View Single Post Old August 19, 2002, 07:28 PM   #93 Senior
Member Join Date: January 6, 2002 Posts: 169  Tamara, you hit
back hard, man! Just the way I like it! (Don't worry, no offense
taken here, we gun nuts have to stick together). Now, with the
formalities out of the way...  I have to admit, I have a big
beef with the 1911. For it's time, it was a brilliant, fantastic
design, but now, nearly 100 years later, it leaves a lot to be
desired. The worst problem with the 1911 is it's extractor
design, which really handicaps the reliability. The thing has to
work like a spring, yet be hard enough to extract thousands of
rounds over and over again... in the end it always seems to be a
problem. Now, like all things, I suppose infinite amounts of
money can solve the problem, but it just seems like changing the
design (as it was for the Hi-Power aka 1911 version 2.0) would
be a better way to go. The feed-ramp barrel gap is another
problem that seems to affect the reliability of the 1911,
although this too can be fi