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Which would you vote for as the ultimate fighting handgun?

Glock
23 (32.4%)
1911
48 (67.6%)

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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2008, 11:23:40 AM »
Quote from: wisconsin on August 27, 2008, 03:39:39 PM
JMB and the 1911 for my vote ;)
+1 The Glock just doesn't fit my hand. The grip angle just isn't right.
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2008, 05:47:11 PM »
jumbofrank...mine is a frame kit and Colt Series 70 slide with Kart barrel.  I also have 1000's of rounds thru mine with only a couple extractors gone bad.

Richard

PS:  Think about having "Accua-rails" installed.
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2008, 08:55:37 PM »
Bone stock, the Glock is a better fighting gun, reliability is #1, and it wins hands down, especially with other than ball ammo. #2 is capacity, which unless you get an Para, Sti, etc.. is not part of the equation. You can fight longer with 15 rounds than you can with 8. I really like the Glock 21, I've shot it a lot, it is the most accurate Glock, due to conventional rifling, not polygonal, easier on lead bullets too.

I own 4 glocks, and 10 1911's, I love them both for different reasons, the 1911 does feel sexy in the hand, and I have both high caps, single stacks, s/a and Lda triggers, some short and some long, some with compensators, really good game guns, and really good on the short guns. But I have thousands of rounds in the field with my model 21, shot everything from rattlesnakes to white tail deer.. it delivers everytime, with a good trigger, but not comparable to a s/a trigger job on a 1911. But definitely usable.

My friends and I have had this conversation more than once, if I could only have 1 pistol, what would it be, A glock model 20 10mm. If I could have 2 pistols, it would be a glock .45 and a .357 mag, 3 pistols, a glock .45, a S&W .357 revolver, probably a 6" and a .22rf pistol of some sort. 4 pistols and the world is wide open.
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2008, 09:10:53 PM »
Quote from: ellis4538 on August 28, 2008, 05:47:11 PM
jumbofrank...mine is a frame kit and Colt Series 70 slide with Kart barrel.  I also have 1000's of rounds thru mine with only a couple extractors gone bad.

Richard

PS:  Think about having "Accua-rails" installed.

Mine is a Series 80 slide with the frame milled out to take a Para ramped barrel. It's been so long I don't remember who milled it out for me. I have several different brands of parts in it so it's a real mutt. I've had to replace all of my magazine springs and the recoil spring. That's about it. Not bad considering I got the frame kit the first year they made them.

The only reason I don't get the Acc-U-Rails is that I also use that frame on my Mech-Tech Carbine Conversion Unit and I don't think I can use an Acc-U-Rail frame on the CCU. Too bad because it's only an hour drive from my house to Doug Jones' Acc-U-Rail. Instead I'll send my pistol to Cylinder & Slide to be tightened up. I just have to decide if I want it refinished while it's there.
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2008, 09:38:22 PM »
My full-size Para handles the flying ashtray with it's .25" hollowpoint pretty well. It may not work 100% of the time but must be around 99% since the feed ramp was polished. Some people say that it's as bad as a bullet can get for causing jams in a 1911. That bullet in Blazer ammo is my favorite critter getter, but I don't use it for defense because 99% isn't good enough.

m25operator, is Blazer ammo okay to use in a Glock, and will the flying ashtray function 100% of the time? If so I want a Glock too, but I want my next .45 to be a dual caliber .460 Rowland/.45 ACP, and they only make them as 1911s. Also what's the highest capacity .45 mag for Glock? I have some aftermarket 20s for my Para.
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2008, 05:00:23 PM »
If it wasn't for their grip, their trigger or their sights, I probably could learn to love a Glock.   ;)
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2008, 05:21:12 PM »
Some thing to remember, the 1911 has proven itself in combat, several times.  the glock has not.

You can't really compare the two.  One was designed ( and redesigned) to fit the wishes of a miltary contract.  When it was designed maching and fitting were still done by hand.  the other was designed by a guy who had lots of exp in plastics, had access to the most modern CNC machining tools( for the time) and was built to what he wanted.
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2008, 05:36:38 PM »
Glock versus 1911 is BS (waiting for lightning bolt  ;D ) I own and carry a 1911 but if my life depended on a firearm and someone handed me a Glock I would be just as confident.
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2008, 08:21:35 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on September 01, 2008, 05:36:38 PM
Glock versus 1911 is BS (waiting for lightning bolt  ;D ) I own and carry a 1911 but if my life depended on a firearm and someone handed me a Glock I would be just as confident.

+1 Tom
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Re: Poll - Ultimate Fighting Handgun ----> Glock vs 1911
« Reply #29 on: September 01, 2008, 08:50:15 PM »
Give me a wheel gun any day of the week.  Hopefully 44, mag if available.
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