your favorite Commander - The Firearms Forum

N.D. · 01-31-2012, 12:08 PM

Hi all I would just like to invite everyone to vote for "as in list" (Pics very much encouraged) their fav Commander that they either use or would use for EDC CCW purposes.

Have fun!

PanhandlePop · 01-31-2012, 12:26 PM

For Commander-size pistols, it would be the only one I own-the STI Ranger II. It is a nicely constructed, reliable 1911 and extremely accurate. My only change to it was to switch the front sight to a Trijicon. For range use, my old eyes couldn't take the black on black sights. To go a little lighter weight, I have a Colt CCO (lightweight frame). The Colt isn't quite the gun that the STI is, but it is much lighter and has a shorter grip which makes carry more comfortable. Either is good for carry, though.

Double D · 01-31-2012, 01:05 PM

This has got to be it!

gdmoody · 01-31-2012, 06:36 PM

I love my Citadel that I bought from Double D a couple of years ago.

Double D · 01-31-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gdmoody

I love my Citadel that I bought from Double D a couple of years ago.

Oh yea, you mean the hair trigger citadel. I remember that gun. Kinda wish I would have kept it sometimes.

gdmoody · 01-31-2012, 07:35 PM

Dan, that one you have now is a whole lot prettier, though.

Shooter45 · 01-31-2012, 08:25 PM

My daily carry Colt Combat Commander.

hogger129 · 02-02-2012, 02:48 PM

I like the Smith & Wesson Scandium Commander the best.

savage170 · 02-02-2012, 04:03 PM

This one is my favorite but it is mixed up commander length slide and barrel and officer size grip

Inthewind1976 · 02-03-2012, 04:07 AM

I have ALWAYS wanted a Colt Series 70 Lightweight Commander, and I have always been torn between the 45 and the Super. If I could afford one, I would get one and be equally happy with either caliber; hell if I could afford 2, my problem would be SOLVED!!

NGIB · 02-08-2012, 09:43 AM

I carry a 3 inch 1911 but iff'n I carried one of my 4 inch guns it would be either my series 1 Pro Carry or my Eclipse Pro II...

hansom · 02-09-2012, 03:55 AM

My favorite commander 1911 is my Para ord LTC.

3 years old and thousands of rounds through it, not one failure of any kind.
Scary accurate , sometimes i wish i could miss the target just to make things interesting, one of my daily carry guns.

UncleFudd · 02-09-2012, 07:53 AM

Colt lightweight carry gun with well North of 100,000 rounds through her. Fourth barrel and I had to use a ramped one as the feed ramp had been worn down, welded up and cut back too many times.
She ate mostly my own rolled 200 gr RN and loved them.

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Replaced her with exact dup only in 9MM, using Caspian frame and Kart barrel.
Tried to make all the parts and pieces, even the sights the same so I had no retraining to do. Recoil from the 45 was beginning to bother my hands after 3 to 4 hundred rounds a weekend. 9MM is not so punishing and still very effective.

UF

01-31-2012, 12:08 PM	#1
N.D. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: S. E. Michigan Posts: 8	your favorite Commander Hi all I would just like to invite everyone to vote for "as in list" (Pics very much encouraged) their fav Commander that they either use or would use for EDC CCW purposes. Have fun! -->

01-31-2012, 12:26 PM	#2
PanhandlePop V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 252	Re: your favorite Commander For Commander-size pistols, it would be the only one I own-the STI Ranger II. It is a nicely constructed, reliable 1911 and extremely accurate. My only change to it was to switch the front sight to a Trijicon. For range use, my old eyes couldn't take the black on black sights. To go a little lighter weight, I have a Colt CCO (lightweight frame). The Colt isn't quite the gun that the STI is, but it is much lighter and has a shorter grip which makes carry more comfortable. Either is good for carry, though.

01-31-2012, 01:05 PM	#3
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,065	Re: your favorite Commander This has got to be it! Attached Images __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder.

01-31-2012, 06:36 PM	#4
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,324	Re: your favorite Commander I love my Citadel that I bought from Double D a couple of years ago. Attached Images __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

01-31-2012, 07:35 PM	#6
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,324	Re: your favorite Commander Dan, that one you have now is a whole lot prettier, though. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

01-31-2012, 08:25 PM	#7
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,751	Re: your favorite Commander My daily carry Colt Combat Commander. Attached Images

02-02-2012, 02:48 PM	#8
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: your favorite Commander I like the Smith & Wesson Scandium Commander the best. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."

02-02-2012, 04:03 PM	#9
savage170 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: FL Posts: 385	Re: your favorite Commander This one is my favorite but it is mixed up commander length slide and barrel and officer size grip

02-03-2012, 04:07 AM	#10
Inthewind1976 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 533	Re: your favorite Commander I have ALWAYS wanted a Colt Series 70 Lightweight Commander, and I have always been torn between the 45 and the Super. If I could afford one, I would get one and be equally happy with either caliber; hell if I could afford 2, my problem would be SOLVED!!

02-08-2012, 09:43 AM	#11
NGIB V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hinesville, GA/Sumter SC Contributor Posts: 152	Re: your favorite Commander I carry a 3 inch 1911 but iff'n I carried one of my 4 inch guns it would be either my series 1 Pro Carry or my Eclipse Pro II... __________________ Proud to be a veteran and still serving (USAF Retired, Army Civilian) I'm old, experienced, grumpy, and jaded - still vertical though...

02-09-2012, 03:55 AM	#12
hansom Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 81	Re: your favorite Commander My favorite commander 1911 is my Para ord LTC. 3 years old and thousands of rounds through it, not one failure of any kind. Scary accurate , sometimes i wish i could miss the target just to make things interesting, one of my daily carry guns. Attached Images

02-09-2012, 07:53 AM	#13
UncleFudd Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix, Az Contributor Posts: 549	Re: your favorite Commander Colt lightweight carry gun with well North of 100,000 rounds through her. Fourth barrel and I had to use a ramped one as the feed ramp had been worn down, welded up and cut back too many times. She ate mostly my own rolled 200 gr RN and loved them. [/IMG Replaced her with exact dup only in 9MM, using Caspian frame and Kart barrel. Tried to make all the parts and pieces, even the sights the same so I had no retraining to do. Recoil from the 45 was beginning to bother my hands after 3 to 4 hundred rounds a weekend. 9MM is not so punishing and still very effective. UF