Undecided, but ideally something with a fairly slim grip.
Undecided between another 9mm or a .45 too.
Have a HK P2000SK for CCW so that is covered. Would be nice if the gun was fairly easy to CCW, but that is secondary to shooting nice, looking nice and essentially having a nice home defense/range gun. Prefer metal over poly for the next purchase.
Or another solid 1911 Colt, Springfield, S&W, STI...
I'd want the gun to look pretty, so I'd probably get the 'lower end' guns refinished in say hard chrome or a nice satin nickel or another nice looking finish.
You cant go wrong with a nice 1911 of some sorts. A Springfield TRP (it will need a little help to get it right) is a wicked gun. Hi powers are always nice too.
You want metal, you want slim, you want nice looking, you don't have a .45 auto, want less than $1200, then get the most popular handgun in America, a 1911. Make it a Colt.:smile:
You want metal, ultra reliability. Get another HK.
There are a lot of HK P7's out now that just came in from Germany ex-police. Some of them are as new or close to it. Check around or at your local gun shop.
Or new or as new P7 M8.
If it sounds like I'm biased in favor of the P7, it's because I am.:yup:
I just bought a Sig 1911 Revolution Carry Stainless in .45 ACP a couple of days ago. I haven't even had a chance to go to the range with it yet, and I can't wait.
Its on order, maybe another week, nothing fancy just a kel-tec PF-9. Hope it will be easier to carry in the summer than my XD. :smiley2: Kinda like Christmas in Aug.
I did get a chance last Saturday to go shoot my new Sig 1911. It grouped fairly consistently at 15', 20', 25', and 30'. Although I didn't measure group sizes, they were very acceptably tight for a .45 Cal. pistol. I didn't shoot at any other distances than that as it was an indoor range.
I was shooting Remington 230 gr. hardball in the Sig. I tried to run a magazine of Corbon 185 gr. +P "flying ashcans" through it, and it jammed on the first two rounds. Can't have any of that! Curiously, those same Corbons feed just fine in my old 1943 Ithica 1911-A1 I inherited from my dad. That particular pistol has never had any ramp or throat work, and the magazines are as old as the pistol. The only thing I've ever done to that old gun is to swap out the original recoil spring for an 18 pounder, and add a buffer pad on the recoil spring guide.
Anyway, the ogive of the Corbon bullet is fairly angular and the hole in the nose is fairly large, so it is not that surprising that it hung up on the ramp. I've purchased some Federal 230 gr. Hydroshoks, which have a rounder ogive and a smaller opening for the next time I go to the range. In the meantime, I have an ambidextrous safety on order (I'm a southpaw), and when I give the pistol over to the gunsmith when the part comes in, I'm going to have him polish the ramp up too.
I hope this information is useful to anybody considering one of the Sig 1911 pistols.
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Bolt action 222 mag- hard to find!!
2 inch stainless .357mag wheel gun
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