[Spktyr]

8-10 rounds is not enough in today’s environment. :P Also, attempts to convert the 1911 to allow modern Picatinny accessories to mount to it have been less than successful overall. The 1911 is also higher maintenance than a modern combat pistol and is more difficult to service when something breaks.

[Candor7]

8-10 rounds is not enough in today’s environment>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

No Problemo:( USN service issue, WWII)

[central_va]

I saw a reality tv ( Fear thy Neighbor ) show about neigher shooting at each other. A witness said she saw her neighbor shoot another neighber ( holding an axe ) 8-9 times with no immidiated effect. She thought is was a toy gun firing blanks. In actuality 7 9mm rounds hit that neighber, many in the torso, and it did not result in incapcitating them until many minutes later.

[oldasrocks]

8 rounds are plenty if you can hit the target. Better than spray and play anytime.

[meyer]

1 well-placed 230 grain shot is better than 15 mosquito bites. :)

Yeah, more rounds is always nice, and a double-stack 1911 could be easily designed. But fat ammo means fat grips and some people can’t get their hands around fat grips.

I have some 8 round mags for my 1911s, and I have 10 rounds available in my Springfield 1911 in 9 mm.

As for maintenance, keep it oiled and it’s not a problem operating a 1911. And that trigger is much nicer to operate than any of the Glocks I’ve owned. Nice crisp release, generally no creep (and if there is, I have the jigs and tools to get rid of that while keeping then appropriate angles on all the mating surfaces).

Only thing better in the trigger department would be my older Python or S&W revolvers.

I like my 1911s - well, I did before that canoe accident. They now sit near the Edmund Fitzgerald deep under water.

[mabarker1]

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