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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 2685199" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>Because of how they handle. The Glock is incredibly easy to drive fast on a budget. The 1911 can be set up with a superb trigger and accuracy potential is limited only by MRBF (mean rounds between failure) requirements. You can compromise reliability on either gun by tweaking and twiddling things that should be left alone. </p><p></p><p>While there are plenty of examples out there of unreliable 1911's, my perspective as a longtime competitor and range safety officer has led me to the conclusion that most failures in competition stem from one of three issues (in no particular order:</p><p></p><p>Out of spec ammunition (usually reloads).</p><p></p><p>Out of spec "performance mods". </p><p></p><p>Operator error.</p><p></p><p>Honorable mention would go to lack of maintenance, which usually means insufficient or improper lubrication.</p><p></p><p>When I coach competitive shooters, one of the very first things I go over is reliability. You can't expect to win if you gear malfunctions in any way, under any conceivable circumstance. Yet I always have someone ignore that advice by using something or doing something they percieve will give them an edge over their competitors. When that "edge" I told them was a disaster waiting to happen causes them to crash and burn spectacularly, I'm especially unforgiving. They hate that, but the offending item usually dissapears in short order. </p><p></p><p>I've said this about eleventy billion times now, but I wouldn't hesitiate to use a 1911 for competiton or defense. I regularly do as a matter of fact. That said, it isn't for everyone. Some of those who think it is are the worst offenders though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 2685199, member: 1132"] Because of how they handle. The Glock is incredibly easy to drive fast on a budget. The 1911 can be set up with a superb trigger and accuracy potential is limited only by MRBF (mean rounds between failure) requirements. You can compromise reliability on either gun by tweaking and twiddling things that should be left alone. While there are plenty of examples out there of unreliable 1911's, my perspective as a longtime competitor and range safety officer has led me to the conclusion that most failures in competition stem from one of three issues (in no particular order: Out of spec ammunition (usually reloads). Out of spec "performance mods". Operator error. Honorable mention would go to lack of maintenance, which usually means insufficient or improper lubrication. When I coach competitive shooters, one of the very first things I go over is reliability. You can't expect to win if you gear malfunctions in any way, under any conceivable circumstance. Yet I always have someone ignore that advice by using something or doing something they percieve will give them an edge over their competitors. When that "edge" I told them was a disaster waiting to happen causes them to crash and burn spectacularly, I'm especially unforgiving. They hate that, but the offending item usually dissapears in short order. I've said this about eleventy billion times now, but I wouldn't hesitiate to use a 1911 for competiton or defense. I regularly do as a matter of fact. That said, it isn't for everyone. Some of those who think it is are the worst offenders though. [/QUOTE]
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