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 01-28-2018, 08:01 Post: 120272
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Unless you have a thinner type hand, an original configuration (WW1 type) 1911 will make you bleed. The hammer spur will pinch off a piece of flesh if your muscles bulge over the top of the grip safety flange as mine do.

The WW2 configuration with the thinner, shorter hammer spur is better but not perfect. This is why virtually every modern edition of the 1911 has an up-swept beavertail on the grip safety.

That said, some folks do very well with the older designs. Several manufacturers are now making perfect replicas of WW2 1911A1's and very reasonable prices. Check Kahr and Springfield Armory web sites and others.

Kahr is also making a very close replica of the M1 carbine if you are looking for that model, and a cool semi-auto Thompson.






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 02-09-2018, 04:39 Post: 121207
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wing..... your enthusiasm has gotten way ahead of your knowledge.






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You can be a GREAT pistol shot, but you will have to use those bumps they put on the top of the gun to line things up properly.

If your eyes are aging like mine, swap the sights out for a set of Millet white outline high visibility sights, junk the isosceles stance and go to the Weaver method.

That will allow you to "dial in" the eye relief between eye and sights that fits your eyeglass prescription.






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