 Your issues a Berreta m9 in the Marines. My big brother told me cause he is one.

  • i have my grandads ww2 1911 that 1 u have isnt the proper 1911 but still its pretty cool

  • 1911 is my all time favorite. If I was forced to go to war or to another planet fighting aliens it would be a 1911. 

  • This is a god damn beautiful gun, not like those ugly piece of plastic glocks

  • 80 yrs? try almost a century

  • @icanttailwhip Not the sidearm though. It was replaced by the M92 a while back.

  • why is this gun not standerd issue srry my spelling but its a helluva lot better then the m9

  • @ssgkillsuall Its still in service with some of Americas forces. I know the marine exped. unit used it. Its not in service with all the branches because NATO is a faggot and they kept pressuring us to convert to the nato standard 9mm parabellium cartridge......Dumb idea if you ask me...9mm might holdmore ammo per mag..but it just goes right through people with not enough stopping power...kinda like the old 5.56...which is being updated..i forgot the name though..but the marines already use it.

  • @ssgkillsuall Smaller magazine capacity, harder to manufacture, and you simply didn't need a .45 as a sidearm.

  • @CustomWeapons i understand but its more reliable and more durable than the m9

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  • very big recoil...is it possible to do a double tap with this gun?

  • here come's the CHAMP!.

  • Thanks for the vid, I own/shoots a Colt 1911A1 made in 1943 as so many where, amazing weapon!!

  • first pistol im going to get is this one. then my first rifle... either the M1 Garand or a 22 rifle because there fun to shoot. and if i get a sniper i would want to buy a Barret .50 just cuz its bad ass

  • @argonzeit MW2 KOOL KID ALERT!!!

  • @tictac4949 cod sucks

  • @argonzeit its a good game but ppl need to get off it and get some fresh air once in a while

  • @XxCrimsontgrxX it sucks cuz the game overall just sucks. i only like it for hardcore cuz then its actually somewhat realistic and the special ops. but other then that the kids on there need to actually fire a gun cuz there all cocky and think they can fire anything accurately

  • @argonzeit true

  • this is a blank firing gun, not a real gun

  • I've got one. Being a 15 year old i can't wait for that to be my future sidearm. It's a series 70 gold cup. Best pistol carry cause it's easy to control and has great stopping power from up close.

  • Great gun. Hanguns are banned in Britain, but then again what isn't? I'm surprised we are allowed out of our houses except to go to work.

  • They got to get taxes somehow!

  • Best automatic pistol ever created. The world will never see better.

  • very nice a classic shame i can not own one not even a replica thanks to the idiots who live here in the UK so its nice to see these weapons still alive and well and i must admit most are from the USA and for that i thank you all for showing

  • just like from the video games

  • That's why I hate video games. You honestly think it takes 3-4 shots to kill you with this gun? LOLOLOLOLOLOL

  • @jl4562a with armor and shit, probably lol.

  • @ryan519636 nononono! that gun SUCKS!

  • Where are the shells :D

  • damn .... I love the slide and shoot sound !

  • nambu type 14 <3

  • now thats a real gun there. Best firearm on Earth. Hands down.

  • @DSL3Productions Heck Yeah man this thing is like sniper pistol

  • Er..no? This gun has many merits, but long range accuracy isn't one of them.

  • But why would it need long range accuracy if it was designed only for short range combat?, long range is for rifles or carbines. For a sidearm, the 1911 is perfect.

  • @LoneWolf051 I'm responding to the comment saying that this thing is like sniper pistol.

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  • thats the first gun im buying!!!

    lol

  • .45 not much can top that, not evan .44 magnum its just got more gun powder in the shell thats why its so big.

  • best sidearm ever created, no questions asked :D

  • @itwontcomeout5678 agreeded 100%

  • @itwontcomeout5678 it is pretty dangerous though... the thing that kicks back when shooting (I can't remeber the name... it is on the top of the gun.) och extremly sharp and it can cut of you hand if you have the hand in the way for it!

  • @epicKiipa

    the sharp thing on top ur talking about is the slide it is painful if it hits ur hand like its gone..

  • @epicKiipa no it wont it just pinches you and its called a slide

  • @itwontcomeout5678 indeed! it saddens and dismays me that the troops switched to the M9

  • @S3CT10N88 i think they switch cuz of the greater ammo in the clip or maybe they think were pussies and cant handle the legendary pistol....

  • @itwontcomeout5678 Ya man, if i could i would carry a M1911 concealed

  • @itwontcomeout5678

    fuck yeah, man.

  • @itwontcomeout5678 It depends what gun you like the best. For a Strong sidearm, use the desert eagle. For a fast and effective gun, use the USP. And for a little of both of these things, this is the gun to go with.

  • @itwontcomeout5678 god bless John Moses Browning

  • @itwontcomeout5678 yeah it pisses me off that it got switched to the Beretta M9, waste of ammo honestly

  • @S3CT10N88 yea me too. BUT they were trying to go back to a .45 caliber. Not necessarily the 1911 though.

  • @itwontcomeout5678 2nd best actually. H&K USP .45 eats it alive =D

  • @BaddieAss H&K USP .45 is way more expensive. Civilians can even afford Colt .45. USP is only for SpecOps.

  • @BaddieAss actually they are not only for Special Ops, there are plenty of civilian models lieing around any good Gun shop, besides, your thinking of the mk 23 SOCOM. But no, the USP .45 is not the best at all, the newer HK45 is by far better, and replaced the mk 23 SOCOM .45 in Special Operations Battalions.

    Even so, the Colt .45 is still the best sidearm in my opinion, your not looking for some new fancy pistol with christmas lights on it, your looking for something rugged and powerful cuz

  • @BaddieAss no it doesn't. for one the USP is far outmatched by the more modern HK45, and the Colt 1911 outmatches anything for sidearms. when your pulling out your pistol it's because shit has hit the fan, and you can't count on your primary whether because it jammed or whatever. You want a pistol that is rugged, and will not give up on you, one that will kill anything you point at with it and not have to worry about the fucking thing breaking on you no matter what, even if you slam that fucker

  • @oOChaosWolfOo By your definition a rugged pistol with no drama would be a glock 21. C'mon 1911's look cool and are legendary but a 7 round magazine on a steel frame does not compete with poloymer 12 rounders with recoil reduction. :/ I just don't get how you can even make a compariosn. Also, 1911's out of the box are shit and yo know it. I always have problems with magazine and failures to feed. Plus the 1911's brek in a little too easy if you know what I mean.

  • @BaddieAss fine, go play with your tacticool plastic toy that will break if you so much as sneeze on it, and will jam if the air is kinda musty. but hey, im sure if you put enough shiny picatanny rails on it they will except you into the Tacticool Operatahs. Or, you could purchase something that will take a beating nothing else could, won't jam on you, will kill whatever you shoot, and is not going to jam on you i repeat. 7 shots was all i needed in the USMC and a singlestack mag won't jam easy

  • @oOChaosWolfOo I hear a lot of guys talk about USMC, most of them are rednecks. You are old and pathetic. Let go of the past old shit kicker. The Glock blows the 1911 away in terms of reliability. Hell the US military thinks a 9mm M9 is superior to the outdated 1911. Come to terms with reality, the 1911 loves to jam. Not my fault you are an old ass piece of shit.

    =D

  • @BaddieAss And dare me, i heard you call me pathetic. You call a man who can hit a man size target at 82 yards with a .45, 550 meters with a 5.56 M16a2, and 1000 meters with a .308 Winchester. Someone who could outshoot you in any weather, any hour, any distance and in any environment. A United States Marine Corps Infantry Scout Sniper, someone who risked their life every day to save yours, but because i prefer the rugged steel .45 over the newer polymere ones, pathetic. How pathetic of you

  • @BaddieAss but don't use the weapon system that has worked through the worst environments this country has ever fought in, i.e. Phillipines, Japanese beaches, Korean swamp, Vietnemese Jungle, Iraqi Deserts, Medditeranean Sea. Nah, you go buy that Glock you've been saving up for.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo I thought you were unbiased and unintelligent but I can see you are an elderly person who sticks to the past. I was excited for a minute, I thought you were going to give me actual evidence that the 1911 is better then a glock chambered in .45acp But I guess not.

    The 1911 is old, breaks easily, and has a 7 shot capacity. Forget the USP, the shitty glock has a better construction, is more RELIABLE, and packs more firepower. Don't be an old fart, it's 2010.

    Moron -_-

  • @BaddieAss Nice math dumbass, 23 is real old i guess. Look, go back to your mommy for her to buy you a new piece of shit toy, the 1911 is far more reliable, accurate, powerful and sturdy than plastic. I can see how a 7 inch barrel compares to your compact junkfuck pistol you wish you had. You remind me of someone...oh yeah, my buddies friend Harrison who almost got killed because his 9mil jammed during our one year tour in Iraq, deployed in Fallujah for Operation Al Fajr. M9 stopped working

  • @BaddieAss You know how many times my Colt .45 jammed since i've owned it in 1998? Never. That's right, the steel exterior means it won't break in half on my like your Glock will also. Don't insult people who have fought for you, you should be showing me the utmost respect as a person that fought for your rights to insult me.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo Listen kid, you NEVER fought for me. If you hadn't wasted your life in iraq guess what? I would still be alive. We already know that going to Iraw just made things worse and served no good purpose. I have ZERO respect for you, you are a little bitch. Only thing worse then a soldier who is stuck in the pas is a fucking liberal. The 1911's simply dont shoot out of the box like glocks. I carry a 1911 but I would never rec. to a novice. They are only for skilled shooters.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo I really do love the 1911's but let's not lie Mr. brainwashed soldier boy. The USP will out perform a 1911 out of the box and has twice the firepower. None of my 1911's are stock, they are all heavily modified. Stock for stock the 1911 has too many problems and is not recommended for home defense unless you are a fucking beast with guns. I trust my life to it but it I dont expect others to. Bottom line, with hollow points (or w/out) it is not a reliable firearm at all. Get over it

  • @oOChaosWolfOo Glocks are rated to handle 500,000 rounds. 1911's don't come close. Discussion Over.

    And I can't stress enough. your friend in iraq and Afghanistan are giving their lives for NOTHING. It is all a waste. You are treated like pawns while on the field and when you come back the gov. doesn't give a shit about you. Why bother? No one in the US is safer now then they were before you pissed off the rag heads. I know this is hard to hear but it is the truth. M9 > 1911 all day any day....

  • @BaddieAss Now i know your just a child, and a dumb one at that. Make pretend all day, believe what your stupid leftist parents tell you, you'll be as unsuccessful as them. Why bother? Because i liked the killing, that's why. Made me tingle.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo You are a sad miserable pathetic child. You liked killing. Well I am happy for you. You didn't go there to defend Americans. You went there to kill people. Enjoy the rest of your sad, pathetic, miserable life kiddo.

  • @BaddieAss Kiddo? First i'm old, now i'm young, you really don't have any conception of time do you? 23 years. And seriously, just shut the fuck up, nobody listens to bullshit artists like you anyway. You truely are the deffinition of pathetic.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo lol do I detect some anger? Not my fault you are a sad little kid who likes to kill people. am sure you ans your war buddies raped little girls and it made you feel good about yourselfs. Fucking losers.

  • @BaddieAss Look whos the tough guy little bitch. do something with your worthless, pathetic coward life. First, grow your dick past 2 inches, then get a girlfriend, i know you've never had one, what would they suck? your tiny tic-tac? after that, take a good long second and ask yourself, why the fuck you exist. You have changed nothing, have done nothing, and have become nothing. I've killed 23 people, saved a country from terrorists, and found a girl ready to marry. Sorry mother fucker; me>you

  • @oOChaosWolfOo You killed 23 people? You saved a country? Are all you redneck soldier types really this delusional. You haven't done shit but kill innocent men and women nigger. You are a worthless excuse for a human being. Maybe I will track you down and show you how nice my car is and you can see all the girls that are on my penis. Maybe that would shut you up faggot LOL.

    Your friends died for nothing. Get over it.

  • @BaddieAss you laugh at your own jokes? that's pathetic, i can tell you have a small dick. Come find me, Little Rock, Arkansas. Search for Luis Dire. I fucking dare you, think you'll be lucky number 24? What's the matter bitch? Too stupid to figure out where that is, maybe one day you'll learn where the term nigger comes from you stupid faggot, and you'll realize i'm not even black. Look, there's treatment for your tiny subconsious dick, it's called viagra.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo Luis Dire, do you have any family in Little Rock? Preferably children?

  • @BaddieAss Your self-consious, a coward, a bitch, you can't figure out the difference between white and black, you are a pathetic axcuse for filth. Every single thing about you is ugly. You are way out of your league, your talking to a person that can hit a human size target in the chest at past 1050 meters with a weapon built for shooting to 1000 yards (incredible), someone who deals with hardcore highjly involved extreme math every day for 5 years. You can't figure which is is South, dumb fuck

  • @oOChaosWolfOo

    You spelled excuse wrong.

  • @GallamanProductions umm...ok. thank you for correcting my typo, i also spelled highly wrong.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo "your talking to a person that can hit a human size target in the chest at past 1050 meters with a weapon built for shooting to 1000 yards"

    ROFL, you are proud of that "accomplishment" Shows how fucking old you are. My buddy in the marines has you fucking beat all day long without a spotter. Can you say the same. Now listen here you old retarted fat fuck. Go fuck your mother because NO ONE here feels sorry for you. No one here cares about you. You are irrevelant garbage lol.

  • @BaddieAss What the hell are you talking about? You don't have any friends, and especially none that can do shit. Don't talk to me, you're too worthless to have earned speaking with any type of gun owner. Get off your fat ass, get away from your fucking computer, and do some fucking research before you talk to a US Marine Corps Infantry Scout Sniper.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo You aren't a sniper. You play a lot of video games. You are a coward my friend. A scared, pathetic, loser of a man. No Marine would spend as much time as you have answering me on Youtube. That is how I know you ARE NOT a marine. Just an old faggot wanabe cock sucker with no friends or life.

    Semper Fi you old bastard...

  • @BaddieAss Marine is spelled with a capital dickfuck. Only Marines can say Semper Fi, you're not faithful to the Corps so saying "always faithful" doesn't make sense. Don't insult the term by using it. I graduated from Basic, SOI, Scout-Sniper School....yeah i think that makes me a sniper. Once a Marine always a Marine.

    Also stop laughing at your own jokes, they aren't funny and it's really pathetic. I'm only telling you this so you're balls will drop.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo Are you a hog? Or are you just another wanabe?

    ROFL OMFG OWNED.

  • @BaddieAss If by HOG you mean Hunter of Gunman then yes, i was. Did i fucking stutter? You can't speak to me dumb ass, so quit blabbering shit.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo Easy to shoot a man when you are looking through the scope on your rifle but I wonder how well you would perform in a CQB scenario. Maybe you would choke ;]

  • @BaddieAss Didn't say you could talk dickhead. Marines are trained in CQB first, a scout-sniper remains in his Infantry regiment, he is only a sniper when it is called for.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo My hand to hand skills > yours. ^_-

  • @BaddieAss im sure you dweeby little bitch

  • @BaddieAss What the fuck is a pussy bitch like you doing watching firearm videos anyway? Your boyfriend make you do it?

  • @BaddieAss you democratic piece of shit, he killed 23 people to SAVE this country from the germans and the japs, thanks to him there are still jewish people left in this world, and without this weapon France would not have been liberated from German control, this guy fought to give you the right of free speech and the freedom to get up and work to earn a living and if you cant appreciate that you are a fucking ungrateful piece of shit

  • @xXChuckNorrisXx98 You are a little bitch. He didn't kill anyone. He didn't save anything. Rednecks can go suck a dick. Babies should be aborted and Muslims should shit on the bible but Obama must stop ANYONE from doing bad things to the Quran. AHAHAHAHAHAH. You r country is fucked you Republican shit for brains nigger. Eat a dick and tell Jesus to do the same. I am the winner you old ass faggot. Go fuck a horse :D

  • @xXChuckNorrisXx98 Fuck your mother, I hope she gets raped by a nigger with AIDS rofl!!!!

  • @BaddieAss wait, i forgot. your never going to get a girlfriend because your so gay for yourself your willing to change proven facts in your head to pretend your correct. You smoked weed throughout high school didn't you? failed all your classes? never got a girlfriend? put down the noody mag and look in the mirror before you go fuck yourself, you pathetic loser. I've got a name and a title. You have nothing.

  • @oOChaosWolfOo ROFL I detect some more anger. You are a vet so lemme guess, your name and title get you a job pumping gas right?

    ROFL AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH Fucking loser/

    My company makes more then $800,000 a year. I employ 5 people. What do you do faggot?

  • practically another calvin gibbs huh? well at least hes going to prison where he belongs.

  • @BaddieAss also, hes thinking of the mk 23 SOCOM, not the USP. And no it isn't hes wrong, there are civilian models for both the SOCOM, and the USP, as well as the new HK45.

  • awful editting.

  • Does anyone know how much a A1 goes for? Replica or original.

  • @UnderT3Hinfluance $548.99

  • us army still uses this gun, but its more tech...

  • The Meu SOC.

  • Im happy i finally got to shoot this gun its freakin awesome!!!!

    :)

  • they dont sound like that in person, haha

  • @david1965af ya in person its a big ass fuckin boom i love this thing lol

  • why do they cost so much. god i would rather buy a fn 5.7 cuz they are the same price but the bullets would be cheeper

  • your a fucking idiot

  • @joeyseph1 lol i laughed aww you don't want the airsoft version

  • no shit!!

  • 9mm is a more "managable" round. meaning lighter weight people (females mostly) and those less experenced in shooting can fire the 9mm and feel fairly confidant holding on to it.

    for those of us that know what the hell we're doing you cannot beat a good .45. I hit a target in the shoulder with a 9mm and he/she could still pose a threat to me. I shoot them in the shoulder with a .45 and i'm going to spin them around and prolly knock them off their feet and reconsider getting back up

  • Poetry in motion

  • That desing is so timeless ;D Awesome

  • i loved the gun until i fired it

    JUNK!

  • So, did you only fire one gun in particular before you came to that conclusion? Not every 1911 is exactly the same as any other; the build quality varies greatly. I think one would be able to tell the difference between a $400 Rock Island Armory 1911 built in the Philippines and a $2800 Nighthawk Custom handmade in the States.

  • HA! i'd rather have a GLOCK where the build quality are the same with any glock model right out of the box. lexus like build quality and reliability EVERY TIME!

  • Really? I think Glocks have mushy triggers and poor ergonomics, but to each his own. Personally, I think that polymer-framed handguns are excellent for inexperienced users and those requiring a cheap, good quality defensive tool that will not fail. However, a customized 1911 is probably one of the best target or tactical sidearms that one could possibly have, provided that you have the money and/or the expertise to spiff one up.

  • the glock trigger is thin like a M1 garand. it's nice and crisp. with little travel for discharge. the only other pistol i don't like is the disgusting beretta 92f

  • I'll admit, the Glock trigger feels pretty good to the touch, and it does tend to break cleanly, but I don't like the overall length of pull and uneven resistance it gives. Of course, with a little gunsmithing work to reduce the trigger travel a bit and lighten it up further, it's almost perfect.

    I still prefer the grip angle and controls on the 1911, though. For that reason, I tend to favor guns with similar ergonomics, like the Springfield XD or HK USP.

  • you wanna talk about long trigger travel, look into the beretta 92F what a fuckup. with it's EXPOSED sear etc. probably nothing pisses me off more than the XD. it reminds me of pepsi. they both try to copy a SUPERIOR product and they fucking suck at it.

  • The XD is probably another gun that isn't that great without a little tweaking and aftermarket parts added. The Glock, SIG and HK models are usually excellent right out of the box, I'll give them that much. However, I would never buy a Glock in any caliber other than 9mm. The other models have a partially unsupported chamber - like some 1911s - which is fine for low-pressure rounds like the .45, but it can be dangerous in higher-pressure calibers.

  • not sure what you mean about that last part. some HK pistols are junk. they can be damaged easily if dropped on the slide and require some work to function again. the customer service for just about all german gun manufacturers is poor.

  • The HK P7 and P2000 aren't all that hot, but the USP and HK45 are excellent guns, if they're taken good care of. Difficult to find parts for them, but if HK stood behind their products a little better than they do now, there wouldn't be any problem with them at all. The Mk. 23 is nice, but a bit on the heavy side. It may seem clumsy, but the weight does help absorb some of the recoil. That is, if you can even find one of those beasts. They're a collector's item.

  • the P7. i think thats the squeeze cock? it's a good bad guy gun. tommy lee jones had it in under siege and alan rickman had it in die hard. the HK USP is easy to control because of it's built in recoil buffer. it was tom cruise's weapon of choice in collateral.

  • I saw a P7M8 just yesterday. I hear the gas delay blowback system in that gun is a little finicky about what kind of ammo you can feed through it. I picked up a Kimber Custom II at that shop. I had a couple FTFs while testing it out at the range they had there, but these weren't the gun's fault at all. The stainless Wilson Combat mags caused two different 1911s to jam in the exact same way. The 1911's reliability really depends on the magazines you use with it. Glock mags have a better design.

  • are u finally a glock fan now?

  • I was always something of a Glock fan. We used to have a Glock 26, but we sold it after my dad accidentally put a hole through the front window of our old townhome with it when he thought he was dry-firing an unloaded gun. A modified Glock is a competition shooter's best friend. They are very consistent and reliable weapons. I still like M1911A1-derived pistols better, though. The balance, the accuracy, the ergonomics, the heft of the gun;