1911 rail guns?

Originally Posted by Dusty

The Reaper introduced me in a post of his on carry pistols to the Springfield XDS, 6 rounds of .45 ACP in a comfortable platform about an inch wide.

Hmmm, had my mind set on a Glock 9mm. Will take a look at that one though, however it might be in 9mm.

Thanks.

[MR2]

I like the XDs .45 as well. Still need put some rounds through it to get proficient.

The XDs in 9mm has started shipping and you should see quite a few by July.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by MAB32

Hmmm, had my mind set on a Glock 9mm. Will take a look at that one though, however it might be in 9mm.

Thanks.

.45, .40, .45 GAP, .357 Sig or 9mm, I believe, are all available when they have them.

In July.....sheesh


On Glocks, going with their "Blue Line" I am still looking at a few months wait for one of them.

[zeke]

The Smith and Wesson Shield in 9mm and .40 is very concealable. They seem very reliable for everyone else but me. My .40 was failing to feed Remington Golden Sabre until I polished the feed ramp. Then yesterday the end of the recoil spring broke. Still waiting to hear from S&W.

The local gunshop said that there should be a .45 ACP version coming out this year. The Shields are all single stack.

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by MAB32

In July.....sheesh


On Glocks, going with their "Blue Line" I am still looking at a few months wait for one of them.

My partner was quoted being a few months out on a Gen 3 G19 and it took 2-3 weeks.

[frostfire]

Originally Posted by CW3SF

I am my agencies National Armorer and I fix broken Glocks almost daily. They are not bulletproof and they require maintenance/repairs just like any other weapon. They are not the holy grail of pistols that Glocks marketing machine would have you believe. Don't get me wrong, they are a reliable, serviceable option but they are not the end all, be all. The same can be said of pretty much any other major brand, IMO.

Word!
After 4 years and prob 140k+ dry fire (I built habit of dry firing before bed and upon waking up, or anytime I got the "itch" lol), my firing pin actually broke while racking. John at Shooter Supply is the man. He got it fixed in no time for zilch. I always try to spend some smackaroo in his shop. John is good people.

That is why I've never flaunted glock as the best thing since invention of fire. In fact, I would tell people there are much more reliable, more user friendly, but also more $$$$ secondaries out there. The question I presented to potential glocker is always whether that more something is worth the $$$ difference to them. Thus, I do advertise glock as the best buy out there.

Originally Posted by Brian C

My partner was quoted being a few months out on a Gen 3 G19 and it took 2-3 weeks.

never knew there's a wait line for blue line now. When I got mine straight out of the Smyrna factory from SPD, I paid $399. Around here you should not pay more than $425 before tax, and it should come with three hi-cap mags. Looking back now, I should have stuck with the shark-gills gen 3, and avoided gen 4. The trigger-pull quality tradeoff to allow that smaller grip.....

[SF18C]

Originally Posted by Dusty

The Reaper introduced me in a post of his on carry pistols to the Springfield XDS, 6 rounds of .45 ACP in a comfortable platform about an inch wide.

I got one today!!!! I soooo want to head out to the range RIGHT NOW but HH6 is at work and if go without her there will be hell to pay....I can't wait for tomorrow!

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by SF18C

I got one today!!!! I soooo want to head out to the range RIGHT NOW but HH6 is at work and if go without her there will be hell to pay....I can't wait for tomorrow!

How'd it go finding bullets?

[SF18C]

Originally Posted by Dusty

How'd it go finding bullets?

.45 was plentiful

and back to the original thread topic...there were a few Colt 1911 Rail guns on the shelf...$1000 range.

[DJ Urbanovsky]

Wait - you put 140,000+ rounds through your Glock, plus what one would presume is at least twice as much dry fire, and your firing pin finally broke - but there are more reliable and user friendly pistols out there? Do tell...

Originally Posted by frostfire

Word!
After 4 years and prob 140k+ dry fire (I built habit of dry firing before bed and upon waking up, or anytime I got the "itch" lol), my firing pin actually broke while racking. John at Shooter Supply is the man. He got it fixed in no time for zilch. I always try to spend some smackaroo in his shop. John is good people.

That is why I've never flaunted glock as the best thing since invention of fire. In fact, I would tell people there are much more reliable, more user friendly, but also more $$$$ secondaries out there. The question I presented to potential glocker is always whether that more something is worth the $$$ difference to them. Thus, I do advertise glock as the best buy out there.

[frostfire]

Originally Posted by DJ Urbanovsky

Wait - you put 140,000+ rounds through your Glock, plus what one would presume is at least twice as much dry fire, and your firing pin finally broke - but there are more reliable and user friendly pistols out there? Do tell...

I wrote dry fire, not rounds. I simply can't afford 100000+ rounds LMAO

IIRC, the HKP30 tested at pistoltrainingdotcom guys have higher round count and less part breakage than the glock. Also, plenty vids on youtube showing stock HK USP successfully fired held sideway with totally limp wrist with stock new non-modified glock failing the same test. Same success with SIG 226. Finally, Ive met many with non-big-sasquatch palm preferring the P30 grip to glock.

Thus, more reliable and more user friendly.

[TacOfficer]

Originally Posted by Brush Okie

Sig P220

+1

[Chaplain Scott]

Since I started this thread some time ago, I thought that I would update it: Believe it or not, I actually listened to what some of you guys had to say

As a new duty weapon, rather than a 1911 rail gun, after a lot of research and a lot of soul searching, I went with a new Sig 229R-1, in the Enhanced Elite version (with Beavertail) in .357 Sig. (Glocks are fine weapons, but I just don't like their feel in my hand)

This is my first Sig, and I must say that I am impressed, and with the 14 rd Mec-Gar mags, it seems like I can shoot forever without changing mags

I like the double-action first shot--makes it a little harder to have an AD and shoot somebody that I really wasn't sure needed to be shot. The Short Reset Trigger is almost as nice as a good 1911.........

Thanks to all for the good recommendations and helping me to take a good hard look at what made the most sense.

[kgoerz]

MARSOC just purchased new 1911 pistols for the school house and the teams. It was a five million dollar contract. After doing the math they paid $5000 per gun. They didn't prep the surface before applying the Cerekote so it is already worn off the guns. They applied the cerekote to the inside also so all the new guns gunk up and don't work after the first hundred rounds.
It's 2013. 1911 is a good gun but there are so many better ones out there. One of the commanders who wanted the 1911 over the Glock said "we don't need any plastic pussy type weapon"