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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 15:09:06 GMT -5
School me on the Colt Delta Elite. I'm considering another 10mm but will probably go with the P220 platform.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 20:55:56 GMT -5
Yo, Adrian.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 21:59:20 GMT -5
School me on the Colt Delta Elite. I'm considering another 10mm but will probably go with the P220 platform. Sorry, I've been watching LSU lose to TX A&M.
The only thing I know about the Delta Elite other than Colt's ads back in the 80's is that it is a 1911 chambered in 10MM. I have no idea what changes might have been made to them over the years. I've never shot one and handled one only once. I was going to buy one around 1986, but I started checking out the S&W 645. The 645 won out because 1) it's a 45ACP and 2) it's a D/A which was better IMHO for carrying as police duty gun. At this time I was carrying a Colt Commander cocked and locked on duty, but I liked the idea of carrying a gun with all its springs except the mag follower spring relaxed, like a D/A revolver. It also could be carried safety OFF but still safe.
I have no idea what it feels like to shoot a full power 10MM, but the FBI disliked it enough to help develop the 10MM lite, commonly known now as .40S&W. The D.E. DOES have a feature I like that the 645 does NOT. Remove the mag from a 645 and you have a one handed steel bludgeon. It won't fire. The Delta Elite will still fire naked, as a single shot, and one shot ALWAYS beats none.
The Delta Elite is a "sexy" gun if you want to call it that, and it has a certain appeal to certain shooters. As a pretty much standard 1911, it's a fine gun, if you can handle the recoil. I hear they are good for hunting hogs and fox and other small easy to kill critters, even deer. With both guns in 10MM, they are both 8+1, so that's not a factor. It's going to come down to which you like better and more importantly which one you can shoot better.
One advantage to the 1911 is that it is only S/A and because of that the trigger is required to do ONLY one thing --- release the sear. The SIG trigger has to perform several functions, which makes getting a really good trigger pull a city block away from being easy to do. You can choose the spring-relaxed P220, or the spring tensioned 1911. I think that's just another matter of personal choice, since I have never heard of 1911 springs taking a set. Maybe one that has stayed fully loaded, cocked and locked for 30 years could have problems, but I doubt that very many are stored in that condition.
And of course the 1911 is pretty, the P-220 is not. YOU have to decide which you prefer in that regard.
Summary: Either gun is fine. It comes down the the individual's choice and budget. Bath calibers are straight walled pistol case that are easy to reload.
I'll be honest --- I just don't like the look of SIGs, the 1911 is smoother and rounder. If either gun were GIVEN to me, I would be quite content with it, but the SIG would probably be shot so that I could experience it, and then never again.
I personally have no interest in the 10 when the .40 is available, the same way I prefer .38 over .357. If the extra recoil of the bigs doesn't really make a huge POSITIVE difference on the target, then I prefer to baby my hand as much as I can.
I know I'm rambling, but I can't fairly compare two guns I have NEVER shot. So I just have to be honest and say "get the one you want." Delta Elites are COLTS, they are not made in stupidly large numbers, and they wil probably hold more collector value, if you care about that stuff. SIGs look like SIGs blocky and awkward. Many top shooters say that the Colt 1911 has the most ergonomic shape of any handgun grip, that it is conducive to aiding in snap-shooting without using the sights. They say the Colt naturally shoots were you point because of the way it fits your hand.
I honestly hate trying to answer Q's like these because there is no one answer. A well-made handgun is an investment, should increase in value (if there aren't 20 million just like it), and it is not going to rot in 75 years. The handgun you choose should be the one that says IT wants YOU. Your hands, eyes, and shooting styles are not the same as mine, so to wrap it up, all I can say is get the one YOU like best.
Hope that helps ------------ or confuses you so much that you throw up your hands and say "f-word it! I'm gonna buy a .45 ACP Glock!!" If you already have one, get one smaller or larger than your present one.
You are on your own, buddy!
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