Group Gripper – One Part Equals Smaller Groups in your 1911
Des Moines, Iowa – -( Ammoland.com )- Despite its advanced age the American shooting publics love affair with the 1911 pistol continues to burn as brightly as Romeo and Juliet’s.
The introduction of double action autos, double stack magazines, and polymer frames hasn’t substantially effected the venerable single stack, single action 1911; it just keeps rolling along. Each generation of shooters seems to relearn the same lessons the previous generation did.
What makes the 1911, at its 100th birthday, such a perennial favorite? Is there some magic in its design? What is in its makeup that mesmerizes generation after generation of shooters? It is by no means a beautiful pistol, nor is it a particularly natural pointer. It’s slab-sided, blunt nosed, and kicks entirely too much in its .45 ACP caliber for many. Yet, year after year, it stays on top of the heap in sales of guns and most of all in sales of accessories.
In truth, I think we love the .45 more for what it can be than what it is. Out of the box accuracy has been questionable enough that an entire industry has grown up around making it better. It is the business backbone of most handgun makers, Custom Pistolsmiths, parts manufacturers, parts sellers, gunsmiths and tinkers all over the nation. Open any catalog dealing with the shooting sports and you are bound to find accessories or parts for the 1911, most of them claiming to improve some function of the gun.
If money were no object, and it always is, .
Unfortunately, many of us have a hard enough time squirreling away the money to buy the pistol and a milti-thousand dollar trip to a custom gunsmith just isn’t in the cards for us. Does this mean we are stuck with a stock, out of the box pistol? No, not at all. One of the things that make the 1911 so popular is the ease of changing stock parts for custom parts. If you can disassemble the pistol and clean it you can modify it to look like a custom gun right on your kitchen table or workbench.
The question is, can you also make it shoot like one? A trip through the Brownells catalog will provide the average gun owner with enough replacement custom parts to keep him busy and broke for years to come. From adjustable rear sights that fit the factory dovetail to Ambi safeties, Extended slide stops, replacement hammers, mag release buttons, and grip safeties and grips to drop in barrels, Bushings and full-length guide rods. You can buy the parts one at a time as you can afford them and upgrade your pistol over time or in bunches. That is the real allure of the 1911.
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It's slab-sided, blunt nosed, and kicks entirely too much in its .45 ACP caliber for many. Yet, year after year, it stays on top of the heap in sales of guns and most of all in sales of accessories. In truth, I think we love the .45 more for what it
Pat's Product Review: SIG Sauer 1911 TACOPS - SurvivalBlog.com
It's no secret that my all-time favorite handgun is the M1911 in .45 ACP . I can often be found carrying some type of 1911 on my hip, when I'm not carrying a Glock of some sort - or another handgun that I'm doing a Test and Evaluation. However, given my druthers, when the chips are down, I'll reach for a good ol' 1911 stoked with some .45 ACP ammo.
The gun under review here is the SIG -Sauer 1911 TACOPS in .45 ACP. A couple of years ago, I wrote a review about a similar gun from SIG, and it was their 1911 in .45 ACP that they called the "Blackwater" special edition - named after Blackwater Security - the private security contractor firm. However, shortly after SIG came out with the Blackwater 1911 (and a P226 Blackwater Special Edition) there was a lot of negative press about Blackwater. At that time I asked the nice folks at SIG if they were going to continue their collaboration with Blackwater on these two handguns, and I was assured they would. They didn't! I don't know all the details about what Blackwater Security did, or didn't do, and it's none of my business. Personally, I think they got a bad rap by the press- just my two-cents worth on the entire thing. Blackwater did change their name to "Xe" which is spoken "Zee" (like "Xenia") , and the ownership of the company changed hands as well.
In any event, what we have with the SIG 1911 TACOPS, is basically the same gun that SIG was producing under the Blackwater Security name, with a few slight changes - that being no Blackwater logo or markings and the ambidextrous safety is different. We have a full-sized, updated Government Model 1911, with a 5" barrel, night sights, Picatinny rail, checkered front strap, ambi-safety (more about that shortly), extended beavertail grip safety, extended magazine well, Ergo grips, match trigger (not trigger pull), external extractor and some other goodies. All the things that most serious Model 1911 lovers want on their guns.
A quick look at the TACOPS on the SIG web site will reveal some subtle differences between the SIG 1911 and most other 1911s. Noticeably is the slide shape - it is very "SIG-ish" in style and design, and I like the way it looks. The slide also houses the external extractor and we can go 'round and 'round about which is better, the traditional internal extractor or the external extractor. I don't have a dog in this fight. I've never had any problems with external extractor on 1911s that have 'em - they seem well-made and strong, and the sample on my TACOPS is brutally strong in design. The night sights on the TACOPS are very nicely done, with the rear sight being of the Wayne Novak design - one of the best rear sights I've ever used on any handgun!
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CCI/Speer 230-grain Gold Dot expands very consistently in .45 ACP. Shooters can also find +P 230-grain loads. Hornady's XTP in this configuration penetrates ...The Gun Digest Book Of Concealed Carry
The +P 45 ACP has worked well in 185-, 200-, and 230-grain loadings. ... ready to grab and reload can be a lifesaver in such circumstances. the 185-grain +P ...The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery
The 200-grain Gold Dot .45 ACP from a Glock 21 averaged 956 fps, while the same ... loads for the .45 GAP, of which at least four feature 230-grain bullets. ...The Gun Digest Book of Smith & Wesson
The threshold for ICORE is 120, for IDPA 125, both "powderpuff" loads in a .45 ACP. You're trying to get an accurate and clean-burning load, of a 230-grain ...Daily Guide Directory
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