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Posted: 8/19/2005 7:15:58 AM EDT
[#1]
I've got long, thin thumbs (think circus freak show!), so for me, the extended thumb safety is the most important.
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Posted: 8/19/2005 7:36:45 AM EDT
[#2]
Beavertail, definitely! Hammer bite SUX!
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Posted: 8/19/2005 9:56:54 AM EDT
[#3]
Out of the ones you listed for me it would be a good beavertail GS... I grab so high into the gun that I’ve been described as "swallowing it" and they’re generally pretty helpful to me. While I have no problems shooting a gun without a beavertail GS, I still get a bit of hammer bite even with my Swenson guns which are very nicely trimmed.
It’s more than just that though, a good beavertail GS helps control recoil so much more that what most think. Sure it helps to lower the gun in ones hand and eliminates the possibility of hammer bite but one of the paramount benefits is that it gives the pistol a large platform to reciprocate against during the firing cycle. Additionally the GS can act as a leverage point of sorts, helping to reduce muzzle rise while shooting the pistol by limiting that amount the gun can shift vertically in ones hand. |
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Posted: 8/19/2005 11:34:29 AM EDT
[#4]
Beavertail without a doubt.
The 1911 feels like a different gun without a properly fitted high rise beavertail. I don't own nor would I shoot a 1911 without them. |
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Posted: 8/19/2005 11:35:57 AM EDT
[#5]
If I HAD to pic, it'd be bobbed hammer or a beavertail.
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Posted: 8/19/2005 12:35:07 PM EDT
[#6]
Ambi-Safety
I'm left handed |
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Posted: 8/19/2005 1:41:07 PM EDT
[#7]
I'd say the thumb safety, although I can't imagine not having a good beavertail. For actual defensive/combat use, its more important to me to NOT miss the thumb safety.
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Posted: 8/19/2005 1:55:14 PM EDT
[#8]
Beavertail. Never did like the looks of a bobbed hammer.
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Posted: 8/19/2005 4:27:41 PM EDT
[#9]
Beavertail, cuts down on the bandaids.
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Posted: 8/20/2005 11:38:27 AM EDT
[#10]
In a pinch, I can live without everything on the list of options.
But what I can't live without is a short trigger. Try to buy a semi-custom 1911 these days with a short trigger. Good luck. |
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Posted: 8/20/2005 8:40:35 PM EDT
[#11]
I have to have a flat main spring housing. Everything else I can live with or without.
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Posted: 8/20/2005 9:44:56 PM EDT
[#12]
Dang, I really wouldn't want a 1911 without an arched MSH AND a beavertail. The Beavertail is a comfort thing, and the MSH is an ergonomic thing.
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Posted: 8/20/2005 11:46:13 PM EDT
[#13]
After holding a 1911 with a flat MSH and beavertail grip safety, they are on my list of changes.
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Posted: 8/21/2005 10:56:33 PM EDT
[#14]
That and the beavertail.....I do like frontstrap checkering too. |
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Posted: 8/21/2005 11:03:26 PM EDT
[#15]
Has to be a flat MSH... without this, all my muscle memory/instinctive pointing goes out the window. I can live without the others, though I would sure miss the beavertail.
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Posted: 8/22/2005 12:03:54 PM EDT
[#16]
With a nice beavertail and an arched MSH, I'm good to go.
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Posted: 8/23/2005 4:07:09 PM EDT
[#17]
Front strap checkering on a competition gun for sure.
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Posted: 8/23/2005 8:24:10 PM EDT
[#18]
If I had to pick out of your list, a flat mainspring housing (my number two concern) is a must. My number one needed item it a short trigger. A good grip safety comes in third.
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Posted: 8/24/2005 6:48:43 AM EDT
[#19]
Me too......short trigger all the way. I like thin grips as well. |
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Posted: 8/25/2005 10:18:33 AM EDT
[#20]
Well now that I see that there is a 1911forum here I am.
I voted for the bevertail - I have a high grip so it is important for me, but there are many more things too. I put in the short trigger - not the long, because it puts my finger in exactly the right spot with the standard trigger I was occassionally pulling shots to the right because it was a stretch to get my finger where it needed to be. so the short trigger improved my accuracy while shooting fast. Front strap - I use grip-tape, wouldn't do without it on the draw. |
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Posted: 8/25/2005 10:40:18 AM EDT
[#21]
+1 |
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Posted: 8/25/2005 4:55:32 PM EDT
[#22]
I HATE flat MSH's. I also hate long triggers. As a matter of fact, I actually prefer the old "shelf" thumb safeties better than the commercial standard or extended ones.
The most important thing to me is that I have an arched MSH. |
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Posted: 8/25/2005 5:19:58 PM EDT
[#23]
While I prefer the long trigger and flat mainspring housing the thing I really need is a checkered
front strap. It may be imagined for me but I can't shoot a 1911 right if it squirms around in my hand and the checking does it for me. In the old days (mid-seventies when I started shooting) when there were few pistolsmiths doing it I used the Pachmayar grips with the covered front strap. |
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Posted: 9/11/2005 5:45:16 PM EDT
[#24]
Without doubt the first thing I look at would be mainspring housing... I cannot abide the flat ones. Everything else being equal- barrel/bushing fit, safety tight- the one mod I always wind up making is the GRIPS. Use a lot of Pachmeyers W/O the finger grooves or front covers... and lately I gotta admit, Ive gone to a pair of <choke> ivory. Talk about conspicious consumption in one's old age! I like the feel, I like the look, and I like to show off my Luger and my sweet Combat Commander!
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Posted: 9/12/2005 10:26:07 AM EDT
[#25]
I voted for the beavertail, as I hate how low (real or percieved) my hand sits in a standard grip safety.
I think if one were on a budget and wanted to get the best "bang for the buck", the mainspring housing would be the best bet. I prefer a flat housing, but that is one part that can really make a difference in pointability. I know that those used to an arched housing will have fits with a flat one. Plus if you have a GI pistol, the beavertail requires filing of the frame, and that can be daunting for the novice. |
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Posted: 9/12/2005 1:35:48 PM EDT
[#26]
probably the hogue grip.
Comfy... |
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Posted: 9/12/2005 4:09:59 PM EDT
[#27]
+1, with a good beavertail. Nothing else is really as important to the ergonomics, aside from putting decent grips on there (I like the Pachmayr wraparound combat grips for most uses myself). ETA: you want a ambi safety on a nightstand/combat gun because in the real world, you may have to shoot with either hand and you'll have to be just as good at using the weapon with your left or your right, due to injury or tactical conditions. Not to mention if someone has to borrow your gun for some reason or other and they're a lefty. For that matter, I like the idea of the gun being more symmetrical for some reason, I think it just looks better with controls on both sides. |
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