Capp,
when I built my .41 AE browning, .40 S&W did not exist. The Browning 9mm/41 AE I built up is still owned by the guy I sold it to about 20 years ago. I run into him about once a year at a gunshow in his home town, and last time we talked, his Browning was still in one piece.
I also built this fellow one of the first .451 Detonics chambered pistols in Canada, and for myself, some of the first .45 SUPER pistols in Canada. His .451 Detonics top end ended up in a Para double stack frame, and it is still together too.
So I guess I may have done something right after all.
[;{)
However,
I have to admit that one of my Govt model 6" barreled .45 Supers did blow the entire slide off the frame when I broke the barrel lug off the unsupported barel. Back then, Clark and maybe Jim Boland were the only smiths with supported/ramped Govt model barrels. And usually, they did NOT offer supported barrels in .45 cal.
[;{(
Let's keep this discussion in perspective here ... I am talking about things from the 1980s and 1990s. Perhaps one could argue that the Colt govt model design has been considerably improved since my day. Maybe so, but I still have seen every part of a Colt design pistol fall off or break. can't say that about the glocks I've seen.
PS: I don't say I can't make a colt govt into a pistol that is as reliable and durable as a Glock. What i am saying is that it takes a LOT of custom gunsmithing to make a Colt govt into a pistol as reliable and durable as a Glock.
Remember, the original Colt 1911 pistol was designed to have a life of 5000 rds. [ Which would be a months worth of practice ammo to a modern swerious IPSC shooter ].
I am saying that I choose a Glock for durability, reliabilty, CHEAP PRICE, and because , ergonomically, it works for me.
when I built my .41 AE browning, .40 S&W did not exist. The Browning 9mm/41 AE I built up is still owned by the guy I sold it to about 20 years ago. I run into him about once a year at a gunshow in his home town, and last time we talked, his Browning was still in one piece.
I also built this fellow one of the first .451 Detonics chambered pistols in Canada, and for myself, some of the first .45 SUPER pistols in Canada. His .451 Detonics top end ended up in a Para double stack frame, and it is still together too.
So I guess I may have done something right after all.
[;{)
However,
I have to admit that one of my Govt model 6" barreled .45 Supers did blow the entire slide off the frame when I broke the barrel lug off the unsupported barel. Back then, Clark and maybe Jim Boland were the only smiths with supported/ramped Govt model barrels. And usually, they did NOT offer supported barrels in .45 cal.
[;{(
Let's keep this discussion in perspective here ... I am talking about things from the 1980s and 1990s. Perhaps one could argue that the Colt govt model design has been considerably improved since my day. Maybe so, but I still have seen every part of a Colt design pistol fall off or break. can't say that about the glocks I've seen.
PS: I don't say I can't make a colt govt into a pistol that is as reliable and durable as a Glock. What i am saying is that it takes a LOT of custom gunsmithing to make a Colt govt into a pistol as reliable and durable as a Glock.
Remember, the original Colt 1911 pistol was designed to have a life of 5000 rds. [ Which would be a months worth of practice ammo to a modern swerious IPSC shooter ].
I am saying that I choose a Glock for durability, reliabilty, CHEAP PRICE, and because , ergonomically, it works for me.
