1911 Pistols: Myth vs Reality And My Experience

[MED]

Both my Colts needed to be ported and polished with the barreled fitted to the slide better then it was. After that, they worked great. I have one that is somewhere around 30,000 rounds and still runs great.

[Walker2970]

Love My Rock Island EDC

only issue i ever had was with Mags
here is a buddy's collection

never had a 1911 that wouldn't go bang when it was loaded

[flogger]

Colt series 80 Officers stainless, 2nd owner. No issues at all.

Shoot it, clean it and shoot it again.

[KS63]

Springfield Range Officer. Not one problem concerning reliability. Most of the MIM parts have been replaced with billet/bar stock pieces including the ignition system. For the most part, the only Springer parts are the frame, slide and barrel. Still not done with it, but it now fits my hands better and I'm more confident in the pistol. It ran 100% with the factory parts, but I chose this platform because of its history and the ability to truly make it your own. That's the beauty of a 1911.

[Mick-Boy]

However, again IMO, the hands down, end all, be all, best 1911 money can buy would be a Lippard custom like the CQBP 1911 (biased because I've met and chatted with the man and view him as equal to Mr. Colt himself or Mr. Browning)

You are flat out of your mind. Haze yourself.

[Gman]

You are flat out of your mind. Haze yourself.

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Put the sum of their works side by side, and the man you've elevated so highly is not in the same league, IMO.

Of the 3, I'd put JMB way up on that list in the area of firearms design;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Browning
Products[edit source | editbeta]

Several of Browning's designs are still in production today. Some of his most notable designs include:
Cartridges[edit source | editbeta]

• .25 ACP
• .32 ACP
• .38 ACP
• 9mm Browning Long
• .380 ACP
• .45 ACP
• .50 BMG

Firearms[edit source | editbeta]

• U.S. M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun
• FN Browning M1899/M1900
• Colt Model 1900
• Colt Model 1902
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP)
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
• Colt Model 1905
• FN Model 1906 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
• Remington Model 8 (1906), a long recoil semi-automatic rifle
• Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
• Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
• FN Model 1910
• U.S. M1911 pistol (.45 ACP)
• Colt Woodsman pistol
• Winchester Model 1885 falling-block single shot rifle
• Winchester Model 1886 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun
• Winchester Model 1890 slide-action repeating rifle (.22)
• Winchester Model 1892 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1895 lever-action repeating rifle
• Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun
• Browning Auto-5 long recoil semi-automatic shotgun
• Browning 22 Semi-Auto rifle
• U.S. M1917 water-cooled machine gun
• U.S. M1919 air-cooled machine gun
• U.S. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
• U.S. M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun of 1921 (the famed "Ma-Deuce" weapon)
• U.S. M4 37mm autocannon
• FN Trombone pump-action rifle
• Remington Model 8 semi-auto rifle
• Remington Model 24 semi-auto rifle (.22) Also produced by Browning Firearms (as the SA-22) and several others
• Browning Hi-Power (Grand Puissance or GP), the standard sidearm of many military and police forces
• The Browning Superposed over/under shotgun was designed by John Browning in 1922 and entered production in 1931
• Ithaca Model 37 pump-action repeating shotgun

[Bailey Guns]

I'd be hard pressed to put anyone in the same league as John Browning. There have been many great firearms designers (which proves to me that God is definitely pro-gun) but I'm not sure any have risen to the level of JMB.

ETA: There's a big difference between designing the entire gun/cartridge and making it work well and adding little tweaks and adjustments that, at most, keep it working.

[brutal]

I love to shoot it and would be hard pressed between a Lippard or a Nighthawk if I had the $3,500 to just willy nilly spend on a custom 1911 (although the Lippard would win out in the end).

However, again IMO, the hands down, end all, be all, best 1911 money can buy would be a Lippard custom like the CQBP 1911 (biased because I've met and chatted with the man and view him as equal to Mr. Colt himself or Mr. Browning)

You are flat out of your mind. Haze yourself.

This.

Karl is the biggest fucktard blowhard I've ever met at a gun range.

[Hoser]

However, again IMO, the hands down, end all, be all, best 1911 money can buy would be a Lippard custom like the CQBP 1911 (biased because I've met and chatted with the man and view him as equal to Mr. Colt himself or Mr. Browning)

Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. If you spoke with him, remember he is a salesman selling himself. Of course he is going to say anything and everything to make himself look good.

Lippards 1911s are accurate, but are finicky little bitches. I have shot them and had them in pieces on my bench. Not impressed. Even less impressed when you consider the wait and cost.

Go haze yourself.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I'd be hard pressed to put anyone in the same league as John Browning. There have been many great firearms designers (which proves to me that God is definitely pro-gun) but I'm not sure any have risen to the level of JMB.

ETA: There's a big difference between designing the entire gun/cartridge and making it work well and adding little tweaks and adjustments that, at most, keep it working.

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