What is the Ideal 1911?

[Bill Ng]

The ideal 1911 is one that goes bang every time you pull the trigger and ejects a Susan B Anthony dollar out the ejection port every time.

Any gun that runs well and pays me is a gun I want to go shoot every day.

[mitrod3]

Originally Posted by NAA

For me, I like a no frills model that goes bang when it needs to.

Something like this:




NAA.

Nice gun there but for me those sights a touch too much in the "no frills" department for my now older eyes. Have to have something a touch more on the "frills" side in terms of sights these days.

Be safe, shoot well.

[mitrod3]

Originally Posted by Bill Ng

The ideal 1911 is one that goes bang every time you pull the trigger and ejects a Susan B Anthony dollar out the ejection port every time. Any gun that runs well and pays me is a gun I want to go shoot every day.

We all have our dreams....................and hopes.

Good shooting to you and many trips to the bank if those dreams come true.

Be safe, shoot well.

[ouluckydogu]

I have two wilsons and one Les Baer, I dont know what you want to spend but if that is not an issue than I would go with a wilson, they are great pistols and wilson has excellant customer service. Alifetime warranty that goes with the pistol if you sell it. I bought all mine over the net because if its broke wilson will fix it anyway. The baer is in my possesion because its blued, at the time wilson didnt offer blued. It came off the internet too, guess I have been lucky because the ones I got were as advertised. I used gunbroker for all three of mine

just my 2 cents

Lucky

[Wanna Warthog]

Originally Posted by Aries4790

What is the Ideal 1911?

For starters, it has prancing ponies on the slide.

[dojpros]

5 inch lightweight bobtail that was reliable.

david of vcdgrips.com

[koshnaranek]

i'm not sure about the makers you listed but the 'ideal' would prolly be a colt GM from the 1930s. waaay out of my affordability but i can dream.

[marlinspike]

Originally Posted by blr

Anything other than a Series 80 colt is a "series 70". The grey area would be the Schwartz safeties of the S&W and Kimbers. I consider them Series 70ish.

So, wait, basically if a gun doesn't specify it's series 70 except for S&W and Kimber?

[jaydoc1]

Well this one, of course.

[NETim]

Wilson CQB

[finalecrom]

i am not sure but i think the ideal of 1911 is the anarch angel.the reason i don't call it a colt 1911, is because the 1911 isn't and never was colt exclusive product.

[TheTomcat]

If your carrying it: The one that you will carry all the time and not leave at home because it isn't concealable with what you are wearing.

If your not going to carry it: The one that you can afford and either has all the bells and whistles you want or is at a price that allows you to buy all the bells and whistles you want.

[USMM guy]

The one that you have and like the best.

Nuff said.

[SW1911 ES]

Well ... you were very smart on your first choice, a 1911. The second choice is probably the hardest.... being there are so many great 1911's available. As mentioned, it all depends on what you intend on using the pistol for. Range, carry, concealment ...
Check the well known and quality brand names, and choose the one you feel most comfortable with. 1911's come in many variants and barrel lengths. A little homework never hurts ....

[TheTomcat]

Either of these with me leaning towards the Kimber.

[Jeffrey J]

This is a real simple question...

The one "you" like the best

[1-DAB]

one that works as intended that you can afford. all 1911s have pros and cons.

[VHinch]

For me it's the Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special.

[trapmonkey]

i like my sig 1911 but am now waitig for the day i can get a dw valor.

[budman1950]

I know the DW CBOB and SA Mil-Spec are series 70ish. I think saying series 70 is like saying Kleenex. Neither of the above have a fpb.

Ken

[thestaffofmoses]

For me a no frills colt

[Wanna Warthog]

1911's actually suck. That's because I can't afford all the ones I want.

[Seraph]

Originally Posted by LoboGunLeather

1. Model 1911 US Army, commercial production 1914.
2. Model 1911 US Army, military production 1918.
3. Model 1911 US Army, Springfield Armory 1918.
4. Model 1911 US Army, Remington-UMC 1918.
5. Government Model .38 Super, commercial 1937.
6. Model 1911A1, Colt, military 1943.
7. Model 1911A1, Ithaca, military 1944.
8. Model 1911A1, Remington Rand, military 1944.
9. Model 1911A1, Union Switch & Signal, military 1944.
10. Government Model .45 ACP, commercial 1947 (all leftover GI parts).
11. Government Model .45 ACP, commercial 1966.
12. Combat Commander, satin nickle, 1975.
13. Kimber TLE .45 ACP.
14. Kimber Custom CDP .45 ACP.
15. Kimber Pro Carry II .45 ACP.

I can take any one of these out of the safe and feel quite well-armed.

I'd kill to have about five minutes alone with your unlocked gun safe.


My ideal 1911? I guess it will always be the next 1911 I will have.

[puppychow]

Any 1911 that you can afford. Many of the 1911's mentioned are beautiful and great guns. I now own a Norinco 1911 Police. It was all that I needed and it functions well. For the price, it has been a great shooter. I have owned a race gun in the past and enjoyed it dearly. If I had the funds, I would go with a Les Baer, custom Ed Brown or custom Wilson 1911 in 45 ACP.
Good luck choosing.

[dsk]

Originally Posted by blr

Colt uses plastic parts, and has that gawd awful Series 80 thing going.

I don't get it. The only plastic on a Colt is the mainspring housing, and that's just the Series 80 models (Series 70 have steel housings). Yet Colt gets ripped apart about it all the time, despite the fact that baseline Kimbers have plastic housings as well. Regarding the Series 80, I don't see how having something that keeps the pistol from shooting you if you drop it is a bad thing. At least the Series 80 system hasn't been having the problems the Swartz system has (which might explain why Colt stopped using the Swartz safety way back in the 1940's).