Quoted: I have never personally owned a 1911. I did have a 4506 at one point. I have never shot well with a 1911. Discuss...

You like little boys dont you?

I bet there is a USSR flag hidden in your house somewhere

j/k

Personally I am a 9mm fan, but there is something about the .45/1911 combo that really is special and that explains the following. My 1911 is mostly for collecting and range days, but I couldnt imagine not owning it. Would leave a vacum in my collection

9mm might be okay if you using +p+... But still... A 9's still a 9...

"I believe you could get your ass kicked for saying something like that."

That's funny.  

Did you read my post?  The guy who trains all the State Highway patrol in the state of Wisconsin taught me that.  It works wonders turns a shotgun pattern into a group.  Your grip should be vise firm- if someone grabs that gun and attempts to wiggle it it should barely move.  Half an hour with him at a gun show and my group size reduced by 50% from 14 to 7inches.  <with a SA 2-piece barrel- got rid of that, and my Kimber was doing 5inch groups at 25yds offhand which is no great statement but makes the 1911 more dangerous fired than hand thrown at the target.

The .45 has a very massive slug moving at low velocity; the gun attempts to impart a spin to the whole gun and if your hands are not holding it consistently the group suffers horribly.  

Get a Kimber, Baer, Wilson, Ed Brown, SVI, or Para Ordinance and attempt to shoot it that way and I can't see you not being happy with the results.  

I have a Kimber Pro Carry. Like it, but I like my 10mm Witness and Bren Ten much better.

I don't have one either.

the 1911 is cool and I'd like one eventually.

I think I need a Mdl 19 Smith first since I don't have any wheelguns.

I'd like a semi Thompson in .45

Now THAT would be fun.

Do you want a cookie?

Youi are staff here and you ain't got a single .45? To make it even worse you are in Texas! Damn boy, the rangers gonna kick yo ass out if you ain't got yo'self a SAA at the very least.
At least pick up a thompson, sure it is heavy but all that weight makes it easy for the recoil shy (read: wusses) to fire!

the 9mm is a more than adequate round. But that didn't prevent me from getting a new .45. I began to miss my old one and I feel I should have at least one gun in the major calibers

Quoted: Try a Para-Ordnance Tac Four.  I love the LDA trigger.

+1 A great shooting handgun.

Quoted: the 9mm is a more than adequate round. But that didn't prevent me from getting a new .45. I began to miss my old one and I feel I should have at least one gun in the major calibers

Funny, I've never heard of someone surviving 13 shots of .45 +p...

But 34 shots of 9mm +p+ is fun.

Quoted: Most 1911's don't really shoot well.  A lot of them aren't put together properly.   If you had a Kimber or better yet a Les Baer or equivalent to fire and still had problems grouping inside 5-7inches offhand at 25yds, my advice would be to grip the handgun in your firing hand:

It doesn't take a fancy 1911 to shoot good groups it just takes practice.  Most handguns are far more accurate that their owners.  Most owners just don't practice enough to shoot to their guns potential.

Here's a target I shot at 25 yards.  Just took the gun out, shot ten rounds, and posted the target (this was shot and originally posted last summer).  This is a relatively stock Colt 1991 (ORM).  I'd like to point out it is a two inch gun at 25 yards, but I pulled two shots opening the group to 4".  Proving to me, I need to shoot my 1991 a little more to be more consistent.

ETA: I think I'm seeing 7 of the ten in 1.5 inches.  Remember this is the cheapest 1911 Colt makes.  (I bought this about 8 years ago for $350.)  Money (i.e. a Wilson et. al.) isn't required for accuracy or reliability.




Kent

<--------Not a .45 owner either


however i really like the USP tactical i shot a while back