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nightmare69 wrote:I have yet to acquire the elite status of operator so I carry a Sig p226. Maybe one day...

Liberty wrote:

patterson wrote: Don't know what 1911s yall are having issues with and don't feel reliable . I haven't had that many FTF or FTE with mine

I don't know how many this is, but it sounds like more than I would tolorate with any of my guns. I take my guns to range quite a bit and have poured thousands of rounds through the barrels. I had one failure .. The retaining clip for the guide rod came off and bashed the guide bushing a bit ,.. The gun was still functional and continued to fire. Ruger sent me the two tiny parts free of charge for my 10 year old Ruger P95. I did have one FTE from my Beretta 92 but it was while I was introducing my niece to handguns, and she was limpwristing badly. I corrected her and she continued to shoot a whole box of ammo. For some a few FTEs here and a few there is acceptable, others take a zero defect stance. Some people have pretty good luck with their 1911s, others manage to tweak them and their ammo into reliability. Others not so much.. I don't own any Glocks and don't have any plans to either but it's hard to deny that for most people they are a very reliable handgun.

LeonCarr wrote:I won't trust my life to a 1911.

To paraphrase what TAM said, 1911s are just like Jaguar automobiles. It is best to have two, so you can have one to drive when the other one is in the shop

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

Lena wrote:I also have several 100% reliable 1911's and carried them for years and would do again if need to, when asked on a bet your life on it carry weapon I always say SIG or GLOCK and would say same today.

I must just be lucky with 1911's. I have owned 9 different 1911's from Colt, Dan Wesson, Nighthawk, Les Baer, CZ, and Magnum Research. Now I realize that none of these are "low end" manufacturers. But, my 1911's have been every bit as reliable as my non-1911's. In that second category are guns from Glock, Sig, and CZ, among others.

Given no other parameters (number of BG's, range, etc), I would "bet my life" on a 1911, which I do, every day. That said, for the specific situation of a home invasion, I "bet my life" on a Sig, because that gun is more accurate, and has a greater capacity, even though it is too big to carry.

Now if you told me I had a $500 budget, I would get a Glock (Gen 3) as opposed to any 1911 that I could buy in that price range.

Lena wrote:I also have several 100% reliable 1911's and carried them for years and would do again if need to, when asked on a bet your life on it carry weapon I always say SIG or GLOCK and would say same today.