What caliber in a full size 1911

[Atrain1]

I just want some input on what caliber to carry in a full size 1911 between 9mm .40 S&W and 45 ACP and 50 GI, I am thinking of doing the 50 GI conversion and I have the other calibers. Thanks guys for your input.

[spleify]

.45 Acp......Kiss

[Hoser]

9x19. Fun and cheap to shoot.

[Mick-Boy]

9x19 doesn't have enough stopping power.

[El Caballo Loco]

9x19 doesn't have enough stopping power.

[ROFL2]

That's funny.

[sneakerd]

This is nuts. It'll turn into the exact same thread as 2 others currently going, the 9mm vs 45 thread and/or the 1911 thread. Why bother?

[Bailey Guns]

This is nuts. It'll turn into the exact same thread as 2 others currently going, the 9mm vs 45 thread and/or the 1911 thread. Why bother?

Good point. For some reason I can't resist feeding the trolls, I guess.

[10x]

A 1911 was designed for the 45 ACP. It also works well for a 10mm because the cartridge length is the same. If you want a 9mm or a 40 short and weak you would be better off in a lighter weight, higher capacity platform.

[BPTactical]

50GI? Enjoy paying 2$ a round?
9x19 is for bad shots that need more ammo.
40 S&W is for those that can't handle 10mm.
45 ACP is for when you absolutely want to drop somebody with a sledgehammer with one shot.
You want something different in a 1911 shoot 38 Super or 10 mm.

[Mick-Boy]

9x19 is for bad shots that need more ammo.


That's why I not only carry a 9mm, I carry an extra magazine too.

[Hoser]

9x19 doesn't have enough stopping power.

I heard that with a 50 GI you dont even have to hit the bad guy. Just the bullet wizzing by makes them drop dead in their tracks.

[Mick-Boy]

The only problem with carrying a caliber that manly is that you may impregnate women just by proximity.

[Atrain1]

A 1911 was designed for the 45 ACP. It also works well for a 10mm because the cartridge length is the same. If you want a 9mm or a 40 short and weak you would be better off in a lighter weight, higher capacity platform. Trust me I am on the hunt foe a Delta Elite

[Atrain1]

50GI? Enjoy paying 2$ a round?
9x19 is for bad shots that need more ammo.
40 S&W is for those that can't handle 10mm.
45 ACP is for when you absolutely want to drop somebody with a sledgehammer with one shot.
You want something different in a 1911 shoot 38 Super or 10 mm. I agree with the 10mm and the 45 I just stopped arguing the point of the 45 stopping power and now just agree that a 25 acp has the same power. But this is for a carry gun and I already have a G20, I would love a 10mm in a 1911 and I would like to find some one to fit a 38 super to my RIA TCM I love that round to, so as far as it being a carry gun what do you think of the 50 GI?

[Atrain1]

I agree with the 10mm and the 45 I just stopped arguing the point of the 45 stopping power and now just agree that a 25 acp has the same power lol. But this is for a carry gun and I already have a G20, I would love a 10mm in a 1911 and I would like to find some one to fit a 38 super to my RIA TCM I love that round to, so as far as it being a carry gun what do you think of the 50 GI?

[sneakerd]

Boom chakalaka!! This has now morphed into the 9mm vs 45 thread, just as Atrain wanted it to. What a waste of time.

[SA Friday]

For you Atrain, 6mm caliber all the way.

[Atrain1]

Boom chakalaka!! This has now morphed into the 9mm vs 45 thread, just as Atrain wanted it to. What a waste of time.Dude you dont have to "waste" your time you do have the option to not write anything and you dont even have to read it if you dont want to, and that is Not what I wanted at all, but I am glad to see that some one who knows his stuff chimed in and put it exactly how it is, I think I am going to go with either a 10mm or a 50 GI just waiting on BP to get back and see what he thinks as both will batter a 45 frame.

[DeusExMachina]

.22LR

I hear it does nasty things when it bounces around the cranial cavity.

[Pop]

[jplove71]

.45 Acp......Kiss

This.

[Atrain1]

For you Atrain, 6mm caliber all the way. I tried it it was to much gun for me LOL, actually I have a few 25 acp hand guns.

[Graves]

.460 Rowland, much like the .50GI - the muzzle alone is enough to stop the threat just by pointing it in that general direction.

[BPTactical]

Dude you dont have to "waste" your time you do have the option to not write anything and you dont even have to read it if you dont want to, and that is Not what I wanted at all, but I am glad to see that some one who knows his stuff chimed in and put it exactly how it is, I think I am going to go with either a 10mm or a 50 GI just waiting on BP to get back and see what he thinks as both will batter a 45 frame.


Can't make a statement on the 50 GI, I've no experience with them. 10 mm won't batter any worse than a .45 if it is sprung correctly and there are a couple other things I do to tame it a touch.
As far as converting to 38 Super-if we are starting with a 9mm 1911 it is pretty much a barrel swap.
If you want to try it with a .45 it will be cost prohibitive due to having to replace the slide.


Just my .02 on oddball conversions- if John Browning wanted the 1911 to shoot .50 he would have designed it for such. He had the resources to do whatever he wanted with the 1911. He was a damn sight smarter than all of us put together just like if Eugene Stoner had wanted the AR to run on pistons he would have done so.
While sometimes there are real benefits to altering a design most of the time you are just making things more complicated.
The people that design these things typically know what works best.

I knew an old scooter tramp that built a Panhead engine with a Panhead cylinder on the front and a Knucklehead jug on the rear. I asked him why and he said "just to see if I could do it".
Useless as hell but by God he did it. Never logged more than 20 miles before something on it pooped the bed every time he took it out. He sold it a year later after he got sick of messing with it.
Sometimes (but not necessarily this time) trying to reinvent the wheel just doesn't make much sense.

I dunno but I tend to side with Spliefies eloquence: K.I.S.S

[Atrain1]

Can't make a statement on the 50 GI, I've no experience with them. 10 mm won't batter any worse than a .45 if it is sprung correctly and there are a couple other things I do to tame it a touch.
As far as converting to 38 Super-if we are starting with a 9mm 1911 it is pretty much a barrel swap.
If you want to try it with a .45 it will be cost prohibitive due to having to replace the slide.


Just my .02 on oddball conversions- if John Browning wanted the 1911 to shoot .50 he would have designed it for such. He had the resources to do whatever he wanted with the 1911. He was a damn sight smarter than all of us put together just like if Eugene Stoner had wanted the AR to run on pistons he would have done so.
While sometimes there are real benefits to altering a design most of the time you are just making things more complicated.
The people that design these things typically know what works best.

I knew an old scooter tramp that built a Panhead engine with a Panhead cylinder on the front and a Knucklehead jug on the rear. I asked him why and he said "just to see if I could do it".
Useless as hell but by God he did it. Never logged more than 20 miles before something on it pooped the bed every time he took it out. He sold it a year later after he got sick of messing with it.
Sometimes (but not necessarily this time) trying to reinvent the wheel just doesn't make much sense.

I dunno but I tend to side with Spliefies eloquence: K.I.S.S On the 38 super it is going into a doublestack frame so I will have to use the rimless version correct? I have always wanted a 38 super for some reason I dont know why, I almost baught a Taurus but it was not a 1911 so I did not.

[Atrain1]

I guess it all depends on what kit is has a better price tag, and between the 2 which one is easier to find ammo for, to be honest the only reason I was thinking the GI is for my Desert Eagle I think it would be cool the have there 1911 in a 50.