Customer Reviews

The Tactical 1911: The Street Cop's And SWAT Operator's Guide To Employment And Maintenance

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i cannot reccomend this book enough, i have been shooting for almost 16 years, been a police officer for almost 5, consider myself pretty knowledgble about firearms. this book answered questions i didnt even know i had, or ideas as to why/why not on the 1911. dave lauck is also an excellent craftsman, a real gentleman with whom to deal, takes great pride in his work, and if you have ever read any reviews on any of his work in the gun mags, all come back 'superior'. also to his credit, there is not a sentence of pitching his work, it speaks for itself and his reputation is known among operators as an excellent craftsman

This book isn't worth it. It tells you lots of nonsense about how to customize your 1911, but not much how to deploy it in a "tactical" sense. Lauck pushes expensive customization of Colt 1911's but doesn't even touch the newer (and much better) clones. (Kimber, Springfield, etc.).

I found the information shared extremely helpfull. Where was this book when I bought my first 1911? Had I access to this level of in-depth explaining and discussion of the options available I would have made some different decisions. The author obviously knows his stuff and speaks from first-hand experience. The only criticism I have is that the author only refers to work performed by US gunsmiths. It would have been great if the appendix could also have referenced some reputable smiths in other countries. I know this is probably unlikely to happen due to the logistics involved...

The book mainly centered on customizing the 1911, very little on tactical application and hardly anything on maintenance. Not quite pleased with it.

I thought this book has a lot of excellent information in it about the workings of the gun, possible modifications and some great tactical combat training chapters. I highly recommend this book.

I recently picked up a copy of this book and just now finished reading it, and I must say that I found it to be quite informative although there were some areas that I felt were lacking for better descriptions. The author covers a lot of basic ground concerning the 1911 pistol and various ways to improve upon a out-of-the-box 1911 in order to optimize it to its fullest potential. This is all fine and good, but if you want to play it smart and cut some corners, just spend the money up front right from the start and get a 1911 that is customized right from the factory like a Kimber, or go completely custom with a Wilson Combat, Ed Brown, Nighthawk, etc.

Some of the material is old hat for those of us familiar with the 1911, so if that is the case, you may not find this book as useful as others might who aren't as familiar with this particular firearm. The author covers all the basics from safety, proper handling, and maintenance to various different types of customizations that can be done on a basic 1911 in order to get the absolute best out of it. However, always remember that more often than not the problems lie with the shooter, not the firearm being shot.

I also felt that there needed to be more photographs and illustrations throughout the book as it would have helped considerably when the author was describing certain techniques. Overall the book was well done and I only actually rated it at 4.5 stars, but because we don't have a half-star rating feature I gave it four stars instead of five primarily due to the lack of photographs and illustrations to clarify some of the various techniques being described in the book.

I do have one nagging question though concerning this statement from the book located on page number 61 in the last paragraph where the author states;

"The ability to re-holster one-handed is vital. In close encounters, your weak arm will often be busy fending off an assailant while your strong arm re-holsters. Deescalating from firearm to hands-on control is very likely."

WHAT? I am absolutely clueless concerning this statement and would readily welcome any correspondence that could make sense of this statement for me. Here is what I am having difficulty with...

1. If in fact drawing my firearm was justified, why in the world would I re-holster my already drawn firearm if I am still fending off my assailant? Why wouldn't I just shoot him?

2. If you had to draw your firearm in the first place, why would you deescalate to re-holstering your firearm and then going hand-to-hand?

Shawn Kovacich
NRA Firearms Instructor/Krav Maga Instructor
Author and Creator of numerous books and DVD's.

Excellent resource. Very clear and informative. Well worth the price. A good reference for every Law Enforcement professional and Personal Defense CCW folks.

Wonderful book with much appreciated information. Very helpful for the
individual's options and safe use of this firearm. Packaging and condition
of publication were both excellent. This will remain in my permanant
library.

The author came across a little biased on, and spent too much time advocating the 1911. We bought the book, we are probably already fan and probably already have a 1911...might be a little easier to take a "good choice" point of view.

Anyway, I bought the book to learn MORE about my 1911. It would help me if the author would improve/increase illustrations. I'm not familiar with all of the pieces, parts, and most importantly modifications. For example I'm not really clear on the didfference between checkering and stippling, were exactly are the front and back straps, what and where is the "main spring housing". I'll look again at the illustrations in the back of the book, but these didn't jump out at me when I looked for them.

The information on ammo was OK, but i would like more.

Not finished yer, still have to get to the tactics...

If you own or like 1911's you should buy this book and the Gun Digest book of the 1911.