Actually, it is what I would choose.

The M-2 .50 BMG design is also over 80 years old, is it also undesirable for tactical use?

H&K? Isn't that a French company?

TR

Why, if I may ask?

DAMN! Did you NOT see the picture I posted?

Because I like it, mine work fine, and I hit what I am aiming at with it.

I ask you, why not?

TR

I live in Southern California, Command Sergeant Major. Dime a dozen around here. :lifter

Can I pick Option "C" (all of the above)? :D

Go shooting with the Team Sergeant, buy an H&K USP.

Then take my old Kimber down south to shoot a drug lord, leave it with NDD, get really shit faced and drool all over the lady in that pic.

OUCH. I'd never own a French gun. HK's feel better in my hand than a 1911, although TFKilo and I have been half looking at some.

Just out of curiosity, why type of 1911 would you recommend if we did get some. I've heard alot of work needs to be done on them right off.:munchin

That depends on what you buy.

All I did to mine was put an ambi safety on it and it was G2G.

Others.....well you could break the bank trying to get them to run propperly.

I have had excellent luck with Kimbers and ParaOrdnance, some success with Springfields, and little success with Colt's running right out of the box.

Since the Paras hold more ammo, I like them best, though people with small hands may have trouble with their grip size.

TR

I have man hands, I swear. One guy told me to carry the ultra compact Glock, since it's more of a ladies gun, in 9mm. I could get two fingers around it, and I only carry .45. I have no problems with a larger grip, and prefer it. We saw a pair of Para's for a decient price, and a cop shop here loves Kimbers.

How are the trigers on Para's? That's what I have heard the biggest issue is.

I hate to say it, but all triggers suck now, due to lawsuits.

I have an extensive list of mods I do to my pistols to make them more comfortable and efficient, but they are not required to make the pistols run.

I always burn a few hundred rounds through them for function testing before I have them tuned anyway.

I must say that I have all SA Paras, I only recently tried an LDA. If I were starting over again, I could probably get used to it.

It takes a minimum of 10,000 repetitions to build muscle memory, and 50,000 to unlearn/learn a new one.

I have been packing 1911s for over 30 years. When I hear a sound in the night, or I feel like I need to have a weapon in my hand, I don't have to remember whether I am single action, double action, safe action, whether I have a safety, a decocker, a hammer drop lever under my thumb, whether the trigger will be a long smooth double action pull, a gritty nasty double for the first, and single for the remainder of the rounds, where the mag release is, whether the sights will be plain, Patridge, bar, dot, three dot, etc.

All of my 1911 pistols, from concealed to match, use the same controls, safety, trigger, sights, mag release, slide release, and the same IAD for a stoppage or failure.

In short, like my M-4 carbines and M-1 Benelli shotguns, they work for me and I have to change nothing.

Pick what works for you, and stick with it. Don't be a member of the "Gun of the Week Club".

TR

I have never fired a Kimber or a ParaOrdnance, so I don't know. Do they have a decocker? Can you switch the slide release to either side of the weapon? Is there an ambidextrous magazine release? What is the frame made from?

That is a VERY nice collection. I just (5 minutes ago) got my HK back in my hands after being gone for a few months. I know I'll never get rid of it, it was a wedding present. I think I'll just do some mods to it for now, and file away your advice for the future. I know I'll be getting more pistols, and am looking at all different types.

Thank you very much. You've helped me a lot. :)

Do they have a decocker?

Why would you need that when you have a safety, and a trigger? The 1911 is designed to be carried tactically in Condition One, cocked and locked. I lower the hammer by pulling the trigger. I safe the weapon by engaging the thumb safety. Simplicity itself.


Can you switch the slide release to either side of the weapon?

Don't know, never needed one on the other side. They have made left handed mirror image copies, some so detailed that the rifling twist was reversed.


Is there an ambidextrous magazine release?

Yes, but most 1911 southpaws just use their index finger instead.


What is the frame made from?

Well, let's see, there is carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, carbon fiber, plastic, what else would you need to make one from? Wood? Rubber? Gold?

I already said to go with what works for you. If searching for a piece, don't badmouth a weapon that you have not tried. I have shot the H&K, but don't need another pistol to master, at this time. Mine work fine.

TR

Hey now, I was typing my message when you posted yours with the photo. I'm not bad-mouthing anything. I asked about your preferences so I could learn from you, that's all. Perhaps I should not have attempted to answer the question you put to me.

I'm going to the kitchen forum where I belong. LOL