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The use would be in the event someone breaks into your house. Practically speaking, it's easier to wear throughout the day than to be continually donning and d

The use would be in the event someone breaks into your house. Practically speaking, it's easier to wear throughout the day than to be continually donning and doffing as you move about.

jusssi 10y ago
So that happens frequently enough to make the inconvenience of continuously carrying a weapon around worth the trouble?
- madengr 10y ago
  Do you wreck your car so often that you go through the inconvenience of wearing a seat belt? Besides, what's so inconvenient about carrying a gun? Put holster on belt, take gun from safe and put in holster; done.
- h4nkoslo 10y ago
  Carrying a pistol in a good holster is roughly the same physical burden as carrying the dozen or so keys I don't use on an hourly basis, or wearing a sportscoat rather than just a tshirt.
PhantomGremlin 10y ago
But a 1911? Surely there is something a little lighter that one could wear? Perhaps a smaller frame polymer pistol with 8 to 10 rounds of .40 S&W? Isn't .40 S&W more-or-less comparable to .45 ACP? I'm not up on this stuff, but a 1911 is a big pistol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol
- madengr 10y ago
  It has a single stack magazine so it's a thin pistol, which is more amenable to in-waist-band concealed carry than lighter pistols with double stack magazines (i.e glocks). That said, my carry gun is a 3" 1911, primarily because that is most comfortable when driving in cars with bucket type seats. If you are carrying while sitting in a more upright position, a full size 5" 1911 is fine. The weight isn't an issue as mine has aluminum frame, though a traditional 1911 is all steel. Anyway, this is what I carry. http://www.kimberamerica.com/tactical-ultra-ii http://www.kimberamerica.com/tactical-ultra-ii Now a single stack polymer frame would be too small. I'm 6'5", 250 LB, and have big hands. I can't operate the magazine releases on small handguns. My wife carries an HK P2000 sub compact; way too small for my hands. I consider the 1911 the perfect handgun, of course that's a huge argument within the gun culture.

The use would be in the event someone breaks into your house. Practically speaking, it's easier to wear throughout the day than to be continually donning and doffing as you move about.

jusssi 10y ago

So that happens frequently enough to make the inconvenience of continuously carrying a weapon around worth the trouble?

madengr 10y ago
Do you wreck your car so often that you go through the inconvenience of wearing a seat belt? Besides, what's so inconvenient about carrying a gun? Put holster on belt, take gun from safe and put in holster; done.
h4nkoslo 10y ago
Carrying a pistol in a good holster is roughly the same physical burden as carrying the dozen or so keys I don't use on an hourly basis, or wearing a sportscoat rather than just a tshirt.

PhantomGremlin 10y ago

But a 1911? Surely there is something a little lighter that one could wear? Perhaps a smaller frame polymer pistol with 8 to 10 rounds of .40 S&W? Isn't .40 S&W more-or-less comparable to .45 ACP? I'm not up on this stuff, but a 1911 is a big pistol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol

madengr 10y ago
It has a single stack magazine so it's a thin pistol, which is more amenable to in-waist-band concealed carry than lighter pistols with double stack magazines (i.e glocks). That said, my carry gun is a 3" 1911, primarily because that is most comfortable when driving in cars with bucket type seats. If you are carrying while sitting in a more upright position, a full size 5" 1911 is fine. The weight isn't an issue as mine has aluminum frame, though a traditional 1911 is all steel. Anyway, this is what I carry. http://www.kimberamerica.com/tactical-ultra-ii http://www.kimberamerica.com/tactical-ultra-ii Now a single stack polymer frame would be too small. I'm 6'5", 250 LB, and have big hands. I can't operate the magazine releases on small handguns. My wife carries an HK P2000 sub compact; way too small for my hands. I consider the 1911 the perfect handgun, of course that's a huge argument within the gun culture.