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When is a 1911, not a 1911?
I was looking at Springfield's new line of faux 1911s called 1911 DS Prodigy. Doublestacked 17+1 or 20+1 9mm starting at US$1499. Ok, maybe it's just me, maybe it's just old guy "you kids get off my lawn" I don't know...but how in all that's good and holy, is this a 1911? How far from the original can they stray and still claim it's a 1911?
It looks like a very nice pistol, not bagging on the product, just the marketing.
1911 DS Prodigy™ Handguns - Springfield Armory
Rant complete.
I have a lot more experience than expertise, still have both eyes and most of my fingers though.
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09-19-2023 10:28 AM
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That seems to be the optimum, albeit heavy. Used to carry a Para Ord doublestack with a series 70 top end, lovely gun.
Just thinking, if the designer of the 1911 were to have lived longer isn't this where he would have progressed to?
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if the designer of the 1911 were to have lived longer isn't this where he would have progressed to?
Isn't that the High Power?
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Why not just get a Hi Power?
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Had Hi Powers, excellent guns. Hi Powers never came out in 45, reluctantly in 40 S&W. They were just too small for the 45.
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I had the .40 Hi Power too. I really liked it. That was before arthritis though. I had to let them all go...
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Arthritis is the reason I can't shoot a 45 anymore. Sigh...
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Spent a long time turning wrenches for a living. It's catching up with me. Sooner or later it'll be my turn, but not quite yet.
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Arthritis is the reason I can't shoot a 45
Too much campin' in the snow...(or Veld)...
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Sooner or later it'll be my turn
Trade name "Aleve"...helps a great deal.
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