Thank you all for your articulate and reasoned responses. This is exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for!
AndyC - excellent suggestion about rebuild options. Thank you.
Filmy
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- Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Lightweight 1911s
- Replies: 19
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- Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Lightweight 1911s
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3686
Lightweight 1911s
I shoot a full-size government model Ed Brown Kobra most of the time, but its a little larger than what I want to carry once I get my plastic.
I am eyeballing a couple of weapons - the Kobra Carry (full stainless) as well as the Kobra Carry LW (lightweight frame, stainless slide and internals). I am also really, really hot for the Bill Wilson Carry.
The EB website cautions against the LW version because of excessive wear on the alloy. For example, wearing a large ring on your shooting hand will ding the alloy during recoil, it scratches really easily, there is a lot of wear in and out of the holster, etc. I've even read elsewhere that you should only shoot minimal rounds to through an alloy-framed 1911 and then just carry the dang thing because the alloy is not as durable and does not like thousands of rounds.
Well, I shoot at least 200 rounds a week, sometimes 300-350 on a regular basis. (What can I say? I like to shoot!)
Anyway, before I go plop down three grand for a BWC, I was hoping for some feedback from folks with some experience with lightweight 1911s.
(No "buy a Glock or an XDm" comments please - I like what I like.)
My fallback is the full SS Kobra Carry or Executive Carry. (My full size is the sweetest, most accurate weapon I've ever fired and i DO love it!)
Its just that I get goosebumps when I look at this:
Do you have to baby an alloy framed 1911? Are some manufacturers more durable than others? Different alloys? Does anyone actually carry one?
Thanks.
Filmy
I am eyeballing a couple of weapons - the Kobra Carry (full stainless) as well as the Kobra Carry LW (lightweight frame, stainless slide and internals). I am also really, really hot for the Bill Wilson Carry.
The EB website cautions against the LW version because of excessive wear on the alloy. For example, wearing a large ring on your shooting hand will ding the alloy during recoil, it scratches really easily, there is a lot of wear in and out of the holster, etc. I've even read elsewhere that you should only shoot minimal rounds to through an alloy-framed 1911 and then just carry the dang thing because the alloy is not as durable and does not like thousands of rounds.
Well, I shoot at least 200 rounds a week, sometimes 300-350 on a regular basis. (What can I say? I like to shoot!)
Anyway, before I go plop down three grand for a BWC, I was hoping for some feedback from folks with some experience with lightweight 1911s.
(No "buy a Glock or an XDm" comments please - I like what I like.)
My fallback is the full SS Kobra Carry or Executive Carry. (My full size is the sweetest, most accurate weapon I've ever fired and i DO love it!)
Its just that I get goosebumps when I look at this:
Do you have to baby an alloy framed 1911? Are some manufacturers more durable than others? Different alloys? Does anyone actually carry one?
Thanks.
Filmy