Commander Sized 1911's

[Omil]

How about the Springfield Champion loaded. They are good too.

SA Champion is excellent for the money, I 'd traded for something else but still missed it.

[doc540]

1977 Combat Commander in 9mm

I like old guns, old cars, and and younger women

[redcliff]

Jeff Cooper liked the LW Commander in .45acp and often carried one.

He felt the heavier Combat Commander was not beneficial; with a weight close to a Government Model one should should stay with a GM due to the longer sight radius, improved ballistics and lesser recoil.

I don't know that I agree totally with the Colonel; having owned Commanders of both persuasion for over 30 years I find the steel framed Commanders a lot of fun to shoot, the slide length seems right to me, and my Colt and DW variants have been extremely reliable.

I do have a 9mm Commander and its one of my favorite pistols; the lower recoil round works well with the lw frame.

In regard to durability, I think the most important factor is changing the recoil spring at regular intervals. I don't feed any of my 1911's a steady diet of +p's; I shoot several boxes of it through them to confirm feed and function reliability and carry +p's for defensive loads, but for range use I use standard pressure ammo.

[wildhawker]

Dan Wesson CBOB (stainless)
Nighthawk Talon II (steel)
Colt Commander, bobtail and custom by Chuck Rogers (stainless)

Shooting +p in aluminum Officer or Commander 1911s doesn't bother me or my wife. I think I'll be buying another aluminium 1911 this year, likely a bobtailed Commander size from Wilson or NHC, and see how we like it compared to the aluminum-framed Wilson CQB Compact (equipped and setup like the Bill Wilson Carry Pistol without the dumb looking signature in the slide) my wife has for a CCW piece.

[wamphyri13]

+1 bajillion on the DW Cbob. Mine's awesome.
Ryan