I just handled one of these for the first time Sunday morning at church. (Yeah, I have THAT kind of church!).
It had a threaded barrel, Omni safety, adjustable trigger, rail, and all in black - looked like powder coat.
What struck me was the weight! I have a regular government issue 1911A1 that I put together from parts over four decades ago which I have replaced the thin plastic grips with thick Oak ones. This Sig weighs a LOT more than mine -
A truly beautiful gun -
I just handled one of these for the first time Sunday morning at church. (Yeah, I have THAT kind of church!).
It had a threaded barrel, Omni safety, adjustable trigger, rail, and all in black - looked like powder coat.
What struck me was the weight! I have a regular government issue 1911A1 that I put together from parts over four decades ago which I have replaced the thin plastic grips with thick Oak ones. This Sig weighs a LOT more than mine -
A truly beautiful gun -
Since I am somewhat curious, I just went and got all of my full size .45 ACP 1911's out of the safe and weighed them, empty without magazine. Here are the results
I have had a Colt 1911 since 1986 that I bought used and made many modifications to it... Namely I made it into a 70 from an 80 to improve trigger consistency. It works great. In the time that has elapsed I got into military rifles and a lot of Glock pistols... Last year I seen the Sig Emperor Scorpion and I could not even sleep thinking about how nice it looks. Pretty lame for an old man to feel that way. So, I gathered up my pennies and bought it. The grips are beautiful (G-10) but after the first 50 rounds I had a blister on my hand from the aggressiveness of the texture. I have seen on some other forums people sand them down to make them less aggressive. I will not. Right out of the box the gun was dead nuts on! Appears to have Novak sites on the rear. I was so impressed that I picked up another the following week I picked up a Nitron... Same thing as far as accuracy. Yet the grips were pleasing to hold. I will probably purchase some aftermarket grips for the Scorpion ... I just wanted to share a 100% satisfaction story about my 1911 experience.
We have a member here that makes custom grips for the 1911 by the screen name of Woodnut. He make some beautiful grips ad most of them are quite affordable. Here is a link to his TFF Craftsman Showcase: http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/threads/cw-grips.122614/
I had a Sig TacOps and really liked it, but I sold it. Went with a TRP from Springfield and like it more. The external extracter on the Sigs never seemed right for me.
Thank you again George! Glad I ran across this site today!
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