Those wiseguys at GarandThumb have a blast with an old 1911, and then compare it to a modern tricked-out 1911.
A brilliant — I mean brilliant — intro, and a conclusion about the old 1911 which made me nod with agreement.
As some other wise-ass once said:
I can’t get over the thumb safety. I hate thumb safeties on handguns.
Other than that. The 1911’s are nice on the range.
The bottom one: I’d take an angle grinder to that “horn” growing out the backside, unless someone here can explain the advantage to having it. I used the top one frequently (payroll guard) in the army way back when.
I got sick of the 1911 “hammer bite” — I still have the scar, in fact — so I had the beavertail installed as well as the skeleton hammer.
My dad was a 1911 fanatic. He would get one change out some parts, polish some items, or change out springs to “get it right” and then he would sell it to fund the next 1911 project. He told me that the Colt Government was the best 1911 for the money. I have a 9mm Colt Government as my range pistol and I have pumped over 120k rounds through it.
I’m with Kim. Got wrinkly enough to get my first hammer bite sometime in mid-40’s. These days my go to is my Springfield, Inc. Range Officer, which also wears a set of Hogue rubber finger groove grips.
I also own a commercial Colt 1911A1 (C prefix S/N) manufactured in late 1930, along with an original two-tone magazine. AFAIK, all the springs are original. I shoot it now and then with ball ammo and runs just fine, shoots where it points. I wear a batting glove snugged up tight to avoid hammer bite. A strip of duct tape will do in a pinch.