Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to the 1911 by Campbell Robert K

Author:Campbell, Robert K. [Campbell, Robert K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2015-04-30T21:00:00+00:00

The primary motivation in alternate frame material is to lighten weight.

Conversely I find the Officer’s Model pistols are often at their best in a steel-frame variant. They seem just the right size, and the recoil is controlled by a squat, 32-ounce, steel-frame Officer’s Model. But then the heavy Government Model is often served by the newest variant in the lightweight frame, the five-inch gun with aluminum frame. The only real complain concerning the 1911 is length and weight. If you can conceal the length, the aluminum-frame variant solves the weight problem.

I have fired both steel and aluminum-frame Loaded model .45s attempting to define the time between shots or splits. The first two or three shots - the ones that save your life - are often the same. It is after the first few shots that the time differential shows up, and it favors the steel-frame gun. But you must take time to aim, and the difference really isn’t that great. The greater difference is the fact that you will be carrying a 1911 and that you are carrying a lighter gun. The aluminum-frame Government Model, for example, maintains the full-length sight radius and reliability of the type. An aluminum-frame, five-inch gun is, in my opinion, the better choice than a steel-frame Commander.

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