Whats the deal with all the 9mm 1911's?

[Kingman]

My 13 year old started this year. He loves the single stack 9. He hates my limited major gun.

[MetropolisLake]

9mm 1911's are possibly the most hilariously fun pistol to shoot because of the tiny recoil and the trigger that just begs to be rapid fired....

I have a 9mm Eagle on the way, so this made me giggety.

Edited January 31, 2014 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters

[hornetx40]

9mm is the probably the best choice for steel challenge shooting since their is no power factor requirement, low recoil and the cheapest to reload for and the cheapest when you can't recover all of your brass

[TPMINAZ]

I recently bought a 9mm 1911Dan Wesson for two reasons. The first is it is a great gun for shooting in steel matches. The second is to use in USPSA SS. I know I will suffer if I don't hit "A's" but the best advice I received was if the match has a lot of steel the extra capacity of the 9mm will more than offset the scoring penalties. If the COF for the match shows mainly paper I will shoot major.

[ttolliver]

I'm already a SS shooter that gets a kick out of announcing, "230 grains!" when I step up to the chrono. But I have to admit to an interest in trying 9mm SS.

I did some figuring once and decided the difference in scoring factor would probably be a wash. At least on paper. Shooting all alphas is one answer, of course. But 8 round mags live to hand out standing reloads and the occasional slide lock. So I think 10 round mags might be a wash to the less accomplished shooters as well.

Although thinking about it now, the 10 round magazine advantage pretty much goes away on classifiers that tend to be 6 rounds at a time.

[2o2ll]

i've got an 9mm spartan and picking up a trojan in 9mm as well, they're extremely fun to shoot to say the least! not to mention it's a whole lot cheaper lol

[1911aow]

I have decided to go 9mmP/Minor at the IPSC World Shoot in Florida later this year.

My reasons are as follows:

In IPSC 9 rounds may be shot from a position. That effectively leaves the major gun at slidelock and with no extra shots or fill in shots. If the next positions also requires 9 rounds, it means 2 mag changes.

With IPSC rules requiring a ratio of 3 short, 2 medium and 1 long course for matches, there will be many more short courses that require between 9 and 12 rounds. Those extra cartridges could be very valuable to avoid standing reloads.

Although I take a hit in scoring, I am much better at calling shots with the minor gun than the major gun and can place my shots much more accurately at speed with the softer recoiling gun. I will aim to shoot 90%+ of the available score on each stage. That should still keep me competitive accuracy wise.

The last factor is shooter fatigue. After 2 days of shooting the major gun, I start to suffer from tendonitis and my scores and shooting is affected. I dont have the same problem when shooting the 9mmP. The WS will be 4 days of shooting and in my mind 4 days of consistent shooting will easily beat 3 days of substandard shooting.

I might be completely wrong...

[ktm300]

I have decided to go 9mmP/Minor at the IPSC World Shoot in Florida later this year.

I might be completely wrong...

Sounds like a good idea. I shoot my 9mm SS gun pretty well. I would have to get a different mag well for mine but other than that it would be a lot of fun. Now I just have to wait to see if I get to work/shoot it.