The Commander-size 1911 has many positive attributes, but being a pocket pistol is not one of them. While it’s always encouraging to see a market respond to user needs, this review is not about featherweight pocket pistols. In recent years, firearms makers have recognized the trend toward smaller and lighter pistols and have responded with a dizzying array of ever-smaller pocket pistols. The Commander is enough smaller to make concealed carry a bit easier, yet still large enough to serve as a serious duty weapon if necessary while retaining the same manual of arms as the full-sized M1911A1. A full-size duty weapon like the M1911/M1911A1 can be worn for concealment and self defense … but it’s not the easiest chunk of metal to conceal. Today, vast numbers of people, in the United States and elsewhere, own pistols for concealed (and, in some cases, open) carry for self defense. The full-size (5-inch) M1911 was designed by John Browning in response to military requirements, and it was intended for use as a combat pistol, to be worn in an exposed, flapped leather holster slung from a pistol belt. Along with John Caradimas, owner and publisher of this on-line magazine, I am among a small but avid group of “1911 guys” who hold the opinion that the true, 4¼-inch Commander is the optimum form factor for a 1911 pistol.
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