Yes, lower recoil than metal frame of the same weight, because the polymer seems to absorb some of the recoil. Of course you are correct that more weight reduces felt recoil. The reliability is not per se the result of using polymer, but overall modern engineering and construction.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of OK Don via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 4:45 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: OK Don Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT- Fun With Guns Today Wait, the polymer has higher reliability and lower recoil??? I'd expect more wear and lower mass = more recoil. I've never held a polymer gun, much less fired one, though I did love the 1911 that I got to fire years ago. On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I agree that the M1911 is a beautiful bit of engineering and a rugged > beast. (I sure should have bought that Singer M1911 that a buddy tried > to sell me for $100 back in the day.) Wonderful to take to the range > for a bit of fun. But carrying it on your hip all day every day will > make you love plastic for its reliability and lighter weight. My H&K > USP Compact is just as powerful in .40 S&W and more pleasant to > actually carry. Polymer cuts recoil a bit too. > > Is the Hogue wood? My experience with Pachmayr rubber grips has been > very good. I have some on a T/C Contender pistol that really tame the > recoil, as well as weld to the hand! Nice when you're approaching > rifle ballistics in a pistol. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan > Penoff via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 2:34 PM > To: Mercedes List > Cc: Dan Penoff > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT- Fun With Guns Today > > Sorry. > > Para Ordnance 1911 Expert Stainless .45 ACP. > > My Walther PPQ is a 9mm. Seems pretty tame compared to the 1911 .45 ACP. > Amazing to me that it’s such a difference. I love shooting the 1911. > It seems so much more of a firearm than the polymer framed pistols. A > “Man’s Pistol”, if you know what I mean. > > I asked Santa for a Hogue wrap-around grip for it. That will make it > even better. > > -D > > > > On Dec 10, 2017, at 4:45 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Dan sez: > > > >> Working on getting 250 rounds through >my new 1911 > > > > 9mm, or. 45 ACP? > > Brand of pistol...? Kimber? > > > > Rick > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
