Your favorite guns?

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by Nyles

My favorite automatic is the 1911, specifically the pre-1934 Colt-made 1911s. While the A1 is a big improvement in terms of pointability and the hammer bite issue, the original 1911s are just pretty.

Do you mean pre-1924? Because that's when the M1911 became the M1911A1.

[Nyles]

Yes and no, 1924 is when most of the A1 features were introduced, but they were marked as 1911s until 1937. The 1924 series is referred to as the Transitional Model. That said, yes, 1934 was a typo.