Happy 1911 Day.
 

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 1911 being adopted by the military! Sweet. What a badass gun....whatchya say?

It's about freakin' time!

4 months -3 days till i can purchase one, decisioons decisions, Springfield, STI, SIG are looking good based on quality and warranty.

Happy birthday to the greatest pistol design of all time. And here's to the hope that someday (when our military isn't tied up in three wars) we'll have the money to bring the 1911 back into service, through a descendant.

MEU SOC on a large scale? Nice night sights, beavertail and big usable safety? Sounds awesome!

But we need that money to buy fighter jets that will never see combat and will be obsolete in a year! :rolleyes:

+1

Because of Hickok45s 1911 Anniversary vid, I now want to get a Springfield Range Officer and deck it out like Reeves' 1911 in Street Kings.

I'm very happy with the five I own, well four, one is still in pieces.

Happy Birthday, I holstered my Kimber Custom Eclipse Custom II today in 10mm for the special day of carry.

I guess I'll take my High Standard out of the safe and rub it down with a soft cloth or something

I wish more 1911s would be made without the ugly front cocking serrations, seems most people hate em but every gun these days is made with them, im betting one reason the range officer was so well recieved was lack of them.

For some, too many 1911s is never enough. I shudder to think of how large the 1911 page here on imfdb is and how some people might actually have such a large collection, if not bigger.

http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1269683

He owns and compares many 1911s, his collection is huge. lots of good knowlege too.

I was going to respond to this a few days ago but forgot.

That's a great thread. I didn't realize Kimber used cast frames. I knew about them using MIM parts, even on their higher end customs. Even though the cast frames might not every pose a problem. If I was to spend that kind of money, I would want forged.

Honestly it depends on the quality of the castings or forgings to me. Either has to be done well. It seems every internet forum says that forgin is wayyy better than cast, but i think a frame cast by caspian will be better than one forged by a company like lorcin, and ruger parts are almost all cast and known for ruggedness.....I agree forged beats MIM though, but Kimber is pretty pricy for what you get there, and there 1 year warranty blows for the high end prices......Ive shot a ton of rounds through a base custom 2 however and it has run 100% with factory mags....i had two jams on a cheap promag or triple k or something like that but those are crap.

I think its funny the guy with the coolest 1911 collection ive ever seen is the biggest glocktalker ive ever seen but you know, jsut cause its a glock site doesnt mean that somebody with taste wont show up :)

I do enjoy me a good 1911

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...rmfan/1911.jpg

And that is a very nice 1911 you've got there. :cool:

Springer right?

BTW, i think ruger is making a 1911 probably announced at nra show next month. its a good move, seeing there was a billion 1911s at shot show and they may get more press this way.

I was researching the ruger gunsite scout, and they had a media day to test the scout. Several pictures on forums had the autors blacking out holsters, like they werent allowed to show what they were carrying. Then i saw ideo of a run and gun course they had and a few of the gun media had a 1911 that looked like the ruger cast steel with black grips. So what they were hiding was a 1911. Im just hoping that we do get a cheap, rugged american 1911 from ruger. They use no mim as it is and investment casting is strong stuff.

No, it's a Kimber Eclipse.

Nah kimber billboards there logo on the left, springer only does the right, looks like this model:

http://springfield-armory.com/armory.php?version=18

Correct...It is a Springfield Loaded Black Stainless

I want a loaded parked or range officer, springer is the most bang for the buck IMO, i just hate front serrations.

Springers are nice. I have put round after round through mine and had no malfunctions or issues of any sort. I have only used it as a range gun though and not put it through too much stress. I spent too much money on it and it is too pretty for me to use for competition or anything.

Hey, some things just define classic.

1911, '63 Corvette, B-52, Winchester '73 and many more, they are the ones you remember.