"The 1911 - A Fatal Flaw"

krausb said:
I know you are saying that in a very light hearted way, but many people overlook that fact that JMB was hired by FN to make the Hi-Power, he didn't set out to "improve" upon the 1911... ;) Not only that, but he actually died 9 years before the Hi-Power was finished being designed... So really, how much JMB is there in the final design of the Hi-Power?... ;) Maybe less than many of you think...
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:D ya you got me :D

I forgot to put this in my post :stirthepot2: :D

there is a few features on the BHp that do suck like not being able to dry fire it without a mag :(

The only thing that I don't like about the 1911 is the grip safety.
 
JPainter said:
what a crock. Never ceases to amaze me what "tactical techniques" obvious amatures come up with.


1911 = best handgun ever made.
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Dude!! It's "very effective and deadly at close quarters". Didn't cha know?:ninja:
It's an elite tactical operator tactic.
 
woodchopper said:
:D ya you got me :D

I forgot to put this in my post :stirthepot2: :D

there is a few features on the BHp that do suck like not being able to dry fire it without a mag :(

The only thing that I don't like about the 1911 is the grip safety.
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I do tend to agree actually... and interestingly enough, the grip safety wasn't part of JMB's original design. It was added at the insistence of the US Cavalry, much to Browning's protest...

Novak Custom does make a one-piece mainspring housing/beavertail that does away with the grip safety altogether. Looks interesting... I don't know if they sell it on its own or if they only use it on pistols from their custom shop. But I'd love to try one out!

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hmmm this guy might have know something that we don't know:D I should buy a 1911 as soon as possible to see how they work and post how my bare finger pull the trigger:D

Trigun
 
Thanks for the laugh:D
One wonders why this "fatal flaw" wasn't fixed by WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and a bunch of small wars.

OOH we Did fix it finaly by adopting the 9mm beretta. although there are a bunch of folks who think the fix was a big step backwards.

The only design change I could think of to make the 1911 better would have been to make it double action for the first round.
 
I would have to agree this supposed" fatal flaw" is full of crap at best !Even if a left handed shooter tried to make this happen "concentrate"(Delibrately make the slide stop work out) the window for the slide stop to work out is far to narrow and quick as the slide is traveling at too great of a speed for this too happen,besides even if this were a problem of any sort a gunsmith could make a small groove in the slide stop where the plunger from the plunger tube contact's the slide stop and the problem is instantly solved,another trick is to shorten the slide stop and bevel the frame,this serves a duel purpose for lasergrips as well, as some times the slide stop touches the laser beam a touch.This problem does not exist in a 1911,if the slide stop has been properly grooved with the plunger pin that contacts it, (The slide stop),this is another example of a detracter that does not no how a 1911 should be built,the little touch's(or maybe i should say the" art" of building a 1911)More of a fatal flaw in my opinion would be a incorectly staked plunger tube coming loose while one is in the chamber (Now that's a fatal flawin my opinion,even this problem is no big deal(install the plunger tube right the first time)
 
i only know of one trigger that i am allowed to pull with that finger??? and it aint no 1911.... more like a 1970 model belgian / italian 5.5ft any use out side of that would mean a 40 cal 180gr HP to the left nut..hahahahahaha

Send them weapons of mass destruction my way..i will dispose of them in a humane fashion...
 
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