Handgun Choice in Power Outages

Yep. I usually carry a 1911 and this is one of those guns where id they are too right, they don’t run when they get dirty, and of course living in Alaska and rolling around in the mud and the snow all day they get dirty. I’ve actually gotten my Glock 19 dirty enough in a single day that it started to have failures, which is why I usually carry a J frame in my pocket as well no matter what I carry on the belt.

The original Colt 1911s were actually pretty sloppy which is why they worked as good as they did. I’ve got a pretty good handful of 1911s right now. All of the ones I have with bushingless barrels do not like to be dirty. My Ruger commander has been 100% reliable in the 8 years or so I have had it. Actually, all of my commanders have been reliable. I’ve really only had issues with the full size “target” guns and the little baby 3”.

When I was an armorer we had 3 Remington Rand 1911’s and they rattled like a old worn out Rambler but they were rather accurate & fun to shoot