Your favorite 1911

cold dead hands · December 4, 2007, 04:47 AM

I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. The 'favorite Glock' thread made me do it

No Glocks suck comments please. That war has been hashed over so many times.

You are allowed to say that you love the 1911 on this thread

I will admit that I have zero desire to own a glock and probably never will. That is all I will say about the glock.

I have two favorite 1911's. One I own and one I want.

The one I own is the Para Ordnance WartHog. It is my favorite gun. Period. It is unlikely that any other will take it's place in my heart.

The one I don't own is tied between two 10mm's. I want either a Colt Delta Elite or Dan Wesson RZ-10. I find them both to be lovely works of firearms art. If I could afford it (and that's not likely to happen for a while) I guess I'd buy both and/or a set of .40 S&W and .357 Sig barrels for added fun and caliber choices.

What's your favorite 1911?

evan1293 · December 4, 2007, 05:03 AM

My favorite is my kimber raptor fullsize. I have les baers which are great but the kimber was a gift from my fiance so its extra special

Its been very reliable and accurate and I love the way it looks!

sholling · December 4, 2007, 05:15 AM

My favorite is my Kimber Ultra Carry. The one I want to own is a Smith & Wesson Performance Center PC1911.

Rangegod · December 4, 2007, 10:14 AM

Of my current 20 1911's this DW CBOB is my favorite, even though some of the others cost 3X as much.

BTW I also owned 7 Glocks at one time.

JAC

Richard · December 4, 2007, 10:26 AM

+1, to what Rangegod said. Regards, Richard

RecoveringGT'er · December 4, 2007, 12:28 PM

Kimber Classic Target Stainless. Want: Para P-14, and the Kimber Warrior.

Reaperatm · December 4, 2007, 12:35 PM

I gotta say my new 4" SA champion i just bought has become my favorite. Say all you will about SA's, but i love 'em!!

eli.civilunrest · December 4, 2007, 02:32 PM

I like my charles daly government issue in .45. Seems pretty accurate straight out of the box. As a new shooter I'm not the best to ask... low and left...but everything is consistently low and left.

markj · December 4, 2007, 02:49 PM

My springer loaded black stainless. For now

Toolman · December 4, 2007, 09:18 PM

My Colt Combat Commander 70 series in Nickel & my Colt 1991A1 80 series.

David the Gnome · December 4, 2007, 09:33 PM

I love the original 1941-1945 government manufacture 1911A1, I just can't bring myself to pay what they go for nowadays. So I guess I have to say my new Para Ordnance Slim Hawg.

robctwo · December 4, 2007, 09:40 PM

Tonight, the Ed Brown Exec Target

heckledpie · December 4, 2007, 09:51 PM

i love them all. 1911s are the epitome of handgunnery.

rugernut · December 4, 2007, 10:03 PM

colt combat special. its a dandy

1911zep · December 4, 2007, 10:06 PM

new poster.. I should lurk a while, probbaly. but I really like sprinfields. I have a black stainless model that I really like and want to get a TRP operator with the full rail. just my favorites.

Mando · December 4, 2007, 10:12 PM

Is there a well-made 1911A1 that one cannot like???

Sturmgewehre · December 4, 2007, 11:10 PM

Ed Brown Kobra...

Gotta love Ed...

jdc1244 · December 4, 2007, 11:19 PM

My humble Colt 01091 – it’s been accurate and flawless out of the box. I have other Colts but I’ve made this my workhorse. (or workColt, if you will…

sorry...)

Taurus_9mm · December 5, 2007, 12:34 AM

My PT1911 of course.

Officer's Match · December 5, 2007, 12:43 AM

Check my moniker, then you get one guess.

StrikeEagle · December 5, 2007, 12:52 AM

This one.

Placed in my hands by the old master himself, Louis Seecamp back in 1974. It's been my constant companion since then.

OJ · December 5, 2007, 02:11 PM

This Colt Series 70 Government Model 45 ACP made in 1970 -

And this "repro" made last year -

StrikeEagle · December 5, 2007, 08:13 PM

Nice brace of pistols!

I have an original Series 70 that I picked up in 73 or so... the only hitch in its gitalong is that spring-finger bushing. I don't fully trust it, but I've not replaced it yet. This is a part that I think I'd want to have fitted by a gunsmith.

Do you still have that style of bushing? How do you feel about it? If you replaced it, what did you replace it with? Drop-in, or fitted?

Thank you!

The Tourist · December 5, 2007, 08:17 PM

I have a Terry Tussey 1911 that hasn't experienced a stoppage since 1984.

I'd say that pistol at least is in the top ten...

First Sergeant · December 5, 2007, 08:20 PM

S&W 1911PD Gunsite Edition.

December 4, 2007, 04:47 AM	#1
cold dead hands Junior member Join Date: November 14, 2007 Location: Arkansuck...I dream of the day I leave here. Never to return. Posts: 854	Your favorite 1911 I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. The 'favorite Glock' thread made me do it No Glocks suck comments please. That war has been hashed over so many times. You are allowed to say that you love the 1911 on this thread I will admit that I have zero desire to own a glock and probably never will. That is all I will say about the glock. I have two favorite 1911's. One I own and one I want. The one I own is the Para Ordnance WartHog. It is my favorite gun. Period. It is unlikely that any other will take it's place in my heart. The one I don't own is tied between two 10mm's. I want either a Colt Delta Elite or Dan Wesson RZ-10. I find them both to be lovely works of firearms art. If I could afford it (and that's not likely to happen for a while) I guess I'd buy both and/or a set of .40 S&W and .357 Sig barrels for added fun and caliber choices. What's your favorite 1911?

December 4, 2007, 05:15 AM	#3
sholling Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 1999 Location: Hemet (middle of nowhere) California Posts: 4,261	My favorite is my Kimber Ultra Carry. The one I want to own is a Smith & Wesson Performance Center PC1911. __________________ Proud Life Member: National Rifle Association, California Rifle & Pistol Association, and the Second Amendment Foundation. Annual Member: Revolutionary War Veterans Association (Project Appleseed) and the Madison Society.

December 4, 2007, 10:14 AM	#4
Rangegod Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2002 Location: South FL. Posts: 164	Of my current 20 1911's this DW CBOB is my favorite, even though some of the others cost 3X as much. BTW I also owned 7 Glocks at one time. JAC __________________ “Whatever the State saith is a lie; whatever it hath is a theft.” ~ Nietzsche

December 4, 2007, 12:28 PM	#6
RecoveringGT'er Member Join Date: October 10, 2006 Posts: 82	Kimber Classic Target Stainless. Want: Para P-14, and the Kimber Warrior. __________________ "Justitia fiat, ruat coleum." - "Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall"

December 4, 2007, 12:35 PM	#7
Reaperatm Member Join Date: April 19, 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Posts: 40	I gotta say my new 4" SA champion i just bought has become my favorite. Say all you will about SA's, but i love 'em!! __________________ A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. - John Stuart Mill

December 4, 2007, 05:03 AM	#2
evan1293 Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2007 Location: CT Posts: 783	My favorite is my kimber raptor fullsize. I have les baers which are great but the kimber was a gift from my fiance so its extra special Its been very reliable and accurate and I love the way it looks!

December 4, 2007, 10:26 AM	#5
Richard Senior Member Join Date: October 13, 1998 Location: Southeastern Michigan Posts: 1,305	+1, to what Rangegod said. Regards, Richard

December 4, 2007, 02:32 PM	#8
eli.civilunrest Junior Member Join Date: December 4, 2007 Posts: 1	I like my charles daly government issue in .45. Seems pretty accurate straight out of the box. As a new shooter I'm not the best to ask... low and left...but everything is consistently low and left.

December 4, 2007, 02:49 PM	#9
markj Senior Member Join Date: October 27, 2005 Location: Crescent Iowa Posts: 2,971	My springer loaded black stainless. For now

December 4, 2007, 09:18 PM	#10
Toolman Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 514	My Colt Combat Commander 70 series in Nickel & my Colt 1991A1 80 series. __________________ Crime Control. NOT Gun Control.

December 4, 2007, 09:33 PM	#11
David the Gnome Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,092	I love the original 1941-1945 government manufacture 1911A1, I just can't bring myself to pay what they go for nowadays. So I guess I have to say my new Para Ordnance Slim Hawg.

December 4, 2007, 09:40 PM	#12
robctwo Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2002 Location: Albany, Oregon Posts: 644	Tonight, the Ed Brown Exec Target

December 4, 2007, 09:51 PM	#13
heckledpie Member Join Date: July 24, 2007 Posts: 43	i love them all. 1911s are the epitome of handgunnery.

December 4, 2007, 10:03 PM	#14
rugernut Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2007 Location: dfw Posts: 130	colt combat special. its a dandy

December 4, 2007, 10:06 PM	#15
1911zep Junior Member Join Date: December 4, 2007 Posts: 3	Springfield new poster.. I should lurk a while, probbaly. but I really like sprinfields. I have a black stainless model that I really like and want to get a TRP operator with the full rail. just my favorites.

December 4, 2007, 10:12 PM	#16
Mando Junior member Join Date: November 24, 2007 Posts: 86	Is there a well-made 1911A1 that one cannot like???

December 4, 2007, 11:10 PM	#17
Sturmgewehre Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,212	Ed Brown Kobra... Gotta love Ed... __________________ Visit my YouTube channel for reviews, tests and more. Ex Mea Sententia

December 4, 2007, 11:19 PM	#18
jdc1244 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 532	My humble Colt 01091 – it’s been accurate and flawless out of the box. I have other Colts but I’ve made this my workhorse. (or workColt, if you will… sorry...)

December 5, 2007, 12:34 AM	#19
Taurus_9mm Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2006 Location: Louisville, Kentucky USA Posts: 963	My PT1911 of course.

December 5, 2007, 12:43 AM	#20
Officer's Match Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2007 Location: LANCASTER,OHIO Posts: 3,944	Check my moniker, then you get one guess. __________________ REAL EYES REALIZE REAL LIES

December 5, 2007, 12:52 AM	#21
StrikeEagle Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2004 Posts: 264	This one. Placed in my hands by the old master himself, Louis Seecamp back in 1974. It's been my constant companion since then.

December 5, 2007, 02:11 PM	#22
OJ Senior Member Join Date: December 25, 1998 Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, USA Posts: 1,570	This Colt Series 70 Government Model 45 ACP made in 1970 - And this "repro" made last year - __________________ OJ - SEMPER FI - DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER

December 5, 2007, 08:13 PM	#23
StrikeEagle Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2004 Posts: 264	Question for OJ Nice brace of pistols! I have an original Series 70 that I picked up in 73 or so... the only hitch in its gitalong is that spring-finger bushing. I don't fully trust it, but I've not replaced it yet. This is a part that I think I'd want to have fitted by a gunsmith. Do you still have that style of bushing? How do you feel about it? If you replaced it, what did you replace it with? Drop-in, or fitted? Thank you!

December 5, 2007, 08:17 PM	#24
The Tourist Junior member Join Date: June 20, 2005 Posts: 2,348	I have a Terry Tussey 1911 that hasn't experienced a stoppage since 1984. I'd say that pistol at least is in the top ten...

December 5, 2007, 08:20 PM	#25
First Sergeant Member Join Date: October 6, 2007 Posts: 29	S&W 1911PD Gunsite Edition. __________________ Diamonds are trump"The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, make the most reliable soldier on earth." General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson