1911's - Do They Require a Lot of Maintenance?

[USN2Pulpit]

I was reading a review of the PT-745, and the author said that the advantage of a 745 (or a pistol like it) over any 1911 model is that the 1911 requires so much more maintenance and tinkering. Is this true? I've never heard of this before.

People with a 1911 model...what do you think?

 

[Kalamity023]

With my 1911 id say it's easier than most of the others, with the exception of the mainspring housing you can take it all down to clean; and put it back together again in less than 20 minutes

 

[SGB]

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[jeanprestonhoppe]

I have a 1911A1 from the 40's that I have owned for many years, easy to breakdown and clean, durable and dependable. Only time I have had a problem is with a bad magazine with a weakened spring, caused round to jam, got rid of magazine, no more problems.

 

[MCMXI]

I've had mine for 5 years and besides changing the recoil spring I haven't had to do a thing to it except clean it. The guys that harp on the 1911 being troublesome are usually not 1911 fans to begin with and refuse to admit it's a fine weapon. If you have slotted grip screws, you can take the entire thing down with no tools...I love that.

Not sure what the "tinkering" is he refers to, but the only tinkering I've done is stuff that I WANTED to do, not stuff I NEEDED to do.

To each his own, though. I'll take my 1911 and a hundred more over any other pistol design. Not to say there aren't other fantastic pistols out there; I'm just a "1911 guy". Clean lines and great shooters!

 

[FatCrotch]

I was reading a review of the PT-745, and the author said that the advantage of a 745 (or a pistol like it) over any 1911 model is that the 1911 requires so much more maintenance and tinkering. Is this true? I've never heard of this before.

People with a 1911 model...what do you think?

Whoever wrote that review that you read is a taurus salesman, and a huge piece of **** that knows nothing about guns. I've shot thousands of rounds out of both of my 1911's. NO issues. Just like my glock. No issues. I've owed 2 taurus products. Issues. They are gone now.

Burn that article and forget you ever read it because it is an absolutely pathetic attempt to sell you junk. trust the gun model that's been around for 100 years. Not some copier of glock, colt, and smith and wesson company.

 

[Bill Cavalieri]

I keep seeing how unreliable 1911s are and I keep going to the range and shooting mine with no failures. No failures to eject, no failures to feed, and no failing to hit its target. My son has a Bersa .45 and I really like it too. I have put two rounds in the same hole with both guns. But I prefer the 1911 because I'm used to it. By the way I don't clean my 1911 any more often than I clean my Glock.

 

[creatism]

When I had my 1911, the only "tinkering" I had to do is with ammo. Some it liked some it didn't! Now some ammo it just didn't shoot well 4" groups at 20 yards instead of 2-3 inch. Some ammo it just would not feed at all, Winchester dpx comes to mind as one it just did not feed at all. Had 3 Wilson mags and 2 kimber tried it in all of them so it was the ammo not the mags.
That's it, cleaning, I'm a little anal about cleaning my guns evn my glocks, so I clean after every range trip, and once a week I take down my carry guns and relube them, knock the pocket lint out of them. So the "maintenance" issues with 1911s don't bother me at all.
You know all this talk about 1911s got me thinking a commander would look real nice in my safe!!!

 

[Tucker's Mom]

I am with Bill Cavalieri in this...We have the 1911 as one of our guns and we have no problems at all with it. Just like my Glocks, it shoots everytime. I guess hubby and I are both lucky with guns that needs almost no maintenance at all. Someone asked me how I keep my guns clean...Simple! I said I just drop it in a bucket of water and put it in the dishwasher if I have more time, then straight to the freezer. :biggrin:

 

[Stan45]

The 1911 has been around for over 100 years that should say something.
We all know who designed the 1911, John Browning. He designed the M2 50 cal machine gun, the military still uses it today. The Browning High Power (P-35) still in use today.
Name the designer of another popular carry pistol?
I thought so.

 

[Lowjiber]

1911's and Glocks are the easiest guns to "maintain" that I've ever owned.

 

[JohnD13]

My 1911 is 10 years older the me, and it take less maintainence! 20 minutes tops is all it takes to maintain it after a good afternoon's shooting. If you want to do a total breakdown andd another 20 minutes, and that's a generous guess, I've never put a clock on myself doing this.