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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
1911s are mechanical works of art to me and typically have sweet triggers for accurate bullseye type shooting. I will likely own one again someday if I ever take up centerfire bullseye competition shooting, but after witnessing them having way more problems in defensive IDPA type shooting......... Lets just say that I would rather trust my life to my Glock if I were in any kind of real world SHTF situations. YMMV
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agree 100%
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
I think that lack of reliability in IDPA is a result of all the folks feeling the need to trick out their 1911's. They tend to want more accuracy out of them, and sacrifice reliability to get it. The guns are simply built too tight.
I've lost track of the number of guys I've seen showing up at the range over the years with these high dollar custom pistols that can't get through a whole magazine without jamming in some way. The owners invariably say "it isn't broken in yet...". Broken in my eye - that's what the 'smiths tell these guys when they take thousands of their dollars and return a gun that is less reliable than the one they started with. That, and now it has some god awfull cheese-grater sharp checkering on the front strap, bottom of the trigger guard, front of the trigger guard, and mainspring housing. You can't even shoot them without a shooting glove.
It's amazing to me what has happened in this market in the last 20 years or so. I know the 'smiths are simply meeting a demand (and making a fair living doing so), but I question the demand itself. I think it stems from guys' classic effort to "buy skill" and our need to have bragging rights in whatever circles we run. I see the latter at the range all the time - the "oohs" and "ahhhs" when such a high dollar piece comes out can be heard up and down the firing line. Then the guy starts to shoot it. He can't stay on the paper at 25 yards, the damn gun jams all the time, and everyone but me starts in on how "it just needs to be broken in...". He would have been far better off leaving the gun alone and spending those thousands on ammo.
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they are like cars. the more you mess around with the original setup the less time between repair-adjustment they require.
I like bone stock and hammered up 1911s. I also have a stock non 1911 based house piece.
My 911 is very far from stock except for the motor and it runs and runs and runs. No mucking with this or that in the paddock while the rest are on track.
Side bar stupid question. Where did calling them "spoons" come from?