Professional Soldiers ® - View Single Post

**The Reaper** · 01-22-2007, 11:03

There are very few 1911 manufacturers or pistolsmiths who understand the proper relationship between reliability and accuracy.

The original 1911 went more than 30,000 rounds between failures, feeding 230 grain Ball ammo from GI mags.

The parts could be swapped from pistol to pistol with very little, if any hand fitting required.

The 1911A1 I was issued in 1979 (which was manufactured in 1943) ran fine for thousands of rounds while I had it. Zero stoppages or failures, even at end of the FY ammo shoot offs.

Strange that today, the same pistol seems to be unreliable, I wonder how we screwed that up? Probably as stated, excessively tight pistols, unusually shaped ammo, and wide manufacturing tolerances from the original design.

Also curious that a round designed over 100 years ago for the 1911 is as popular as it is today as defensive purposes.

Even Gaston Glock seems hard pressed to improve on it significantly.

Just my old school .02. I like some of the HKs as well.

TR

01-22-2007, 11:03	#35
The Reaper Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Free Pineland Posts: 24,825	There are very few 1911 manufacturers or pistolsmiths who understand the proper relationship between reliability and accuracy. The original 1911 went more than 30,000 rounds between failures, feeding 230 grain Ball ammo from GI mags. The parts could be swapped from pistol to pistol with very little, if any hand fitting required. The 1911A1 I was issued in 1979 (which was manufactured in 1943) ran fine for thousands of rounds while I had it. Zero stoppages or failures, even at end of the FY ammo shoot offs. Strange that today, the same pistol seems to be unreliable, I wonder how we screwed that up? Probably as stated, excessively tight pistols, unusually shaped ammo, and wide manufacturing tolerances from the original design. Also curious that a round designed over 100 years ago for the 1911 is as popular as it is today as defensive purposes. Even Gaston Glock seems hard pressed to improve on it significantly. Just my old school .02. I like some of the HKs as well. TR __________________ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
The Reaper is offline