Some people say 9mm, is just going to piss off any attackers. Personally, I'd assume most of them would just shrug it off.
Learn to aim and you are fine.
Norinco 1911 9mm vs 45acp
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Learn to aim and you are fine.
1911s generally work the best in the original configuration: .45 ACP, 5" barrel, steel frame, and single stack magazines.
If you reload with either homemade or store-bought cast bullets, the cost difference between 9mm and .45 is small.
If you reload with either homemade or store-bought cast bullets, the cost difference between 9mm and .45 is small.
I think that a 1911 should be in 45 ACP as well, the only other I would consider is 38 Super because it is not so common. As others have said, if you reload the cost is not that much more for 45, though I do have a few pistols in each caliber but no 1911's in 9mm.
I have a number of 1911's, including Norinco in both 9mm and 45. All of the 1911s have had a trigger job, except the Norc 9mm, which got a new Wilson hammer - $45. All the Norcs are accurate.
I bought the 9mm used about a month ago, on EE. I installed the hammer yesterday and test shot it tonight. It just shot a fantaistic 20 yard group (for me). It is the most accurate 9 I own. It is also the heaviest, and with mild ammo a dream to shoot rapid fire.
One thing I noticed abot the Norc 45's and the Norc 9mm is that they have short throats. I used to make my 9mm 1.025" but at that length the bullets engage the rifling of this Norc. The ammo I shot tonight was 1.005". It still fed perfectly but groups were half the size of last week.
I suggest you buy the Norc 1911 in 9mm, get it a trigger job and then don't think for a second that a SIG, or Glock or CZ is better. ( I own them all, and tend to shoot what works best - my CZ 9 and now the Norc 9. My Para Ord and Norc 45's are about the same - very good.
I bought the 9mm used about a month ago, on EE. I installed the hammer yesterday and test shot it tonight. It just shot a fantaistic 20 yard group (for me). It is the most accurate 9 I own. It is also the heaviest, and with mild ammo a dream to shoot rapid fire.
One thing I noticed abot the Norc 45's and the Norc 9mm is that they have short throats. I used to make my 9mm 1.025" but at that length the bullets engage the rifling of this Norc. The ammo I shot tonight was 1.005". It still fed perfectly but groups were half the size of last week.
I suggest you buy the Norc 1911 in 9mm, get it a trigger job and then don't think for a second that a SIG, or Glock or CZ is better. ( I own them all, and tend to shoot what works best - my CZ 9 and now the Norc 9. My Para Ord and Norc 45's are about the same - very good.
