1911 or Glock?

[pitor]

Originally Posted by milkmanjoe

I carry a G17 daily. Two spare mags. Gives me, with one extended mag, fifty four rounds on board. My rounds are either Winchester Ranger T's or Federal HST, both in 147 grain. I have ran this G17 over 100K rounds, never replaced even one spring, and the barrel is not shot out. The G17 is rarely cleaned. Much as I love 1911's, they just cannot do what a G17 can.

+1000. All i carry is my Glock 19. It has been utterly reliable. I've never seen a slide flying forward, or any kind of malfunction of what's being described here. Maybe police departments need to train their people how to properly maintain them? I compete regularly in both IDPA and USPSA and I've never seen any of the failures mentioned.

[brownie]

Carried one, and many times two 1911's professionally for 28 years. A 1911 is still in rotation [ Ed Brown lw commander ] but not the primary carry today. That goes to the snub 357/38 [ two of them ] or the g17/26.

I trust all of them, some more than others. Based on over 250K through several 1911's and 120K in one of the g17's, also based on what I see students bring and have more issues with, the G17 is far and away more reliable overall.

Killed two sigs, a 226 in 75K and a 228 in 35K+. Only took a few years to do it for both. I like em though and I'd own another P series in a heartbeat.