Sooo who would bet????

You are SO LUCKY that they've cut me off overtime because I don't take bets I'm not d*mn sure I'm going to win...and this one would be CAKE!

The pistol of choice for me would be my full sized Colt 1991A1, unmodified in any way
(except for the paint I put on the front and rear sights for visibility)

:D:D:D
I'm glad someone else is painting their sights besides me. Red in front, yellow in back. lol.
 
I'm glad someone else is painting their sights besides me. Red in front, yellow in back. lol.

I'm eventualy going to repaint mine. I bought some tiny bottles of orange and yellow paint at a gun shop and painted the front blade orange, the back sight yellow.

I had to put several coats on to get it to show adequately, though...I'm SERIOUSLY considering removing the paint some day and using nail polish instead.
 
I'm eventualy going to repaint mine. I bought some tiny bottles of orange and yellow paint at a gun shop and painted the front blade orange, the back sight yellow.

I had to put several coats on to get it to show adequately, though...I'm SERIOUSLY considering removing the paint some day and using nail polish instead.
I use Sharpie oil-based paint pens....ta-da! They can be messy if you push the nib down too hard, but it stays on. Even thru cleaning. And no nail polish smell!
 
I use Sharpie oil-based paint pens....ta-da! They can be messy if you push the nib down too hard, but it stays on. Even thru cleaning. And no nail polish smell!

I'll keep that in mind!
 
With his brilliant original post Billy has caused us all to think seriously to our SD guns, even if not 1911, without preaching. A stack of (your own) greenbacks has a way of focusing your attention. And with it he has produced some entertainment, with the promise of more entertainment to come :D. Well done, sir!
 
I have shot 250 rounds through my Springfield in one outing without a glitch and I still would not make this bet. To many unknowns.
 
...I'm SERIOUSLY considering removing the paint some day and using nail polish instead.
nail polish is great for that application... easy to put on, a wee bit of acetone on a Qtip takes it off... lotsa colors to choose from.
 
You know this is all a trick, because Billy really just needs some .45 brass. :D

I use Sharpie oil-based paint pens....ta-da! They can be messy if you push the nib down too hard, but it stays on. Even thru cleaning. And no nail polish smell!
I'll have to look for those. I use white appliance touch up paint. It comes in small bottles with a brush, like nail polish. And I only do the front.
 
nail polish is great for that application... easy to put on, a wee bit of acetone on a Qtip takes it off... lotsa colors to choose from.

Yup, that's what I use. Works great!
 
With his brilliant original post Billy has caused us all to think seriously to our SD guns, even if not 1911, without preaching. A stack of (your own) greenbacks has a way of focusing your attention. And with it he has produced some entertainment, with the promise of more entertainment to come :D. Well done, sir!
My attention has been focused by my recent gun misfortunes.....which is why I now carry a G19 every day, and will most likely not carry either of my 1911s again. Lol. It pains me to say this.

Billy has a way of making people think about things in a different way, for sure! And there is always entertainment to be had when he's around! And many things to be learned.
 
nail polish is great for that application... easy to put on, a wee bit of acetone on a Qtip takes it off... lotsa colors to choose from.
If I could only reach my toes. :(
 
Yer 45 has the potential to be a 100% reliable carry gun. It may be such already.
It has had a couple of issues, fairly early on, but it was used when I got it. Once was when I was doing a weird draw, so that was all me. The other time was at the range and may possibly have been all me, too....but in any case I can't count on it....yet.

Also, it weighs about 10 pounds, and I tried it out around the house the day I got it, and man, that thing isn't going to be my carry gun unless it goes on a serious diet!! I'd carry the p238 over that one, if I needed a really teeny, discreet gun.

PS I must add that once the .45 is deemed by me to be problem-free, it may graduate to carry gun....if it loses weight.
 
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Did @Button Pusher shoot it? If so, did it malfunction for him?
He did, and it didn't.....and here we go again.

Isn't how all this began? Problems only for me, then problems for others, then complete failure to do anything at all for anybody.

If it can't behave over the next 2 days, at Jim's and Battery Oaks, I'm going to have words with Jenny at RIA Monday morning. It has 800 rounds to get it together......
 
I think everyone is taking the wrong perspective. All mechanical systems are going to fail at some point. So, everyone should have the opportunity to practice proper clearance techniques. ;)

I had an Officer's Model that was finicky as I was playing with the recoil springs and became quite proficient at clearance drills during matches. :D
 
I think everyone is taking the wrong perspective. All mechanical systems are going to fail at some point. So, everyone should have the opportunity to practice proper clearance techniques. ;)

I had an Officer's Model that was finicky as I was playing with the recoil springs and became quite proficient at clearance drills during matches. :D

Yep, even revolvers can fail ... have their timing get slightly off ... and having its cylinder not advancing correctly ain’t easy to deal with if needed for business. George is spot on about practicing failures ... be it a dummy round loaded somewhere in a full mag to simulate a failure to fire or loading a spent casing somewhere in a full mag to induce a failure to feed creates the chance to clear various malfunctions ... the worst, a double feed, is hard to induce on a running mag. The old tap-rack-bag procedure is something anyone who spends anytime really training should work on fairly regularly because at some point like George said one part of the system will fail ... be it the firearm itself, the feeding system (mag, cylinder, tube or what) or ammo ... and you do need to get it back up running ASAFP.
 
With his brilliant original post Billy has caused us all to think seriously to our SD guns, even if not 1911, without preaching. A stack of (your own) greenbacks has a way of focusing your attention. And with it he has produced some entertainment, with the promise of more entertainment to come :D. Well done, sir!
Thanks so much Red...You and a few others got it.
 
Also, it weighs about 10 pounds
And of course as we all know it weighs Less than her beloved 9mm. I even showed her on the postal scales. She Forgets. I love her BUT. That's what she always says when you ask her to try a different technique....Yeah BUT!!
 
Knowing Billy as I do, I knew what he was doing by starting this thread. It was about a 1911 but it got people thinking and talking about their choice for a carry gun. Do I have a reliable gun that I carry for defense? Have you shot your gun and ammo choice enough to where you are certain it will work? As has been pointed out, there are too many variables out of our control to be 100% sure. Some good discussion has come from this thread.
 
Knowing Billy as I do, I knew what he was doing by starting this thread. It was about a 1911 but it got people thinking and talking about their choice for a carry gun. Do I have a reliable gun that I carry for defense? Have you shot your gun and ammo choice enough to where you are certain it will work? As has been pointed out, there are too many variables out of our control to be 100% sure. Some good discussion has come from this thread.

My take on this is that you can never be 100% sure that your gun is 100% all the time. You could have 5,000 perfect rounds but that does not guarantee that round 5001 isn’t going to crap out on you. You need to test your guns reliability but you also need to know how to beat on it to get it back into the fight. Trying to achieve an unobtainable level of perfection is futile IMHO. Learn to run the gun you carry.

You need to understand that the any gun can and will fail at some point so you need to know how to deal with it if it happens when your life is on the line. If it happens in a life or death situation you don’t care why it happened you just need to be able to correct it as fast as you can and get back into the fight.
 
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Well now, since this post has everyone considering the absolute reliabilty of a 1911 how about what is the most reliable sidearm one can carry for personal defense; Make and model please. My vote is for the Ruger SA.
 
I carry a Glock. I have three. Not because I like glocks particularly, but because I can’t really do better for a carry gun, all things considered.
I am uninterested in carry guns and really just want simple and reliable, and the glocks are both.
Kind of like a commuter car. Doesn’t have to do anything except get me where I’m going so I can park it and not think about it.

Glock=Honda Civic of guns.

So, yeah, hard to get too excited about carry guns.
 
I'll bet that every handgun I own will function flawlessly in that drill.
 
I have never had any issues with mine but with my luck I would have somesort of issue within the first two mags if money was on the table.
That’s so easy to rectify. Just pull off the road before you get to Battery Oaks and mag dump 2 mags into the dirt. ;)
 
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How many belts do I have to bet? Surely theres a 1911 around here summers that will do that. :D
 
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