RE: Best M1911 replica?

["Jim Ericson" <jericson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't really think that mag springs are a big problem. (Actually was
reading some stuff by Louis Awerbuck (I am pretty certain), who was claiming
that modern autos are actually more reliable than revolvers. Not sure how
true that is, but I did put about 9K rounds through my Glock 17 in the last
year (el cheapo Wolf 9mm steel cased stuff) with nary a hiccup or failure.
So autos are really good these days. Kinda sold me on Glocks, and have since
picked up some more of the "Combat Tupperware".) A good magazine ought to
work just fine even after several decades of being loaded. (So long as the
springs are not over compressed, or stretched.)

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian McDonald [mailto:Brian_mcdonald@uniserve.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 11:04 PM
> To: millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org
> Subject: Re: Best M1911 replica?
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> > The number one virtue of a home-defense gun is its reliability.
>  It doesn't
> > matter if it's a tack-shooter at long range if it can't reliably chamber
> > rounds, and since in a home-defense situation you likely won't get the
> > chance to clear a malfunction, that weapon has to work right
> the first time,
> > every time.
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> if so why not consider a revolver?  never have to worry about the
> springs in the
> mags then. faster to deploy if it comes right down to it as well.
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