1911 vs. Glock

[SharedShots]

1911s are antiquated and serve no purpose in mondern times, just like rotary phones. They're pretty to look at and easy to hold for those with tiny, frail hands. Their weight soaks up recoil for those who's joints can't handle a little jostling.

By the way, .40 beats them all.

That explains the pansy hansies that need the Mona Lisa of stippling so they can hold onto a Glock.

Ever watch the pansy hansies try to pick up a 1911? Its like they are trying to use cooked spaghetti to pick up a cup of coffee.

Sorry, just get and start out with a 1911. That way no matter what else you buy after that you'll always be able to say you own a pistol even though nothing else measures up.

Glocks have their purpose, they are recyclable through the marketplace and everyone needs at least one pistol they can toss into a frying pan on high and make it disappear.

[Grumpy_Hippie]

I've got both, 5 1911's in 45acp, 4 in 9mm, a 38 Super and a 22lr. Then I have a G21SF.
I like the weight and trigger better than the Glock.
The only advantage is the Glock can load a 13 round magazine and a lighter weight.
A 1911 is my daily carry gun here in NV

[Rifle ronin]

Glock 21 sf, the way it was meant to be:
13 rounds
Lighter
No thumb safety
+ reliability

No question the Glock is a better gun than a $600 1911 out of the box.

[crufflers]

No question the Glock is a better gun than a $600 1911 out of the box.

Everyone knows that it takes a $2000-$5000 1911 to compete with a $600 plastic blocky POS.

[Featureless]

Glock 21 sf, the way it was meant to be:
13 rounds
Lighter
No thumb safety
+ reliability

No question the Glock is a better gun than a $600 1911 out of the box.

Ditto that. A Glock for a nightstand gun is perfect. Pick it up, aim and fire. A 1911 OTOH is a little more complicated. Even in condition one, you have to drop the thumb safety before you fire. That's an extra step. Unless you practice that all the time, you'll have to remember it immediately after waking up from a sound sleep.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Its because weemen and girly men cant learn to shoot a 45 they went to little gurly round 9mm.

Then add double the ammo since they dont know how to shoot in the first place... you end up with a double stack 9.

I would own a glock if the triggers didnt suck so bad.

and yeah... tell me again about how great a pyramid trigger is... and then I ask you which pyramid trigger makes the glock trigger feel like a 1911.

I might actually buy a glock for a nightstand gun because I dont want to lose one my nice 1911's for a year or 2 because of a self defense shoot.

Guy talks smack about how awful Glocks are and how much he hates them...

...then in the next sentence says he's thinking about buying one.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

That explains the pansy hansies that need the Mona Lisa of stippling so they can hold onto a Glock.

Ever watch the pansy hansies try to pick up a 1911? Its like they are trying to use cooked spaghetti to pick up a cup of coffee.

Sorry, just get and start out with a 1911. That way no matter what else you buy after that you'll always be able to say you own a pistol even though nothing else measures up.

Glocks have their purpose, they are recyclable through the marketplace and everyone needs at least one pistol they can toss into a frying pan on high and make it disappear.

Yeah, I've heard it in classes. All the old farts with their 1911's go on and on and on about how much better the 1911 is and how superior it is, then when it comes to actually putting their money where their mouths are they can't really shoot those 1911's that well. Maybe it's because they're old, shake liek crazy and are half blond, but then again if that's the case they probably shouldn't be raging on everyone else for the firearm they chose to bring to the class just because it isn't a 1911.

I've used both 1911's and Glocks in classes and shot them both equally well. I'm 6'2" tall, 205lbs and wouldn't say I have "pansy hansies" and prefer the weight of the 1911, but will still take the Glock over one for the real world situations or classes. Easier to run and manipulate, no safety to have to flip on and off, and even with the stupid California 10 round limit I still have more capacity than a 1911.

Not trashing the 1911 by any means, because they are fantastic firearms that we all should have at least one of in our collection. They're a part of history and to me they're just beautiful to look at. I am calling out all the old fart "get off my lawn crowd" who think they're better than everyone else. Get over yourself, boomer.

I could care less about what firearm you're carrying and nobody else probably cares other than yourself. As long as you show up and can shoot the damn thing well and accurately, it doesn't matter if it's a 1911, a Glock, etc. You'll impress people with your ability, not by the firearm your carrying or how much you spent on it. Like the guy with the super expensive, custom shop guitar, yet he can't play a lick compared to the guy who has a budget guitar but can play the snot out of it.

[plinker202020]

To be fair, this time around, the BS started with post #10…a Glock/9mm shot over the bow.

I think there are good people on both sides of this debate as well as pot stirrers.

Denigrating the elderly is pretty low, and sad.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

To be fair, this time around, the BS started with post #10…a Glock/9mm shot over the bow.

I think there are good people on both sides of this debate as well as pot stirrers.

Denigrating the elderly is pretty low, and sad.

I agree, but if the person who's talking smack without any provocation then they're fair game. You come out and talk smack about people who are minding their own business then you get what you deserve. Not saying this is every old person with a 1911, because it's not, but I've seen it happen.

[SharedShots]

Yeah, I've heard it in classes. All the old farts with their 1911's go on and on and on about how much better the 1911 is and how superior it is, then when it comes to actually putting their money where their mouths are they can't really shoot those 1911's that well. Maybe it's because they're old, shake liek crazy and are half blond, but then again if that's the case they probably shouldn't be raging on everyone else for the firearm they chose to bring to the class just because it isn't a 1911.

I've used both 1911's and Glocks in classes and shot them both equally well. I'm 6'2" tall, 205lbs and wouldn't say I have "pansy hansies" and prefer the weight of the 1911, but will still take the Glock over one for the real world situations or classes. Easier to run and manipulate, no safety to have to flip on and off, and even with the stupid California 10 round limit I still have more capacity than a 1911.

Not trashing the 1911 by any means, because they are fantastic firearms that we all should have at least one of in our collection. They're a part of history and to me they're just beautiful to look at. I am calling out all the old fart "get off my lawn crowd" who think they're better than everyone else. Get over yourself, boomer.

I could care less about what firearm you're carrying and nobody else probably cares other than yourself. As long as you show up and can shoot the damn thing well and accurately, it doesn't matter if it's a 1911, a Glock, etc. You'll impress people with your ability, not by the firearm your carrying or how much you spent on it. Like the guy with the super expensive, custom shop guitar, yet he can't play a lick compared to the guy who has a budget guitar but can play the snot out of it.

Dude, are you really that humor/sarcasm impaired? I even used one of those goofy emojicomehithers to give you a clue. Here is another

[Verdha603]

To be fair, this time around, the BS started with post #10…a Glock/9mm shot over the bow.

I think there are good people on both sides of this debate as well as pot stirrers.

Denigrating the elderly is pretty low, and sad.

It's no lower than listening to the elderly get on their proverbial high horse and proceed to treat the "insolent youth" as a bunch of "unmanly, unpatriotic amateurs" for not believing in such drivel as "wood and forged steel is superior to plastic/polymer and MIM parts", "it's better because its made in the US of A" and "You don't need X number of rounds if you have a REAL MAN's ROUND like a .45 or .30-06!"

A significant chunk of the older gun owning community have nobody to blame but themselves for intentionally and continuously denigrating the younger generation of gun owners simply because they don't like the same guns they do or don't treat their way of shooting as the gospel of shooting guns (ie the seemingly neverending line of 50+ year olds that treat everything Jeff Cooper has ever said to be the proverbial gospel and anyone that criticizes any of his ideas is treated like an insolent welp). For every younger Glock or AR nut they dislike there's an equal number of older 1911 or .30-06 rifle nuts that do the exact same thing from the other direction. Neither of them are right, but it's usually only the latter that tries to hide behind the "respect your elders" card to avoid being given the same treatment back to them.

[Verdha603]

I agree, but if the person who's talking smack without any provocation then they're fair game. You come out and talk smack about people who are minding their own business then you get what you deserve. Not saying this is every old person with a 1911, because it's not, but I've seen it happen.

At this point it's become an expectation that some older gun owner will go out of their way to denigrate whatever "newer" gun a younger guy or gal has, proceeds to preach about how great their older, "tried and true" gun of choice is, then gets angry because how dare those youths criticize their seemingly perfect choice of traditional firearm?

A classic case of this is listening to many guys argue how the AR-15 is a new "fad" that's a "spray and pray" weapon, then gets on a high horse about how much better their "traditional" Mini-14 is, then get angry when you tell them how the latter is not perfect and that the AR-15 is even older than the Mini-14 in terms of design.

[plinker202020]

I’m nowhere near being a boomer, but the last gun I’d sell is a 1911.

To each his own, but age has nothing to do with it

[Mopar Guy]

9mm is superior to .45. Since a real 1911 is a .45, Glock 17 wins by default. Glad we got that all hashed out.

LOL agree!...nice way of ending the discussion and keeping the 1911 and Glock people happy. Just keep the ammo topic for another time. FBI may change their mind and go back to 10m, then go back to 9m again. It's usually a 10 or 20 year review cycle.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Dude, are you really that humor/sarcasm impaired? I even used one of those goofy emojicomehithers to give you a clue. Here is another

I guess I am.