I totally trust my "polymer" pistols. If you happen to be at a Border's Book Store or Barnes and Noble, check out Gun Digest Glock Book. It has a section where they did a torture test between a Glock and a 1911.

The Glock barely edged out the 1911. But it did. The Glock and the 1911 were even in alot of the tests, but the Glock beat it in a couple of tests, and the 1911 did not beat the Glock in any of the tests.

They hit both pistos with hammers, ran over them with a truck, dragged it behind a car. While the Glock still functioned flawlessly the 1911 was damaged in some of the scenarios.

I bought a Kimber Custom Tactical II over the summer. I wanted to see what all the hoopla was about the 1911s. Well, I just sold it. What I liked about it was it was slim, had a nice balanced feel to it. But that was it. When it comes to a .45, I'll take my HK USP Tactical or my Glock 21.

What I didn't like was, you needed a tool to field strip it, 8 round max, lots of oil, archaic design.

I'm not knocking people that prefer this firearm or the 1911 itself. IMO, 1911s are like Harleys. A classic, has a history and tradition. The Harleys still use pushrods, while updated, its still the same basic firearm.

The poly pistols to me are the "modern" firearms like the cruisers that are water cooled, use overhead cams, have power and performance.

Regarding pistol whipping someone. I hope I'm not in that situation where I need to draw my firearm but can't get a shot off and have to resort to using it as a "club". If this situtation happens, I'm pulling my "sharp-edged tool" to take care of business.


Just my .02






Quote Originally Posted by Delphi
I dunno when bashing the back of somones head in i'd rather use my metal 1911 or maybee a good old .357 mag... but this plastic stuff would shatter.... (partially why i rather have an ak over m16 any day)

I dunno i just dont trust plastic.... Even if it's "special" plastic like polymer.... cant tell me that it will stand up to heat and physical abuse like a 1911 type pistol.

Would you trust a glock or an XD?