How bad do I need a Fullsize 1911?

[The1andOnlyKC]

So tell me?

[car-15]

i know how you feel, I've been thinking of getting one for months, I finally took the plunge, and ordered one from the local shop a couple day's ago.

[PsychoI3oy]

Anyone heard anything other than ads or magazine reviews about the Taurus 1911?

If it's as good as the ads/mags say, it seems worth it, but I'm hesitant.

[car-15]

thats what i ordered, my buddy at the gun shop has sold a couple and they both had great reports on them, and after handling one at the gun show last week i was sold, and for $520.00+ tax nib I don't figure I could go wrong?

[KarlPMann]

I had a Para-Ordnance P14-45, and boy do I miss that gun. But until I can afford another one, I will just have to survive. :roll: Karl.

[Colorado Osprey]

I used to have plenty of 1911's and then I got hired on the local S.O. and decided to get a Glock 22 to practice with before having my life depend on it.

Long story kinda... I had been carring a Springfield Custom with about another $1200 done to make it ultra-reliable. It would even feed empty shells from the mag at 100%.

I took the new G22 out of the box, cleaned the bore, filled a mag and fired side by side targets 50 rounds one of the 1911, and the other the Glock. Well darned if my group wasn't 1/2 the size with the Glock over my favorite 1911.

I've repeated this exercise with other 1911's and other people being the shooters many many times....all with the same results.

Within a year I only had my National Match Colt left and now owned 6 Glocks.

Over the years I got out of Law Enforcement and I do no longer own a 1911; but I kept one Glock...my best shooter a G20 in 10mm. More energy, more velocity and more ammo on board.

[AR Will]

When you sleep, do you dream about 1911's? :mrgreen:

Then you need one, really bad.

[JohnTRourke]

Man, once you drink the 1911 Kool aid, you won't go back. Esp compared to that smith you have to carry.
Thin, perfect grip, amazing triggers, good ergo's, they just work.
They feel right.

I have only 3 kinds of pistols in my armory.
Revolvers (not necessarily useful, but ain't much prettier than a blue and wood revolver)
Glocks (well dammit, no matter how bad teh ergo's are, they work)
1911's

Don't cheap out on a 1911, get a nice one, and get a single stack. (the double stack ruins the whole thin effect) and think "wow, John Moses Browning is the man" :mrgreen:

[BadShot]

Some of the guys over at Snipershide.com had some great things to say about the Taurus 1911, good features and "upgrades" for the NIB price. The Taurus w/ the rail - when they become available - will be my first 1911. In the mean time I'm hooked on SIG's and XD's [postal]

[KarlPMann]

Taurus? [roll] OK, but I guess I'm just a bit of a 1911 snob. Karl.