Posted on 04/29/2016 10:31:55 AM PDT by w1n1
What's your preference when it comes to handguns, would you use a polymer or metal frame? Here's a short excerpt on the sentiment on 1911Forum:
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I can't get used to the feel of Polymer guns. I appreciate the double stack design and light weight but they just don't feel good in my hands. I've got a Glock 10mm but I just don't shoot it. A 1911 in contrast feels wonderful in my hands and the trigger pull can be made outstanding. What the heck I can change a mag in split second anyhow.
motorsporting
It's taken me several years to "get used to" my M&Ps. However, after a decade of nothing but 1911s (training, carrying, practicing, tinkering, etc.), I figure that's about right. I love my 1911s, and they are the guns I will never sell, but there is definitely a purpose to and place for some polymer.
Kodadek
I prefer things that work and I'm pretty utilitarian these days. Like both steel and poly and can't see a reason not to. See the video on polymer vs metal here.
Sort of a “have you ever had a bad gay experience ?” sort of question huh....., no good answer.
.... stay safe Laz .....:o)
I’m a big fan of steel. Blued Steel, not even stainless. Don’t like ‘Alloy’ (meaning aluminum or ‘pot metal’) at all.
That said, I DO like my polymer / polymer over steel FNH 5.7
Other than that though, I can’t see me ever buying any other polymer framed firearm.
Mr. niteowl77
Still prefer the controllability, heft and feel of an all-steel handgun, although, in addition to my 220 (my favorite), 226, 229, 938 and four Sig 1911s, I have a Kahr P380 “pocket gun” and Sig Mosquito, and my wife carries a Glock 42. Did I mention a few Ruger and Colt wheelguns?
Different strokes for different folks and so many choices...
Yeah, but the .45 1911 was literally invented to kill Moslems. I win.
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=33768
Have a 1911 and a M&P Shield 9mm Zytel Polymer Frame with a Stainless Steel Barrel/Slide.
Just about impossible to conceal the full size .45 while wearing shorts and a t shirt that fits right. A waist carry 1911 pulls the shorts down to the knees. It’s good for wintertime carry though.
Easy to conceal the Smith & Wesson.
Well, that point is conceded.
..The .45 caliber 1911 should have been exclusively produced by Bryco or Jennings arms. It’s just that bad...
Apparently you don’t know the Kimber .45. Always feeds hollow points, Never malfunctions. Sights are so good its like it almost aims itself. Extreme well made. Starts around $800.00.
Since I own HK’s,whose presence should I sense?
Steel handguns are for little old ladies that can’t handle recoil, and don’t touch them enough to worry about rust ;o)
(Hiding behind LazAmataz)
Own and enjoy steel. Carry polymer.
Stirring the pot today????
Some years ago I collected the WWII black polymer identification model airplanes. They were suspended by fish line in my office.
One day I noticed black droplets on my desk. One of the polymer airplanes was melting. I called the Smithsonian which has an extensive collection of these models and asked what I could do to stop the damage. They replied that after 60 years the polymer begins to break down and that the process could not be reversed or stopped. I can be slowed by keeping the models in a freezer.
Now when your polymer plastic guns begin to melt don’t be surprised. This is a worldwide conspiracy to rid the world of firearms.
Polymer with steel inserts.
Glock is designed for outside holster carry - do NOT use such a gun for concealed carry unless you want to carry chamber empty.
I get the “why do you need a safety” guys ranting about how your brain and finger is the safety. I just ask them have they had any accidental discharges.....they stop arguing at that point - shuts them right up.
Have both, carry both. I’ve never really understood the obsession with shaving a quarter-ounce off a carry piece, actually. With the right holster (and I finally found one) you should be able to carry a full-frame gummint 1911 pretty easily unless you’re wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Nekkid, it’s a lot harder.
No need to make a choice. There’s enough justification for both. Personally, carried and still carry one form of 1911 or another since 1971. Have carried several Glocks over the years, liked them, but always returned to the 1911, which was MY preference. If you are strongly and passionately arguing against one or the other, you probably have a Ford or Chevy “hater” decal on your vehicle.
I apply the same philosophy to my key chain. It's a big, hulking assemblage of a climbing carabiner, LED flashlight, leatherman micra and a pile of keys. I've never taken more than 3-4 steps away from my keys before realizing they were not in my pocket.
While many prefer a lighter weapon for day to day carry, and I don't begrudge them that, I prefer a steel frame, if for no other reason, than it's conspicuous by it's absence, should it become unholstered, taken out and set to the side for some reason, etc.
I have electronic equipment with "rubber" feet that after a few years begin to melt into a sticky goo.
Glock first made a polymer pistol in 1984, and those early Gen 1 Model 17s are just as safe and shootable today, 32 years later, as they were when they were factory new.
They withstand more heat than typical plastics do, and do not become brittle in bitter cold.
Like you handle,
I would much rather (and do) carry a Glock concealed IWB with one in the chamber than to carry a 1911 cocked and locked. It horrifies me to think that if the 1911's safety gets snicked off, (not the most difficult thing to do when carrying IWB, especially with an ambi saftey) there is only a 2 1/2 lb trigger pull between me and an ND.
And don't tell me there's a grip safety on the 1911. The grip safety on the 1911 is just as effective as the trigger shoe safety on the Glock. It's there solely as a drop safety, not as a safety when drawing.
With my Glock, it's a 6 1/2 lb trigger pull, and being a former revolver guy that's heavy enough for me. If it did bother me, Glock has replacement trigger springs to give the Glock up to a 12 lb trigger pull, the same as a S&W double action revolver.
I've rarely seen S&W double action revolvers with safeties.
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