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You click off the manual safety and pull the trigger.

If it's been cleaned that morning, hasn't encountered any dust or dirt since the cleaning, the feed ramp has been polished and the magazines are seated properly and don't need to be replaced, it may fire.

However, if the extractor is feeling lazy, or the ejection port doesn't feel like playing today, you'll get a stovepipe jam.

When this happens, you'll simply tap the magazine, clear the jam, and pray for rain, then pull the trigger again.

What could be simpler?

ok now were defiantly going shooting.... I have a dead stock Remington Rand 1911 ( i have done a bit of internal polishing etc) and a stack of random old clips that I use for range shooting.

prop bet on how many rounds I can put downrange without a jam???

11-28-2009 , 12:03 PM

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I'll bring my Glock. What say we each bring about 1500 rds of ammo, see who jams first?

ETA: If I had the funds, I'd recommend bring about 10k rounds, that way we can ensure someone will jam or FTF.

But alas, brass is expensive.

11-28-2009 , 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Eurotrash

what precisely do you find so complicated? the grip and/or thumb safety?

Yes, both.

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do you really like the decocking lever that much?

Yes. That much.

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I'm by no means hating on Sig Sauer, I like my P220 quite a bit (picture included because there are not nearly enough pics of firearms in this thread), but the 1911 is superb.

I am not hating on the 1911. I just prefer sig-style controls to 1911-style controls. To each his own.

11-28-2009 , 12:09 PM

#455

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Also, you 1911 owners, how long does it take you to take down your 1911 for cleaning?

My sig knockoffs fall apart in my hands in about 1 second.

11-28-2009 , 12:10 PM

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sounds fun! I know that it is more likely that I jam first, so I prefer that you just set a number...... but ok let me see if I can round up that much 45acp that I trust. the shortage is still really bad in certain calibers, and I dont wanna shoot up my defense ammo on a lark.

what are the stakes?

11-28-2009 , 12:12 PM

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This whole idea seems asinine to me, so lets say a bottle of whiskey, $40 limit?

11-28-2009 , 12:12 PM

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Also, you 1911 owners, how long does it take you to take down your 1911 for cleaning?

My sig knockoffs fall apart in my hands in about 1 second.

Super fast... but I know what im doing with it. Admittedly removing the firing pin takes a second, as does refitting the slidelock pin when your resembling.

11-28-2009 , 12:17 PM

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This whole idea seems asinine to me,

LDO! thats why I though you would like it.

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so lets say a bottle of whiskey, $40 limit?

I do like the idea of shooting ~$400 worth of ammo to win $40

11-29-2009 , 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Taso

wow very awesome. plz to be posting picture of 1911 with grips

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Originally Posted by Montius

Will do (once I can get the pictures from my phone to teh computerz).

I am waiting.

11-29-2009 , 01:30 PM

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enjoy your getting your finger print taken when you buy ammo, scotty!

11-29-2009 , 01:32 PM

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enjoy your getting your finger print taken when you buy ammo, scotty!

That doesn't happen in GA AFAIK

11-29-2009 , 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DblBarrelJ

I felt the same way until I smarted off to the wrong Glock rep one day and he smirked, yanked his personal firearm from his hip unloaded it and handed it to me saying "break it, then".

That day I shot it with other guns, ran over it with a car several times, dragged it behind a car and generally beat the hell out of it the rest of the time.

When I got done, he took it, loaded his gun, pointed it downrange and emptied the magazine.

Then he emptied a second mag just to show everyone it wasn't a fluke.

I became I die hard Glock believer that day.

Oh, I know they are durable as hell and a great gun from a reliability standpoint, but I just flat out don't like the ergonomics of them. I certainly do not have anything against the gun other than "it's just not for me...."

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I'm just partial to Glock. If you're not comfortable with the trigger, I can see that as a legitimate reason to not buy one.

Personally, I prefer a well setup 1911 trigger, however, I'm not willing to sacrifice all the reliability I'd have to give up with my Glock to get that 1911 trigger.

And that is cool. That is why there is a great market for guns. There is literally a gun out there to fit anyone.

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To me, the 1911 is the most natural feeling pistol in the world. The problem is, it's also a finicky POS that requires unending maintenance and constant cleaning.

But when it works, it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

This. Except I have never had much of a problem with them being "finicky" at all. Maybe I'm just lucky when it comes to that sort of thing, idk.

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Originally Posted by NeBlis

I have had 1 misfire out of around 2000 rounds on the pistol I have now and 1 stovepipe jam out of my old one that got stolen. The misfire was w/ WWII era ammo

I've not had a single misfire or jam from my Taurus PT1911 and I've probably fired around 3000 rounds through it.

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Sample size, ftw.

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Also, you 1911 owners, how long does it take you to take down your 1911 for cleaning?

My sig knockoffs fall apart in my hands in about 1 second.

I just took mine down in about 4 seconds, fwiw.

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I am waiting.

Yeah I still haven't figured out this stupid POS phone.....

11-29-2009 , 08:18 PM

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it doesn't have fancy ivory grips, but I like the rosewood better anyway.

11-29-2009 , 08:21 PM

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1911s continue to be the sexiest handgun ever imo.

I like the Kimber Raptor series, as well. verr beautiful.

11-30-2009 , 03:35 AM

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Finally.

Too bad my camera sucks balls.

11-30-2009 , 04:40 AM

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226 elite 9mm

11-30-2009 , 06:21 AM

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226 elite 9mm

I like the 226 a lot.

Here is the one I really want to get:

Equinox, in .40 S&W.

11-30-2009 , 02:43 PM

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Finally.

Too bad my camera sucks balls.

sick

11-30-2009 , 03:16 PM

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Looks better in real life. My camera phone doesn't even begin to do it justice, tbh.

The only thing left I may do with this gun is get a skeletonized stainless hammer (think Kimber Custom) and trigger, but idk.

"Hammer of teh Gods" ftw.

12-01-2009 , 12:37 AM

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Finally.

Too bad my camera sucks balls.

Awesome. I bet most people you meet won't recognize the Hammer of the Gods. If they were like "what's that?" I'd be like "Mjollnir, Bitches!"

12-01-2009 , 12:41 AM

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226 elite 9mm

nice gun. I thought you were British?

12-01-2009 , 01:36 AM

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flickr is part of yahoo ftl

12-01-2009 , 09:44 AM

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Awesome. I bet most people you meet won't recognize the Hammer of the Gods. If they were like "what's that?" I'd be like "Mjollnir, Bitches!"

I've already said that exact thing to a person, believe it or not.

12-02-2009 , 03:27 PM

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The Texas flashlight.

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