gyrfalcon wrote:jgalt wrote:You are comparing a platform to two specific models of firearm. I assume you believe the HK45 & G17 are examples of highly reliable handguns. Care to choose a particular model in the 1911 platform to compare against, or would you prefer to continue making nonsensical statements you believe make you sound intelligent?
The 1911 is a platform but it's also a gun in its plain jane military configuration... that being said I think the challenge is to pretty much all 1911s.
Take your pick! Wilson, Springfield, Kimber, Colt, Taurus, etc, etc....
You - or Evo, or anyone else knocking "the 1911" as opposed to a particular make & model - take your pick. I'm not the one comparing a specific model to a type...
I already stated my opinion back on page 2 or 3. I've had a Springfield "GI.45" 1911-A1 that was utterly reliable after about 1000 rounds - I'd definitely trust my life to it. I've also had a G19 that was utterly reliable from shot #1 that I would also trust my life with. After the break in of the Springfield, they were statistically equally reliable.
Being mechanical devices, it is silly to talk in generalities regarding "reliability" - with
any firearm, the user is going to need to test it to determine whether or not it will work reliably for them. Statistics referring to all of a given model, or all of a given type, are meaningless when what you actually care about is the reliability of the gun in your hand.
Now, if the question is "which firearms manufacturer has the lowest probability of producing a lemon", that's a question that can be debated intelligently. Except of course for the fact that quality control invariably changes over time...