Why Flat Mainspring Housings???

[Ksail101]

I have one of these with a slim grip set-up. You could throw an arched housing in there and bang away.   


http://www.springfield-armory.com/armory.php?model=8

Nice!!! Yeah, I love shooting 1911's so I hope noone thinks that I dont. I have fun with really anything that goes bang. But I do prefer a Glock 19 for carry everyday cause I feel I can shoot it better, and I feel that is what you need in high stress. I would like to experiment more though.

Commander size 1911 w\arched mainspring may just be a future everyday carry. I have always felt that once I can master the 1911 I will never carry anything else. I have a Kimber Desert Warrior for those that dont know, and I have about 5000 rounds through it, but that is all I have through a 1911 style gun really. And to me, and I have said something about this on here before, that a 1911 is for experts. There is alot more to do when you pull it during a situation. But you get the performance that is almost double any gun. Trigger, sights, accuracy, if you master it and carry it, it is like the ultimate defender. Kinda like a samurai to a machete. Both will get the job done but one does it with Grace.

Update:
Also I wanted to add one more thing, Mr. Bane a spur hammer and no front cocking serrations is way cooler than the more modern Commander style and the "tactical" front serrations. IMO. Retro is the way go.

[PegLeg45]

If you promise not to tell anyone...........
I am and always will be a 1911 man to the bone.....it was my 'first love' in the handgun world. That being said, my everyday carry gun is a Glock 27. It is lighter, smaller, and a little easier to conceal under a plain t-shirt in my mostly hot climate. I do wish the arch on the backstrap was a teeny bit smaller....but it's OK.

[Timothy]

If you promise not to tell anyone...........
I am and always will be a 1911 man to the bone.....it was my 'first love' in the handgun world. That being said, my everyday carry gun is a Glock 27. It is lighter, smaller, and a little easier to conceal under a plain t-shirt in my mostly steamy, wet, blazingly hot climate. I do wish the arch on the backstrap was a teeny bit smaller....but it's OK.

Slight adjustment on the adjectives.....

[PegLeg45]

Slight adjustment on the adjectives.....

You got that right, pal.......and it started up about....oh let's see.......YESTERDAY........


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That's why I don't carry IWB very much.

[Ksail101]

Hey PegLeg- This is way off topic but have bought one of those Taurus Judges to defend yourself from those Water Moccasins. If I still lived down there I would say the hell with a FMJ you need some .410 shot shell action to survive. Those things ATTACK. I tried to kill as many as I could while I was down there. LOL. Thats the real self-defense issue down there.

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[PegLeg45]

Hey PegLeg- This is way off topic but have bought one of those Taurus Judges to defend yourself from those Water Moccasins. If I still lived down there I would say the hell with a FMJ you need some .410 shot shell action to survive. Those things ATTACK. I tried to kill as many as I could while I was down there. LOL. Thats the real self-defense issue down there.

We have plenty of moccasins to go around.......and the dang rattlesnake population is spreading rapidly also. My dad has lived on this property for 63 years and had never saw a rattler until two years ago. We kill several a year now.

Where were you? Ft. Benning?

Below are my weapons of choice for said critters..........(I wouldn't mind having a Judge for craps and giggles though)........

[alfsauve]

Start with a Colt MK IV Series 70.  Add flat MSH, target sights and a recoil buffer.

[Ksail101]

Where were you? Ft. Benning?

Both Ft. Benning and Ft. Gordon. Both for pretty long periods of time. About half my Mil career I was in GA.