Was the P.08 overbuilt???

John Sabato · 10-28-2003, 04:23 PM

Jerry, perhaps if I "carried" for a living instead of on appropriate occasions, I guess weight might matter to me... but what does matter to me is endurance... For years I practiced most with a steel frame gun and for the last magazine or two I would use my M1911A1 that I built on an aluminum frame... a major difference in weight but not function and sight picture...

I doubt many of the 'plastic' framed guns could have taken the pounding I have given that Aluminum frame and still be in service... and my steel frame 1911A1's will be in service long after they pry them outta my cold dead hands...

10-28-2003, 04:23 PM	#13
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	Jerry, perhaps if I "carried" for a living instead of on appropriate occasions, I guess weight might matter to me... but what does matter to me is endurance... For years I practiced most with a steel frame gun and for the last magazine or two I would use my M1911A1 that I built on an aluminum frame... a major difference in weight but not function and sight picture... I doubt many of the 'plastic' framed guns could have taken the pounding I have given that Aluminum frame and still be in service... and my steel frame 1911A1's will be in service long after they pry them outta my cold dead hands... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*