my 1st 1911
 

Well just have to comment on my first outing with my first 1911.

Last week I purchased a slight used Kimber Gold Combat SS 2 from a guy I work with. He says the gun has about 300 rounds through it, and there is no reason to doubt it.

It was every bit, but no more, accurate than my Glock 31 that I sold to buy the Kimber and that puts it more accurate than I can shoot more than one dedicated shot at a time.

The only other comment I have is that I am going to sell this thing since I just can't understand what it is people like about an all steel, heavy, large tool like this. Yea, its very refined, and I don't really have any thing to complain about concerning the quality, but ... I guess I'll just never get it!

They make polymer guns for guys like you. :wavey:

I'm kinda thinking "they make 1911's for guys like you"! Polymer guns are the real thing...

Hey new guy - do you really want to introduce yourself by starting a "plastic vs. metal" cat fight?

I know it's a Glock board, but plenty of us love steel guns too.

Careful...

I've got plenty of polymer guns.

Hey troll, get lost ok?

Thanks I'll watch that!

Is it alright if I comment in another direction since I started the thread? If I had to keep this gun I would want to change the grips to maybe some soft grips. What direction should I go to look for those? I do like the smaller grip circumference of the 1911 vrs. Glock. Also I would change the sights to something more open- I don't like it when my sight blocks out my target point- so can these night sights be removed by myself and sold?

Thanks Mr. 1911 sirs...

Have you seen VZ grips?

http://vzgrips.com/gun-grips/1911-pistol-grips-1

I quickly looked through there sight but I don't see any rubber grips, did I miss them?
Thanks...

You want Hogue grips then. They make panels and wrap around with finger grooves.

http://www.hoguestore.com/index.php?...ath=734_50_146

Not rubber, but the material is fairly soft.

Hogue grips may be the answer for me, but I would want to hold the gun with their grips as I would like to keep the circumference as small as possible though I have large enough hands.

I want to ask also concerning what it would take to have the frame coated to create a two tone gun? The all SS is preferable for its ability to withstand the elements but I'd prefer a two tone gun. (edit) For me the only purpose in carrying a pistol is outdoor camping use and targeting. I'm not LE or anything like that and live in one of the worlds smallest towns 125 miles from Boise.

My favorite grips so far are the 15 dollar Hogue grip panels on my Colt 1991 A!,and I've used a few.They are comfy and do not add a lot of exttra grip area

don't bother spending a dime on it. if you don't like it now, you will end up selling it sooner or later. 1911 is love at first shot. if that didn't happen, you two were never meant to be

you want the Hogue grips, it will make you feel like you have a plastic gun :rofl:

Wishful thinking???

I think you where meaning "their site" not "there sight"...

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I also have tried many different platforms and prefer the Glock, but am smart enough to realize how great the 1911 is for most. I just could never find one that I loved.
For your situation I would suggest going ahead and selling/trading it. Like someone said, if you don't like it now, you probably won't ever.
Get a Gen 4 G21. Shoot whatever you want at the range, whatever you prefer for SD (I like 230 gr. Gold Dots) and slide a mag of .45 Super in it when out in the woods/camping.

What you really mean is that you can't shoot it anymore accurately than your Glock 31. You can't compare accuracy unless it is done under controlled conditions - meaning a Ransom Rest with the same ammunition used in each pistol.

Your accuracy with either pistol only demonstrates your shooting capability - not the inherent accuracy of the gun.

Colt also makes a set of textured rubber, wrap-around grips. I put them on my commander and really like them. Some people also cut off the front part so that the front strap is exposed, but I like the feel on the front of the grip because I don't have checkering on the front of the grips and they give me a better grip.

IIRC, they are under $20 . . . .

I'll check out the Colt grips as well thanks.

I recently bought a Kimber Custom II (my first 1911). It was love at first shot, more accurate than any other automatic pistol I own, but it will never be the first pistol I grab for a bump in the night. I bought the 1911 for the history behind the platform, it is the father of most popular modern handguns around today. It will be popular long after we are all gone. A Glock will be what I grab for bumps in the night, probably my Glock 21 SF with TR-1 installed. Glocks will be popular long after we all are gone as well.

It could be worse!! You could have started off with a pt1911.

I thought I was going to read a post about another 1911 convert, I guess not. I entered the military at 17 and was issued a 1911, it has been a love affair ever since. I own glocks, sigs, rugers, and smiths but nothing I have held compares to a 1911.

As for the OP, try the hogue grips, I do not understand the "soft" thing but if soft is what you like then they should have something to fit your need.

Kimber makes Rubber Grips... Look on their sites... I have them on my Springfield TRP.

And... If plastic Guns are the REAL THING...

Why did the MARINES just sign a contract with COLT to Purchase 1911's AGAIN AFTER 100 YEARS for SPECIAL FORCES??!!??

I'm sure Glocks would have been a lot cheaper.

Royd