Ok guys here is my problem, I recently bought a Glock 17 gen3 awesome weapon. I also have a Springfield Armory 1911 its stainless steel, adjustable sights and has never malfunctioned with 1k rounds give or take. Should I sell my SA to fund ammo, Safariland holster etc for my Glock or keep it? I really love my 1911 and shoot it better than the Glock but am not really up to task of maintaining it and the sights are terrible for a fighting gun.
Keep it… doesn’t hurt to have multiple pistols.
I second that, I was in the same position about a year ago and sold the 1911. Now I wish I hadn’t.
The answer to your question is dependent on your needs. You have to decide whether or not to keep the 1911 based on how it helps you meet those needs.
If you want a fighting weapon, and want to train train train, and use this weapon for daily needs, then you have to consider whether or not you need the 1911 for this. Personally, if I wanted a fighting weapon and wanted to train, I would keep the Glock.
However, if you like shooting the 1911, and it’s a fun range gun, and it meets your needs as a range gun, then keep both of them.
In the end, you’re the only one that can decide what your needs are, and how effectively each of your weapons meets those needs.
Thanks guys for your input, I have a feeling I would regret getting rid of it Ive had it a long time. It is a good range toy but its not something I would trust mine or my familirs lives to. I say that not because its ever malfunctioned but from the info gleaned here and other places about the 1911 platform, and that is what all my guns are for when you get right down to it.
Sell it, pick up a second G17 and get some training and shoot the crap out of them.
I agree. The benefits you gain in using only one type of shooting platform are great. Your muscle memory gets more refined and you will shoot your Glock much better if you foresake using other types of pistols.
Keep it. Makes a great home defence weapon.
No pistol is a great home defenSe weapon. Let alone a low cap marginally reliable 1911.
But I say keep it for recreational plinking. That’s what mine are kept for. It’s a romantic’s gun and nothing more.
Other than a 12 Gauge shotgun or short barrel M4. What’s wrong with a 45
sell them both and get a good 1911, tons of ammo, and a couple classes… 
oh, if you have a budget?
Its pretty clear from your post you know selling and using the money to take a class/but ammo/ ect is a smart move. You just want people to help you along.
Gun people for some reason have issues with selling guns. Not me 
i’d sell it and accessorize, girlfriend. No, seriously… that includes (but is not limited to) a light, holsters, ammo, and a .22 lr conversion.
Sell it and train.
And training.
In my experience, I’ve always regretted selling a gun I liked.
I shoot my plastic guns most frequently, but I’m not selling either of my 1911’s.
I’m a 1911 guy through and through…
But there will be other 1911’s if you sell yours, no problem there.
Yeah I definetly have a budget and a damn tight one. I have a TLR1 for my Glock but not my AR, need a good holster tho. As for as training my lil brother was 0311 and B.I.L. was a Marine also and they have been working with me, I know its not as good as a good trainer, TigerSwan and the like but until my wife gets thru school no real training is in my future dang it. Im thinkin the SA should go for good kit. I have no problem selling it but I know Im gone miss it.
Fixed that for you.
Seriously, although your gun isn’t in the same price range as one a friend of mine bought, I ended up with a G17, a G26, holsters, ammo and a TDSA AP-1 class all paid for, for the same price as what my friend has in his 1911.
Crazy IMHO unless you are just plain rich, and in that case you go do whatever you feel like paying for.
Pick up a G19 or another G17 and get a ton of ammo. And that is coming from a die hard 1911 fan.
Thanks. But, I am a firm believer in multiples of your primary, task oriented firearms.