Thread: Personal Firearms

Cool, but no ejectors?

Originally Posted by Furcifer

Hey, that's awesome.

Here's one I'm having built 'for the wife' now... It's a custom 6" long-slide 1911 in 9mm from Fusion Firearms. Takes about six months.

My gods thats beautiful! Is it slimmer than the standard 1911 pistols? I have tiny little hands, the bigguns are too much for me normally.

Originally Posted by Magpie

My gods thats beautiful! Is it slimmer than the standard 1911 pistols? I have tiny little hands, the bigguns are too much for me normally.

There are slimmer grips you can get for a 1911 that help. I have smallish hands as well and still think a 1911 grip is one of the best.

Only issue I see with the Chiappa shotgun is it that it reminds me of my "want" for a desert eagle .50...I've had two. They are super cool, super heavy, built like a tank, but for me there was zero practical use. I would like to check out the "triple-threat" though, may not be as heavy as I envision.

On the 1911 pistol Magpie, this platform has one of the smallest diameter grips of a full size pistol around. There are slimmer grips you can put on them, but they will not make it much "smaller", but very well make it "feel right" in your hands. I've personally got short fingers & a large palm. The 1911 platform is my choice hands down. I shot a friends Springfield XDs the other day...pretty impressive. It's got a total overall slimmer package, smaller diameter grip, and it comes in .45. Will I ever own one, I don't know. What I do know is that I'm personally not a fan of polymer pistols, but they have proven themselves.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Only issue I see with the Chiappa shotgun is it that it reminds me of my "want" for a desert eagle .50...I've had two. They are super cool, super heavy, built like a tank, but for me there was zero practical use. I would like to check out the "triple-threat" though, may not be as heavy as I envision.

On the 1911 pistol Magpie, this platform has one of the smallest diameter grips of a full size pistol around. There are slimmer grips you can put on them, but they will not make it much "smaller", but very well make it "feel right" in your hands. I've personally got short fingers & a large palm. The 1911 platform is my choice hands down. I shot a friends Springfield XDs the other day...pretty impressive. It's got a total overall slimmer package, smaller diameter grip, and it comes in .45. Will I ever own one, I don't know. What I do know is that I'm personally not a fan of polymer pistols, but they have proven themselves.

I have both the XD and 1911 and they fit my small hands. On the 1911's I install a short trigger, thin stocks and a flat mainspring housing and it works well.

I'm about 5.5 and 145 pounds My most comfortable feeling was with a Berreta Cheetah in .380
That thing fit my hands pefectly. (that should give you an idea of how small my hands are)
Unfortunatly for me, at the moment NY will not provide me with a licence to own, forget about carry. They have many sticks inserted in various orifi in this neck of the woods. So at the moment, all I can do is dream.