People that are still carrying the 1911 pistol and love it
If you love the way the 1911 feels in your hand you’re probable not going to find another firearm that feels the same way. I’ve like the traditional 1911 style guns for almost 2 decades and tried out many variations of them, but they didn’t feel like a 1911 when the makers made them a double stack. There is something about 1911 pistols that is just balanced very well. Once you put more than about 8rds in a 1911 the gun gets heavy and for something that is so slim and contoured right, you can mess that up with 10rd protruding magazines. That’s fine for competition shooting but I don’t think you’ll ever see law enforcment or special operations units running those magazines even if they are reliable.
Most of the Special operations units we deal with actually use 7rd magazines although I have found that the 8rd magazine reliability issues is a myth. All I run through my 1911 government models are Wilson combat magazines with the 8rd wilson combat magazines that work so well. I have been using gun grease on my Colt 1991A1 and my Springfield GI 1911 that had some minor customizations, but I have not seen a malfunction in that firearm in years. I am still running mostly ball ammo through my guns which is the proven reliable ammunition. Gun grease is something that I have been using more and more on my handguns because they seem to hold up better for long term storage.
