Thread: 1911 vs P220

@stumpy: cheers for that.
@res: yeah, nothing beats the silhouette of a classic.
@gundoc: thanks for the 1911 plug. i see your earlier point about the expense of ammo but… it's a 45!
@johnd: an excellent point about retraining. a longtimer at my club pointed out that the more pistols i want to shoot even semi-regularly, the less likely i'll be thoroughly familiar with them, leading to an increased likelihood of doing the wrong thing when trying to clear a malfunction and forgetting which pistol i'm using.

so far:
— 2 x against the SIG;
— 4 x for the 1911, with caveats;
— 2 x unsolicited for a CZ; and
— 1 x call for common sense.

belated disclosure: when i asked the action guys about buying a Tanfoglio for action shooting, to a man they rubbished the pistol and its maker, but being an ornery fella, i went ahead and bought it anyway and then i found out afterwards a third of them used the high-end Tanfoglios for competition. lesson learned: it's a free goddamned world