Single action only sucks on a revolver. Double, yeah, I don't mind. Oh, where's the hammer, too? She won't let me call my P12 a 1911 even though it has all the stuff, so I'll just say, yes, ma'am. Not a 1911.
Maybe try a Kimber Solo if you want 1911 styling but with a DA trigger?
Personally the Solo seems a bit over priced and while folks report good results with many different kinds of ammo, Kimber actually provides a very specific list of ammo that is recommended. Both of those aspects as well as others would not put it high on my list, but all the gun mag writers seem to be drooling over it, and praising it as being very 1911 like.
JetGirl will be here in 5...4...3...
Sigh
I should have known this would become an "It isnt a 1911" thread
I had a Para P12 LDA that I liked the trigger pull, but it was a widebody with a short barrel. Not good fer packin' so I got rid of it.
But...the trigger was nice.
So, I had this real 1911 and a leather holster. I tried to carry cocked and locked for a while, but something wasnt quite right about the holster, as it wiped off the safety when I pulled the pistol out of it. That made me cringe, seein how I dont come from a gun background, there is still some inate "fear" of firearms in my Psyche.
Revolvers I am fine with, the DA "1911 looking" pistols seem to be the best of both worlds.
I wonder if that colt is DAO?
Johnny C
JetGirl knows some peeps who have Solos. JetGirl would like to shoot one. But JetGirl knows they are in NO way a "1911".
Johnny, that is the reason I carry the Para Companion. I can carry it without utilizing the safety and I have the comfort of mind, knowing I don't have to draw and remove the safety. Also, I'm carrying a DAO that has a WONDERFUL trigger. Lastly, unlike the P12, the Companion is narrow and feels like any other "real" commander-size 1911.
A lovely sample of the Seecamp conversion shown here. This picture has been contributed by one of the M1911.ORG mailing list members, to whom I extend my gratitude. Please note the metallic plate which covers the whole right side of the pistol under the grip panel, and which is used to cover and hold in place the DA mechanism. Also note the pivoting trigger and the rounded (ala CZ-75) trigger guard.
Seecamp licensed the rights to the 1911 DA/SA conversion to a company called Omega Defensive Industries. In 1981/82 they produced a pistol known as the ODI Viking, using the Seecamp DA setup, in two models; a fullsize and a commander size pistol. It was the only full production commercial true DA/SA 1911 built (as opposed to the handmade Seecamp guns).
They went belly up pretty quickly, and Essex Arms bought their remaining stock of parts. Apparently, at some point Essex decided to make some frames for ther parts and made somewhere between 200 & 300 frames and sold them complete with the Seecamp-license ODI action parts.
Seecamp Double Action Conversion
Just seem like a solution to a non-existent problem