Posted: 9/1/2009 4:59:28 AM EDT
| Looking for user input on these two models. I imagine the big difference is the weight of the frames and the finish. I've shot the MC and liked it but haven't had a chance to check out the LW in person. Just wondering if the lighter model has any benefits over the MC? |
| It depends...the best way is for you to try to shoot each. I have the operators at the very ends of the scale, the full rail, full steel 5 inch operator and the LW champion. IMO the champion is plenty controlable, not quite as fast as the full size, but nothing else I own is either. If I were carrying in a drop leg the full day, I would probably go with the full size, but for daily carry I carry the LW> |
I have the LW Operator and like it. Only other full-size 1911's I have to compare it to are Kimbers. I can't tell much of a difference other than the weight, but the guys that own the heavier Kimbers say they notice a difference in the action/recoil when shooting my LW. They seem to think the action/recoil is a bit slower and think it may be due to the recoil spring, but I wonder if it could maybe also be attributed to the lighter weight frame? Although part of me thinks it would be the other way around. 
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| The lightweight frame will probably not take the pounding that an all steel gun will, but then again, I have a steel 1911A1 accurized by Bob Day and the Air Force guys with a cracked dust cover, so who really knows? Me? I will take the steel gun every time in a Gov. Model |