one shot hunter
Bearcat
I prefer flat over arched. I had one arched mainspring housing on a Colt many years ago and I changed it to a flat as soon as I could and was very happy.
Flat vs Arched mainspring housing
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Richbaker
Blackhawk
IIRC, the original had an arched msh. The Army specd the flat one with the A1 revision...
Chuck 100 yd
Hunter
I agree with WIL TERRY (both posts). Flat mainspring housings for me,thank you.
Richbaker
Blackhawk
I was closer than anyone else that posted.....
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Snake45 said:
Rabon
Single-Sixer
I prefer the flat, I find it interesting that so many 1911 guys hate Glocks yet like the arched on a 1911 which gives the 1911 the same grip angle as a Glock.
Precision32
Blackhawk
I run a speed bump and an arched MS housing. Works for me.
DA_TriggR4Ruger
Hunter
Snake45 said:
edlmann
Blackhawk
RCP1936 said:
People who shot "instinctively" without aiming were shooting low.
edlmann
Blackhawk
DGW1949 said:
The Gold Cup is intended to be deliberately aimed, not "pointed."
I have average sized hands but very long fingers, so I find the long trigger a bit short, but no more room in the trigger guard to lengthen the trigger.
Exactly right. Also, the Gold Cup had (has) an extra long, extra wide trigger. You have to have pretty long fingers to shoot a 1911 with an arched housing and that trigger (longer than mine, anyway).edlmann said:
Also, it just flat looks classier. :wink: :lol:
I don't know if Pachmayr still makes their rubber-covered 1911 MSHs, but for a while they had them in flat, arched, and "semi-arched" which was right between the two. I have one of these on a gun just because I bought one out of curiosity. It's a bit different feeling.
Elfego El Gato
Single-Sixer
My Dan Wesson PointMan7 is straight with a long trigger and I like it very much. My dad's Army-issued Colt had an arch and a short trigger, and it wasn't comfortable for me.
I shot a straight MSH for years before trying an arched one. I'm thinking my preference probably has more to do with what I was used to than either actually better than the other.
I come to this conclusion because my dad, who was an experienced shooter and started with the arch always preferred it.
So, it seems to me that people tend to like what they're used to. It's certainly true in my and my father's cases, anyway.
I shot a straight MSH for years before trying an arched one. I'm thinking my preference probably has more to do with what I was used to than either actually better than the other.
I come to this conclusion because my dad, who was an experienced shooter and started with the arch always preferred it.
So, it seems to me that people tend to like what they're used to. It's certainly true in my and my father's cases, anyway.
