Les Jones

Guns > "Put down that walnut-gripped 1911 sissy pistol and getcher self a Glock"

PDB - Tupperware Jihad:

In all that faggoty advertisementese is no objective explanation why I would choose this gun over, oh, say, a Glock 17, which happens to cost half as much, hold twice as many rounds, weigh half as much, shoot just as accurately, run more reliably out of the box, and is assembled from armorer friendly parts that do not require skilled fitting. The last point bears repeating: There are no parts on a Glock that cannot be changed in about 30 minutes by a user who has a hammer, screwdriver, and a punch.

I really don’t give a damn what it’s made out of as long as it works properly. The “forged vs. cast” debate is the most asinine waste of time on the series of tubes. If Springfield Armory had modern investment casting technology available in the 30s, the Garand would have been cast, and production wouldn’t have been farmed out to a tractor company.

Unfortunately, the forgings and custom fitting are no guarantee that the pistol will actually work. I have personally seen a Les Baer lapse into full auto, an STI repeatedly fail to feed, and other ridiculousness that their owners excuse as the price of pride of ownership. Attend a high-round count pistol class and see what makes it through the weekend without failure.

The only reason to own a custom pistol is personal vanity. If you want a pretty, prissy gun to admire and treasure, then knock yourself out. I’ve got one (that I’m trying to sell!) or two myself. I covet, and am planning, a 1911 that will be too sexy for mere words. But if you are convinced that the glass-rod trigger, tight fitting, high polish blue and exotic wood grips will make you shoot better, then your training sucks.

Stick, meet hornet's nest. Hornet's next, meet stick.