Greetings all,
I am looking to purchase a .45ACP handgun... but before I do, I need to understand more of the internal workings (that what I know now) to know what I am getting...
(Side note: I guess the same could be true for the most popular calibers, as someone makes the same style of gun for each (I.E. 1911 in 9mm... although I haven't seen a 1911 in .40. Yes, I know it isn't a TRUE 1911 if it is in 9mm, but you get the point.))
Wait, actually, that lead into the next point really well. Ruger has two current types of production line .45ACPs that are quite different beasts, as 1911's are different then a Glockesque gun. Then there are guns like the XD/XDM in 45 that seems to be a marriage of the two platforms (or at least an attempt at their love child). Maybe to narrow this down a bit, we can start with those three firearms and what I know about them. Can you help me with what I am missing?
I know that an SR45 is just like my SR9, and very much like a Glock but with a thumb safety, magazine disconnect, loaded chamber indicator, and the name Ruger on the side. Cocked is a half cycled position and that it is a striker fired weapon. I am not sure if the barrel is "supported" or not, and I am not sure what that means anyway. I know my SR9 is about a 5 pound trigger pull... SR45, Glock 45? I think this is the system I understand the most, but what am I missing?
I know that the SR1911 has a Colt Series 70 esque firing system. I know their is a difference between a series 70 and a series 80 and that that difference has to do with a type of firing pin block, but I lose it past that. 1911s generally have the grip safety and a thumb safety and have an external hammer. I believe that they are single action gun's, cocked is to a full cycles position, and that that is what gives them a often light trigger pull, 3 pounds or less normally? What am I missing here?
I know that the XDm-45 has a match grade barrel, but I don't know what that means. I know that it is a striker fired gun, but that the striker loads fully on a cycle (not half like a Glock/SR), making it a single action in a sense... it therefore looks like that from their it is set-up like a 1911 without the thumb safety. But, that is what it looks like on the outside... I am clueless about how the inside works and how it relates to the other two systems. Is this system a kin to the CZ system?
Ok, I know that I am asking a lot here... but if you have a few moments for school to be in session, that would be great! I also know enough about the P series type platforms to know that I wasn't and am not interested in that platform of handgun... wasn't when I bought my SR 9 and still am not. Thanks folks!!
I am looking to purchase a .45ACP handgun... but before I do, I need to understand more of the internal workings (that what I know now) to know what I am getting...
(Side note: I guess the same could be true for the most popular calibers, as someone makes the same style of gun for each (I.E. 1911 in 9mm... although I haven't seen a 1911 in .40. Yes, I know it isn't a TRUE 1911 if it is in 9mm, but you get the point.))
Wait, actually, that lead into the next point really well. Ruger has two current types of production line .45ACPs that are quite different beasts, as 1911's are different then a Glockesque gun. Then there are guns like the XD/XDM in 45 that seems to be a marriage of the two platforms (or at least an attempt at their love child). Maybe to narrow this down a bit, we can start with those three firearms and what I know about them. Can you help me with what I am missing?
I know that an SR45 is just like my SR9, and very much like a Glock but with a thumb safety, magazine disconnect, loaded chamber indicator, and the name Ruger on the side. Cocked is a half cycled position and that it is a striker fired weapon. I am not sure if the barrel is "supported" or not, and I am not sure what that means anyway. I know my SR9 is about a 5 pound trigger pull... SR45, Glock 45? I think this is the system I understand the most, but what am I missing?
I know that the SR1911 has a Colt Series 70 esque firing system. I know their is a difference between a series 70 and a series 80 and that that difference has to do with a type of firing pin block, but I lose it past that. 1911s generally have the grip safety and a thumb safety and have an external hammer. I believe that they are single action gun's, cocked is to a full cycles position, and that that is what gives them a often light trigger pull, 3 pounds or less normally? What am I missing here?
I know that the XDm-45 has a match grade barrel, but I don't know what that means. I know that it is a striker fired gun, but that the striker loads fully on a cycle (not half like a Glock/SR), making it a single action in a sense... it therefore looks like that from their it is set-up like a 1911 without the thumb safety. But, that is what it looks like on the outside... I am clueless about how the inside works and how it relates to the other two systems. Is this system a kin to the CZ system?
Ok, I know that I am asking a lot here... but if you have a few moments for school to be in session, that would be great! I also know enough about the P series type platforms to know that I wasn't and am not interested in that platform of handgun... wasn't when I bought my SR 9 and still am not. Thanks folks!!