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3 Defensive Handgun Features You Really Don’t Need

I agree fully on one, kinda on another, and the third is kinda bovine excrement.

I agree completely about FLGR’s in 1911’s...completely unnecessary in a Gov't (5”) or Commander (4.25”), and more trouble than they are worth—an elegant solution to a non existent problem.

I kinda agree with the 3-dots—unless we're talking tritium. Then, muted rear dots with a brighter front are desirable.

And the excrement? Well, when he ragged on some gun store guy calling it a ”slide release” and then gets it just as wrong as well—”slide stop”—he pretty much lost any credibility he might have had. It's a “slide stop release”...because you can RELEASE the SLIDE STOP by pressing it down; that’s what it's there for. And while some makes of pistols have minuscule ones (Glock, for instance), not all pistols do, and using the SSR is perfectly acceptable on those models.
 
HansGruber said:
I agree fully on one, kinda on another, and the third is kinda bovine excrement.

I agree completely about FLGR’s in 1911’s...completely unnecessary in a Gov't (5”) or Commander (4.25”), and more trouble than they are worth—an elegant solution to a non existent problem.

I kinda agree with the 3-dots—unless we're talking tritium. Then, muted rear dots with a brighter front are desirable.

And the excrement? Well, when he ragged on some gun store guy calling it a ”slide release” and then gets it just as wrong as well—”slide stop”—he pretty much lost any credibility he might have had. It's a “slide stop release”...because you can RELEASE the SLIDE STOP by pressing it down; that’s what it's there for. And while some makes of pistols have minuscule ones (Glock, for instance), not all pistols do, and using the SSR is perfectly acceptable on those models.
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U nailed it far as I’m concerned...on all three.

Sidebar: Only thing I’ve heard about FLGR doing any good was adding forward weight. But I ain’t buying that that’s in any practical way measurable.
 
Regardless of whether you feel any difference in a FLGR, the assertion that they make the 1911 harder to field strip is simply not the case. I’ve got them in two 1911s and if I can work with them, any one can. Seriously.
 
Every bit of that is personal preference. If you need blacked out rear sights to force you to focus on your front sight you need to spend more time at the range. At any rate in most civilian SD situations very little focus is going to be on any of the sights.

I have a FLGR in one of my 1911s. It came that way. It don't bother me.

And I don't care what the slide release is called or if it's extended.

Seems to me writers are running out of **** to write about.
 
If we're talking about a defensive handgun, those three-dot sights need to be tritium. Unless it's broad daylight and you're out of doors, anything else is pretty pointless (opinion alert!). I had a stock front fiber-optic sight on my XD Mod.2 subcompact and even at an indoor range it was practically invisible because of their lighting configuration. FO sights are awesome on a bright sunny day, but for a defensive handgun... not so much. And now we can talk about the new Hex optics from Springfield and how red dots allow a defensive handgun user to be target focused and have a nice, easy to acquire sight picture in most any light. But I'm untactical, so more experienced shooters' mileage will vary.

As for #2, I'm a fan of the rack and release method. Let the gun do the work its designed to do.

Someday (hopefully soon) I'll have a 1911 and no doubt develop an opinion on the FLGR. Until then, I've got nothing on that one.
 
I just hope I am not one of the "internet experts" the Sheriff referred to!

I agree with the implied point in the article that there are so many options available (i.e. manufacturers, models, sights, etc.) that choosing one is difficult, especially so for someone who just wants to be armed to effectively defend themselves and has little or no experience. If you put yourself in their shoes, it would be almost overwhelming.

Thanks for the link, Anni.
 
Well opinions are like A holes. I don’t necessarily take issue with what the article says, I just get tired of gun writers writing like their opinion means something significant. I’m sure he had a point in there somewhere about people spending time and money upgrading things that money would be better spent upgrading something else, which I agree with. But plenty of people do just fine with those 3 things on their guns.
I’d say as far as self defense goes that money would be better spent on a different gun. I am a 1911 guy. I love them. They are not the best SD guns. Particularly for concealed carry. Upgrade to a pistol that holds more than 8 Rounds is a good place to start.
 
I view self-defense pistols as an individual choice. My only opinion on them is that I think people need to train with them. As long as someone is proficient enough with their weapon that they do not endanger innocent bystanders, then I really don't care too much about what they carry. People should use whatever sights they prefer, and should feel free to customize anything on their gun that they want. Unless this article was strictly intended for new buyers in order to prevent them from overpaying for features they may not want, I agree with Bassbob that it doesn't seem to be very useful.
 
somorris said:
I just hope I am not one of the "internet experts" the Sheriff referred to!

I agree with the implied point in the article that there are so many options available (i.e. manufacturers, models, sights, etc.) that choosing one is difficult, especially so for someone who just wants to be armed to effectively defend themselves and has little or no experience. If you put yourself in their shoes, it would be almost overwhelming.

Thanks for the link, Anni.
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Best CC is usually KISSed.
 
Bassbob said:
Every bit of that is personal preference. If you need blacked out rear sights to force you to focus on your front sight you need to spend more time at the range. At any rate in most civilian SD situations very little focus is going to be on any of the sights.

I have a FLGR in one of my 1911s. It came that way. It don't bother me.

And I don't care what the slide release is called or if it's extended.

Seems to me writers are running out of **** to write about.
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"And I don't care what the slide release is called..."

Ditto.
 
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