M1911 guys, Springfield Mil-Spec still a good one?

[alkemyst]

If I were in the market I'd look at the new Ruger SR1911.

Too new IMHO, I'd be curious how it get reviewed over the next year.

 

[basslover1]

You didn't say how you were going to carry it.

I carry my Taurus PT-111 inside my waste band with a Crossbreed Super Tuck Deluxe, and it's uncomfortable on occasion. I couldn't imagine carrying a 1911 IWB. If you're going to carry with a regular holster, I think it might bulge too much.

PS We're about the same size.

 

[alkemyst]

You didn't say how you were going to carry it.

I carry my Taurus PT-111 inside my waste band with a Crossbreed Super Tuck Deluxe, and it's uncomfortable on occasion. I couldn't imagine carrying a 1911 IWB. If you're going to carry with a regular holster, I think it might bulge too much.

PS We're about the same size.

I'd more than likely be wearing a sportcoat if I CC'd it.

There are IWB options, they aren't the most comfortable.

If I was planning to carry everyday, I'd consider other guns. My brothers Sig 380 is very compact for not being one.

 

[olds]

At least pick the latest pics

Dude! With guns like that, why are you getting a .45?

 

[alkemyst]

getting older...turned 40 yesterday. The risk of me getting permanently hurt in an altercation is going to get higher every year.

 

[amicold]

getting older...turned 40 yesterday. The risk of me getting permanently hurt in an altercation is going to get higher every year.

Where are your lats?

 

[alkemyst]

Where are your lats?

I wasn't flexing them. I don't get much flare, but I can do db bent rows with 120+lbs for reps.

 

[nick1985]

I ran a mile in 4:08 once.

 

[alkemyst]

I ran a mile in 4:08 once.

after she left and drove away?

 

[Artista]

If I may add my two cents to the overall defense picture. (Since you say your neighborhood is going to Hell.)

You didn't say if you are married or have a wife and kids. (Send the wife and kids to self defense classes. They should teach situational awareness.)

First: I would say get a good home alarm with motion sensor and wireless back up.

Second get a gun safe, a real safe, and keep your valuables in it including whatever weapons you will not have on you.

Third: get a couple of attack trained dogs like Doberman pincer, etc. for your property.

Fourth: get a bolted in gun container for your vehicle as your employer isn't going to like you carrying a .45 into work.

Fifth: since you want it for self defense all you need is a good name brand weapon. (Colt, etc.) Its not like you need a match grade weapon where you are participating in shooting contests. Also go to the range and practice, a lot.

Sixth: rethink the comfort and size/concealed factor. (Example: .44 magnum looks good on TV but in real life...)

Seventh: Do they even allow you to have weapons in Canada? (I thought you had to use clubs or throw rocks?)

 

[alkemyst]

If I may add my two cents to the overall defense picture. (Since you say your neighborhood is going to Hell.)

You didn't say if you are married or have a wife and kids. (Send the wife and kids to self defense classes. They should teach situational awareness.)

because for my question, it was irrelevant.

First: I would say get a good home alarm with motion sensor and wireless back up.

if you mean GSM backup, yeah that's been covered...every window contact switches, every room glass breaks, 3 total motion, 2 fire, even an IP communicator and one internal camera.

Second get a gun safe, a real safe, and keep your valuables in it including whatever weapons you will not have on you.

I was just going to hang it on the fridge when I wasn't home.

Third: get a couple of attack trained dogs like Doberman pincer, etc. for your property.

An attack trained dog has no business as a pet, I don't have acreage to worry about someone scaling my perimeter walls.

Fourth: get a bolted in gun container for your vehicle as your employer isn't going to like you carrying a .45 into work.

gee I wish I thought of this, but not all employers are anti-gun.

Fifth: since you want it for self defense all you need is a good name brand weapon. (Colt, etc.) Its not like you need a match grade weapon where you are participating in shooting contests. Also go to the range and practice, a lot.

I have the high score on CoD, I don't need practice.

Sixth: rethink the comfort and size/concealed factor. (Example: .44 magnum looks good on TV but in real life...)

mmkay.

Seventh: Do they even allow you to have weapons in Canada? (I thought you had to use clubs or throw rocks?)

mmkay.

 

[Red Dawn]

He is kinda a big deal round here.


.

If "Kind of a big deal" is a euphamism for an over exagerating braggard then yeah, he is kind of a big deal.

 

[alkemyst]

If "Kind of a big deal" is a euphamism for an over exagerating braggard then yeah, he is kind of a big deal.

don't blame me for going beyond the low hanging fruit you enjoy.

Where have I exaggerated anything?

 

[Red Dawn]

Where have I exaggerated anything?

Well just in this thread "I can do db bent rows with 120+lbs for reps." I guess that's more of a blatant lie than an exaggeration.

 

[alkemyst]

Well just in this thread "I can do db bent rows with 120+lbs for reps." I guess that's more of a blatant lie than an exaggeration.

Like I said old man low hanging fruit

I posted my training journal a while back.

 

[Red Dawn]

Like I said old man low hanging fruit

I posted my training journal a while back.

Was that before your torn shoulder and floppy knee?

120 lbs db rows is pretty heavy duty and you don't look like you have the build to do even one rep let alone multiple reps and sets.

 

[alkemyst]

Was that before your torn shoulder and floppy knee?

120 lbs db rows is pretty heavy duty and you don't look like you have the build to do even one rep let alone multiple reps and sets.

Get over it.

 

[Red Dawn]

Get over it.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

getting older...turned 40 yesterday. The risk of me getting permanently hurt in an altercation is going to get higher every year.

It makes me sad to hear that you're 40. You have the social skills of an autistic 12-year-old. Seriously - no joke - you should consider therapy. You're not well.

 

[shortylickens]

It makes me sad to hear that you're 40. You have the social skills of an autistic 12-year-old. Seriously - no joke - you should consider therapy. You're not well.

I'm 32 next week.

It is what it is.

 

[nick1985]

It makes me sad to hear that you're 40. You have the social skills of an autistic 12-year-old. Seriously - no joke - you should consider therapy. You're not well.

lol

 

[alkemyst]

It makes me sad to hear that you're 40. You have the social skills of an autistic 12-year-old. Seriously - no joke - you should consider therapy. You're not well.

Dude just because I beat on your E46 as a car being owned by jersey shore looking teens around here doesn't mean I am lacking social skills.

You the man dawg!

 

[Red Dawn]

Dude just because I beat on your E46 as a car being owned by jersey shore looking teens around here doesn't mean I am lacking social skills.

[Inigo Montoya]I do not think those words mean what you think they mean[/Inigo Montoya]

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Dude just because I beat on your E46 as a car being owned by jersey shore looking teens around here doesn't mean I am lacking social skills.

You the man dawg!

That has exactly nothing to do with what I'm talking about. You are one of the least well-socialized people I've ever encountered - even on the Internet you stand out in sharp relief due to your persistently vain, obnoxious personality. I am just flabbergasted that you're 40 and behave the way you do. If you were 19 I could rationalize it as the arrogance of youth, but normal people move past that in their 20s and particularly their 30s. Again, you're not well.

 

[Red Dawn]

That has exactly nothing to do with what I'm talking about. You are one of the least well-socialized people I've ever encountered - even on the Internet you stand out in sharp relief due to your persistently vain, obnoxious personality. I am just flabbergasted that you're 40 and behave the way you do. If you were 19 I could rationalize it as the arrogance of youth, but normal people move past that in their 20s and particularly their 30s. Again, you're not well.

Face it, you like everybody else on the internet are just jealous of him. We all look forward to his tales of daring and do because we all live vicariously through him, just ask him. I mean wouldn't you want to have the courage to tell some over weight woman in a Publix store that her child was misbehaving?:thumbsup: