{"id":7953,"date":"2023-08-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=7953"},"modified":"2023-08-06T18:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:09:16","slug":"going-retro-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/going-retro-3\/","title":{"rendered":"GOING RETRO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although we live in a time of high-tech striker-fired polymer pistols, I confess that since April of this year I\u2019ve been carrying modern iterations of the 1911 pistol, designed in the eponymous year, for teaching as well as competition and personal defense. Let me tell you why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1911 design has some timeless features. No one knows more about 1911s than Bill Wilson, who manufactures some of the finest of the breed at his Wilson Combat factory, and he and I discuss the design\u2019s attributes here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Carry a 1911? Gun Guys Ep. 39 with Massad Ayoob and Bill Wilson\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GPC0mmKlBrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Or watch <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GPC0mmKlBrE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crime trends being what they are today, a lot of folks would like more rounds on board in their defense gun than the 8+1 of .45 ACP or 10+1 of 9mm in a standard configuration 1911. During the last few months I\u2019ve carried and taught with the 17+1 round Springfield Prodigy 1911 9mm, which I found handy to tac-load when back at the hotel room with the 26-round magazine that comes with it.&nbsp; On my own time, I\u2019ve lately been carrying a Wilson Combat SFT9 1911 with 15+1 rounds of 127 grain Winchester Ranger-T 9mm, each running at 1250 feet per second. That\u2019s about the same ballistics as 125 grain full load .357 Magnum out of a snub-nose revolver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven\u2019t been teaching with the Wilson gun, seen in the photo above, because it\u2019s premium-priced at around three grand. I tell my students \u201cIt\u2019s not about the gun so much as it\u2019s about the shooter, and it\u2019s not even as much about the shooter as it\u2019s about consistent application of proven technique.\u201d If I demonstrate with a $3,000 pistol some will infer, \u201cOh, the only reason that\u2019s working so well for him is that he has that premium priced gun.\u201d I felt guilty enough about using the Prodigy, which retails in the $1500 range. For most of the last few months I\u2019ve demonstrated with a Springfield Armory Range Officer .45 or the same maker\u2019s Ronin 9mm Lightweight, each of which sells for under the price of my 40-hour course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One reason for those 9-shot .45 and 11-shot Springfields has been that I\u2019ve been teaching in some states which have the ridiculous ten-round magazine limits, which any child would know will limit the firepower of only the law-abiding and can be expected to be completely ignored by the law-breakers the rest of us carry guns to protect ourselves and our loved ones from in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, having been shooting 1911 pistols since I was twelve years old is a part of that retro thing, too\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although we live in a time of high-tech striker-fired polymer pistols, I confess that since April of this year I\u2019ve been carrying modern iterations of the 1911 pistol, designed in the eponymous year, for teaching as well as competition and personal defense. Let me tell you why. The 1911 design has some timeless features. 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