Sig Sauer 1911 - WE THE PEOPLE review
Mar 26, 2021 21:05:25 GMT
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Post by Whistler on Mar 26, 2021 21:05:25 GMT
The 1911. Every one has heard of them, most people in America own one and in England, thanks to not living in Scotland, we are free to buy them too, albeit in a lesser powered CO2 form.
This particular 1911 is the latest addition to my collection …
I’m constantly looking for ways to reinvent my interest in standing by the wheelie bin and shooting at a pellet catcher for the five millionth time and what better way to renew that interest than pretending I’m in America shooting Sig Sauer’s patriotic version of the 1911, happily emblazoned with pithy logos such as Sig Sauer 1911, We the people, 1776 and 13 pretty stars sat on the top of the slide signifying each of the original colonies. All of these emblems, symbols and designs are etched into the pistol, just like on the real thing making the pistol both eye-catching and more desirable than the usual blank faced slides or overuse of jarring white print on some of the other semi automatic pistol offerings, in my opinion at least.
I’ve seen tattoo fetishists with less body art.
Not Another 1911!
Yes another 1911. This one comes with a free bag of BBs if you didn’t already have enough, another Allen key as if anyone into CO2 gun collecting didn’t have enough, a user guide that no b****r pulling this beauty out of its packaging would pay any attention to and a custom made walnut and green felt inlay brassed hinged box. Kidding about the box. The gun is shipped in a carton, sandwiched between plastic. Clearly Sig Sauer felt they’ve spoiled us enough by bringing this gun to market and after seeing the fit and finish on this pistol in person, I’d tend to agree with them.
The KWC 1911 MK 23456
Yes it’s another KWC pistol, yes it’s exactly the same as all of the other KWC 1911s, yes all the other KWC 1911 magazines fit this one and yes I couldn’t care less. Because this time its wearing an American 1776 We The People distressed and weathered theme complimented by aluminium weathered grips decorated with stars and has the exact same trades along the slide as the real thing and if you don’t believe me, play spot the difference between the CO2 version of this pistol and the bullet firing version, both shown below.
The only obvious visual difference between the pistols being MADE IN TAIWAN prominently displayed on the side of the frame on the CO2 version. Stare at it. It is what is it and like a man wearing tight jeans and sporting a boner, it’s hard not to notice, or pretend it’s not there. Removing MADE IN TAIWAN with a solvent isn’t an option as the writing isn’t actually printed on, it’s laser etched into the paint meaning to remove it you need to take the finish completely off the pistol right back to bare metal. It can however can be easily and permanently removed from sight by simply painting over it. There’s nothing quite like shooting a 1911 We The People exacting replica celebrating America’s declaration of independence and catching a glimpse of MADE IN TAIWAN along the slide’s length to pull you out of the fantasy and dump you right back into reality. With that in mind, painting over MADE IN TAIWAN was the first thing I did after unpacking this pistol. In fact I got rid of MADE IN TAIWAN so quickly I didn’t even have time to take a picture of MADE IN TAIWAN for this article.
Needless to say you don’t just slap the paint on and hope for the best, but build the layers up, feathering the edges and patently blending the overall look into the body of the frame. Using the right paint is also essential, you don’t want all that time and effort ripped away the first time you put the gun in a holster, pulling it out and seeing MADE IN TAIWAN screaming out “That’s right! I’m back you bloody bastards!!!” thanks to the inner lining of your holster doing its best impression of a Brillo pad.
Vallejo Model Air is an excellent choice for this type of application, it can be applied by paintbrush or airbrush and according to the manufacturers website “Creates a homogenous paint film of extraordinary resistance” I’d agree with that, once this paint is on, it’s staying on.
Fickle fickle gun love
I fell in love with this particular gun from the moment I saw it online, just like the other nineteen pistols I own, after seeing it advertised on all the usual suspect websites tormenting me with images and promises that one will be mine if I placed my order and surrendered my savings. Well, one wouldn’t be mine if I ordered it because after phoning the stockists in question about placing an order for a supposedly in stock item, no bugger actually had them in stock after all. Covid. Aliens, Lord Lucan, if you can name it you can bet the RFDs I spoke to had used it as an excuse as to why their website stock fell way short of what they had in store.
The dawn of a newera 1911
Days and nights were passed obsessing about the Sig Sauer 1911 sized hole in my collection that wasn’t even a hole until I noticed it to bung in an already overfilled cupboard along with the five other 1911s I own, several Berettas, a swathe of Walthers, almost as many 357s as that number and a holster or two.
Gun collecting ekes out all of my character flaws and this purchase was no different and when I finally found a shop that had this pistol in stock, I bought two, just so I can add greed to the list as well as fickle and obsessive. Why buy two? A pertinent question indeed; I bought one pistol to shoot without remorse happily getting it scratched and banged up along the way without any need on my part to dissolve into a hissy fit of emotion when the first flaw appeared because I put it in a slightly too tight holster and a microscopic scuff became apparent on the underside of the barrel only visible under a 1000 lumen spotlight leading to sleepless nights and obsessive self recrimination … and second, my second and final purchase of this gun is a project toscrew up with amateur tinkering mod. Yup, it’s already stripped to its smallest component and spring and here are the bits, all neatly bagged and labelled and unified in their hope that one day I can fit them all back together in a 1911 shaped functional pistol.
Pistol number two’s weathered finish is currently being refurbished into a stainless steel theme, including stainless trigger, hammer and barrel, and will have it’s original serial number stamped back into the frame, since I unavoidably erased that number during the sanding process.
Once rebuilt, this 1911 may end up as one of my more interesting pistols. The kind you pull out at club meets and casually lay on the table while searching for your phone and waiting for appreciative glances and the usual remarks of “Where did you get that? I’ve not seen one like that before!” and “How much do you want for it?” Honestly the swapping, bartering and haggling I’ve had for off ticket pistols at gun clubs equals any distant past school yard deal I’ve ever put together to swop one Dinky car for another. Maybe I’ll trade the 1911 for a Palitoy Millennium Falcon. I’ve not had one of those in a while. You’d be surprised what those fellows have in their car boots when rolling up at gun club. But all of that is for a future article when this project is completed. I’m sure the pistol will look a beauty eventually but she’s still a long way from completion. In the meantime, she’s looking a little bit shabby …
Shooting and accuracy
The Sig Sauer 1911 is not a target pistol but it should be tin can accurate. I assume it is, I really don’t know. My Mrs wont let me shoot anything out of the recycle bin. She’s worried about rebounds and the windows getting smashed. I did however put a few shots into this fella from 10 meters freestanding.
After shredding several copies of this target with my mighty fine shootin’ skills I photographed one that remained relatively intact ie didn’t have a gaping hole where his hat should be.
The rear sight on the Sig Sauer is slightly raised compared to my other KWC 1911 variants and this may be the reason why this pistol in particular has a tendency to shoot more accurately, ie point of aim is point of impact. Mostly.
I’m no gun guru but for a smooth barrelled BB shooter the Sig 1911 is pretty darn tootin’ - rather accurate indeed. During my aforementioned target session I hardly ever shot that fella in the face yet placed shot after shot in his hat, right where I was aiming from ten meters out, alternating two magazines, eight rounds per mag, in order to keep the CO2 frosty. Not frosty, that would have been a terrible thing! Nonetheless cycling two mags certainly seems to help with the CO2 from cooling down too much and affecting the accuracy of these types of pistols .
The beauty of buying multiples of the same pistol? You end up with an abundance of compatible magazines and at £50 a pop for a spare mag alone, I find even more incentive to buy the same pistol over and over again. For example I’m very pleased with the two matched magazines pictured below. One is from the stainless themed Sig I’m modding as I have a spare silver mag for that already and swapped it over, leaving its original weathered mag free to join this pistol set. I do like my top and tails to match.
This particular 1911 is the latest addition to my collection …
I’m constantly looking for ways to reinvent my interest in standing by the wheelie bin and shooting at a pellet catcher for the five millionth time and what better way to renew that interest than pretending I’m in America shooting Sig Sauer’s patriotic version of the 1911, happily emblazoned with pithy logos such as Sig Sauer 1911, We the people, 1776 and 13 pretty stars sat on the top of the slide signifying each of the original colonies. All of these emblems, symbols and designs are etched into the pistol, just like on the real thing making the pistol both eye-catching and more desirable than the usual blank faced slides or overuse of jarring white print on some of the other semi automatic pistol offerings, in my opinion at least.
I’ve seen tattoo fetishists with less body art.
Not Another 1911!
Yes another 1911. This one comes with a free bag of BBs if you didn’t already have enough, another Allen key as if anyone into CO2 gun collecting didn’t have enough, a user guide that no b****r pulling this beauty out of its packaging would pay any attention to and a custom made walnut and green felt inlay brassed hinged box. Kidding about the box. The gun is shipped in a carton, sandwiched between plastic. Clearly Sig Sauer felt they’ve spoiled us enough by bringing this gun to market and after seeing the fit and finish on this pistol in person, I’d tend to agree with them.
The KWC 1911 MK 23456
Yes it’s another KWC pistol, yes it’s exactly the same as all of the other KWC 1911s, yes all the other KWC 1911 magazines fit this one and yes I couldn’t care less. Because this time its wearing an American 1776 We The People distressed and weathered theme complimented by aluminium weathered grips decorated with stars and has the exact same trades along the slide as the real thing and if you don’t believe me, play spot the difference between the CO2 version of this pistol and the bullet firing version, both shown below.
The only obvious visual difference between the pistols being MADE IN TAIWAN prominently displayed on the side of the frame on the CO2 version. Stare at it. It is what is it and like a man wearing tight jeans and sporting a boner, it’s hard not to notice, or pretend it’s not there. Removing MADE IN TAIWAN with a solvent isn’t an option as the writing isn’t actually printed on, it’s laser etched into the paint meaning to remove it you need to take the finish completely off the pistol right back to bare metal. It can however can be easily and permanently removed from sight by simply painting over it. There’s nothing quite like shooting a 1911 We The People exacting replica celebrating America’s declaration of independence and catching a glimpse of MADE IN TAIWAN along the slide’s length to pull you out of the fantasy and dump you right back into reality. With that in mind, painting over MADE IN TAIWAN was the first thing I did after unpacking this pistol. In fact I got rid of MADE IN TAIWAN so quickly I didn’t even have time to take a picture of MADE IN TAIWAN for this article.
Needless to say you don’t just slap the paint on and hope for the best, but build the layers up, feathering the edges and patently blending the overall look into the body of the frame. Using the right paint is also essential, you don’t want all that time and effort ripped away the first time you put the gun in a holster, pulling it out and seeing MADE IN TAIWAN screaming out “That’s right! I’m back you bloody bastards!!!” thanks to the inner lining of your holster doing its best impression of a Brillo pad.
Vallejo Model Air is an excellent choice for this type of application, it can be applied by paintbrush or airbrush and according to the manufacturers website “Creates a homogenous paint film of extraordinary resistance” I’d agree with that, once this paint is on, it’s staying on.
Fickle fickle gun love
I fell in love with this particular gun from the moment I saw it online, just like the other nineteen pistols I own, after seeing it advertised on all the usual suspect websites tormenting me with images and promises that one will be mine if I placed my order and surrendered my savings. Well, one wouldn’t be mine if I ordered it because after phoning the stockists in question about placing an order for a supposedly in stock item, no bugger actually had them in stock after all. Covid. Aliens, Lord Lucan, if you can name it you can bet the RFDs I spoke to had used it as an excuse as to why their website stock fell way short of what they had in store.
The dawn of a new
Days and nights were passed obsessing about the Sig Sauer 1911 sized hole in my collection that wasn’t even a hole until I noticed it to bung in an already overfilled cupboard along with the five other 1911s I own, several Berettas, a swathe of Walthers, almost as many 357s as that number and a holster or two.
Gun collecting ekes out all of my character flaws and this purchase was no different and when I finally found a shop that had this pistol in stock, I bought two, just so I can add greed to the list as well as fickle and obsessive. Why buy two? A pertinent question indeed; I bought one pistol to shoot without remorse happily getting it scratched and banged up along the way without any need on my part to dissolve into a hissy fit of emotion when the first flaw appeared because I put it in a slightly too tight holster and a microscopic scuff became apparent on the underside of the barrel only visible under a 1000 lumen spotlight leading to sleepless nights and obsessive self recrimination … and second, my second and final purchase of this gun is a project to
Pistol number two’s weathered finish is currently being refurbished into a stainless steel theme, including stainless trigger, hammer and barrel, and will have it’s original serial number stamped back into the frame, since I unavoidably erased that number during the sanding process.
Once rebuilt, this 1911 may end up as one of my more interesting pistols. The kind you pull out at club meets and casually lay on the table while searching for your phone and waiting for appreciative glances and the usual remarks of “Where did you get that? I’ve not seen one like that before!” and “How much do you want for it?” Honestly the swapping, bartering and haggling I’ve had for off ticket pistols at gun clubs equals any distant past school yard deal I’ve ever put together to swop one Dinky car for another. Maybe I’ll trade the 1911 for a Palitoy Millennium Falcon. I’ve not had one of those in a while. You’d be surprised what those fellows have in their car boots when rolling up at gun club. But all of that is for a future article when this project is completed. I’m sure the pistol will look a beauty eventually but she’s still a long way from completion. In the meantime, she’s looking a little bit shabby …
With this version of the pistol being stainless steel themed I felt a nice tan holster would compliment it beautifully.
Meanwhile…
… back to pistol number one. This is the rootin’ tootin’ everyday shootin’ version of my duo of Sig 1911s and yes It does need its very own holster. This time it’s a black Desantis Thumb Break Scabbard 5” right hand draw and fits the KWC Sig Sauer like a pea in a pod. Every gun I buy gets its own holster, I started doing that from the very first pistol I bought, carried on doing that throughout building my collection, and I see no reason to deprive the Sig(s) of that tradition now. I’ve got more leather in my holster collection than the Mrs had during her fetish years yet unlike the Mrs, I have no plans to flog the lot on eBay after putting on a couple of pounds leaving my Saturday nights free to the machinations of Ant & Dec and fat people skating on ice.Anyhoo, holster pix next:
Shooting and accuracy
The Sig Sauer 1911 is not a target pistol but it should be tin can accurate. I assume it is, I really don’t know. My Mrs wont let me shoot anything out of the recycle bin. She’s worried about rebounds and the windows getting smashed. I did however put a few shots into this fella from 10 meters freestanding.
After shredding several copies of this target with my mighty fine shootin’ skills I photographed one that remained relatively intact ie didn’t have a gaping hole where his hat should be.
The rear sight on the Sig Sauer is slightly raised compared to my other KWC 1911 variants and this may be the reason why this pistol in particular has a tendency to shoot more accurately, ie point of aim is point of impact. Mostly.
I’m no gun guru but for a smooth barrelled BB shooter the Sig 1911 is pretty darn tootin’ - rather accurate indeed. During my aforementioned target session I hardly ever shot that fella in the face yet placed shot after shot in his hat, right where I was aiming from ten meters out, alternating two magazines, eight rounds per mag, in order to keep the CO2 frosty. Not frosty, that would have been a terrible thing! Nonetheless cycling two mags certainly seems to help with the CO2 from cooling down too much and affecting the accuracy of these types of pistols .
The beauty of buying multiples of the same pistol? You end up with an abundance of compatible magazines and at £50 a pop for a spare mag alone, I find even more incentive to buy the same pistol over and over again. For example I’m very pleased with the two matched magazines pictured below. One is from the stainless themed Sig I’m modding as I have a spare silver mag for that already and swapped it over, leaving its original weathered mag free to join this pistol set. I do like my top and tails to match.
If you are anything like me, your Lord Of The Rings Gollum complex will need to be frequently satisfied with the next “My Pretty!!!!!” so if you are in the market for a 1911 with a slightly different theme away from the norm, why not try a Sig Sauer? Or two.
