> On December 13, 2015 at 5:40 PM Curly McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > For that the original 1911 is hard to beat.
How original do you want to be? Some of the upgrades in the last 100 years are kind of necessary, like better sights, the ability to feed hollow points reliably, and bobbed hammer/beavertail grip safety so it can't bite your hand. Some are very much a matter of taste, like an arched mainspring housing (fortunately that's a $5-25 part if you want to swap it out). Ambidextrous thumb safety is necessary if you're a lefty. I figure if I get winged in a gunfight and have to shoot left handed, I've probably already disengaged the thumb safety. If I lose my right arm before I've even drawn the gun, then drawing it left handed is going to be more of a problem than getting the safety off. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
