About those little 1911s
Michael Bane weighs in on the Pincus thing and says, yeah, mostly little 1911s suck.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 11:16 am
To date, out of 2000+ rounds though my 3.5″ Rock Island SC, I’ve had two stovepipes. Both with the factory magazine. I replaced the magazine with a Wilson ETM.
It handles 230gr hardball or 185gr JHPs. No fuss. Ran some Hornady Critical Defense through it yesterday and it likes that too.
It came from the factory shooting about 4 inches low at 25 yards. I had a local gunsmith drift out the old rear site and install a taller one. Total cost, parts + labor: $45
The gun itself cost about $500.
I bought four mags total, all Wilsons, for about $20 each on sale at MidwayUSA.
I shoot it every Tuesday. I clean it about once a quarter. I lube it with Militec-1.
My only complaint with it is that you need a paper clip to disassemble it. I’ve considered replacing the guide rod assembly to make it easier to take down but I’m not sure I want to mess with a gun that works.
So just over $600 I have a compact, sturdy, ergonomic, reliable carry gun. It goes bang when I pull the trigger and doesn’t when I don’t.
I added a Crimson Trace grip for low light. You can see a picture of it on my blog. That puts the total price up closer to $800 but you’d add $200 or so to the price of any gun you put a CT on.
Oh! And I can shoot handloads without voiding the warranty (or endangering myself).
But now that Rob “Attention Whore” Pincus has denounced it I guess I’ll throw it away and buy a soulless piece of slippery plastic.
Because being an expert shooter with a Glock makes him an expert in everything else, right?
Oh and just in case Rob drops by here and reads this: I open carry it too. To make a political statement.
I can hardly wait for him to make his next announcement. Maybe he’ll denounce my daily driver and tell me what car I need to be driving!
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:35 am
Hmmm.
Does a pistol run well, or is it a piece of crap, it it runs as well as an AR15?
May 25th, 2012 at 3:49 am
So, some “expert” renders an opinion on compact 1911’s. Big deal. A six shot revolver fails to fire every seventh pull of the trigger too. Maybe he advocates a pocket .380 instead? Can’t make it through a full day’s training without a malf? Well, fine then. RP can stop doing any training in how to deal with them for anybody with a plastic gun Mkay? Since it’s such a waste of time right?
Any instructor that isn’t willing to show a student how to get the most out of whatever they have is not earning his pay.
As for Bane, he admits to being an “industry insider”, concealing his true views about defects, malfunctions, and bad features to keep the game rolling with the manufacturers.