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1911 pick em

trc313trc313 Member Posts: 3,475
edited April 2014 in General Discussion
Which would you choose and why?
Sig Sauer 1911 Nightmare Carry or a Kimber Stainless Classic LE

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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1911... They're ALL good.


    Nuthin'else need be said.
  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,559 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is perfection as crafted by JMB himself what more needs to be said .
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
  • m88.358winm88.358win Member Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sig Sauer 1911 Nightmare for sure. My opinion, way better gun.

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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,237 ******
    edited November -1
    Love my KIMBER 1911,,[^][^][^][^][^][^]
  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love the Nightmare!
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sig.
    As an RSO I see too many Kimber less than 5" 1911s fail (most because they require a 250 round break in that Sig does not)

    Though not a fan of smaller than gobmentninelevens but recently bought a Sig 1911 RCS.
    It is such a sweet shooter and 100% reliable with any ammo.
    As a test I loaded 2 Trip mags with 14 rounds of HP ammo each round a different type and all ran through perfect.

    So, I guess it is possible to build a hollow point shooting reliable commander (My old Colt shot ball 100% but don't even think to ask it about a HP)Other than that it was fine, other than that, the unacceptable won't shoot HPs

    Wulfmann
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    "Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
    Otto von Bismarck
  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey

    I'm partial to those made by a grumpy ol' buzzard in a deep dark cave on the side of a mountain !!!!![:D][}:)][:o)]


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    I'm gonna have me one of them one day... [;)]
  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm like Bob, I'm an RSO and see many 1911s on the range.
    I think, dollar for dollar, the best gun out there is he Ruger 1911.
    I've owned every thing from a totally worn out military Remington Rand to a Wilson. Out of the box reliability, function and fit, go to the Ruger, unless you want to pay $3000 for a Wilson.
    W.D.
  • legearlegear Member Posts: 6,716
    edited November -1
    I have a sig tac-ops.

    The grip and feel is awesome, the texture feels like it would take a freight train to knock it out of a hand.
  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,483 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I own two Kimbers, a 15 + year old Gold Match and an CDP Ultra + for just over 2 years. Both have been 100% reliable and very accurate.

    That being said, I have fired my Buddy's Sig 1911 and I certainly can not find any fault with it either......so I am no help at all.
  • searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511
    edited November -1
    Don't know much about the new fancier stuff. My concealed carry on most days is a Colt Government model, series 70. No upgrades, aside from some fake ivory grips. Owned, and carried this gun, since 1976, when I bought it new for $180.00, with money I earned hauling hay. My father had to sign for it, as I was not 21. Man uses the same gun, for 38 years, is likely to know how to use it. And I do. Carry it cocked and locked, right hip, with a spare magazine in my back pocket. She ain't pristine, she shows signs of carry, but she's been a comfort to me in a few situations where comfort was hard to come by.

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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by trc313
    Which would you choose and why?
    Sig Sauer 1911 Nightmare Carry or a Kimber Stainless Classic LE



    nether, sigs have external extractors, kimberII have Swartz safeties, I highly despise both features
  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by searcher5
    Don't know much about the new fancier stuff. My concealed carry on most days is a Colt Government model, series 70. No upgrades, aside from some fake ivory grips. Owned, and carried this gun, since 1976, when I bought it new for $180.00, with money I earned hauling hay. My father had to sign for it, as I was not 21. Man uses the same gun, for 38 years, is likely to know how to use it. And I do. Carry it cocked and locked, right hip, with a spare magazine in my back pocket. She ain't pristine, she shows signs of carry, but she's been a comfort to me in a few situations where comfort was hard to come by.

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    Jus'bout all you could ask for Dan... [;)]
  • machine gun moranmachine gun moran Member Posts: 5,198
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by searcher5
    Don't know much about the new fancier stuff. My concealed carry on most days is a Colt Government model, series 70. No upgrades, aside from some fake ivory grips. Owned, and carried this gun, since 1976, when I bought it new for $180.00, with money I earned hauling hay. My father had to sign for it, as I was not 21. Man uses the same gun, for 38 years, is likely to know how to use it. And I do. Carry it cocked and locked, right hip, with a spare magazine in my back pocket. She ain't pristine, she shows signs of carry, but she's been a comfort to me in a few situations where comfort was hard to come by.

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    A real 1911. No air-cooled trigger. No tractor fenders. Looks like the ones I shoot, which look like the ones I had stuck in all of my fatigue pockets about 50 years ago. [:)]
  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There's a Ruger M1911 in my future.
  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by legear
    I have a sig tac-ops.

    The grip and feel is awesome, the texture feels like it would take a freight train to knock it out of a hand.


    I too have a Sig Tac ops and it is. as you described, awesome
    From the first round on it shoots everything and accurately.
    I had an earlier Kimber 5" and it was also 100% and I regret letting a friend talk me out of it.

    I also have 3 of the Filipino made 1911s (AKA RIA) and while not as accurate as my Sigs all 100% would bet my life on them.

    Rifle pistol shotgun all I expect from each of them is 100% reliability and do as designed or no matter how shiny they are history

    Wulfmann
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    "Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
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  • e3mrke3mrk Member Posts: 1,851 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have a Rock Island G.I Model that I customized a bit.
    Never had a problem and it is a tack driver.

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  • BLKSRT8BLKSRT8 Member Posts: 631 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,559 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My first was a Norinco clone back in the late 80s .Loved that gun .Bone stock and super reliable .Current 1911 is a Taurus in stainless steel I have had it for almost 5 years with no problems or issues .Shoots anything I reload without a bobble {cue the violins for the Taurus haters }I like it .
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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