@Seven Fair enough, to be honest it was more I didn't want to gum up an entire forum thread with loads of questions and spit balling of ideas.
As it stands I'm looking to put together a suppressed pistol which uses an
Acetech Tracer Unit which looks appropriate on whatever I opt for.
I've been looking at a variety of build ideas and inspiration from various sources and as a result I'm at the point where I'm reasonably certain a h-capa or 1911 will be the best platform due to parts support. Before someone suggests a Glock, I'm really not a fan of them.
Im a big 1911 fan but when I was looking for my pistol I found that the range of customisation/uprated parts was very limited.
Two big sources of inspiration regarding externals lie with one of the
Smith & Wesson 1911's and one of the
Springfield Armoury 1911-A1 TGO1 .45ACP. I'm also a big fan of personalised examples such as that used by The Joker in Suicide Squad and the
Silverballers used by Agent 47 in the Hitman series of games. That's not to say that I'd want to run around with purple metallic pistol but the level of customisation is a draw to the platform.
As I said above, I feel ya! That SA 45 is very nice and Hitman's ballers have always been a favourite of mine. In fact the hicapa in building will look somewhat similar, very shiny silver with the black suppressor (tracer) but mine will have gold accenting.
There is absolutely no arguing that the scope for customisation for the 2011 is superior to the 1911 and more and more new stuff is coming constantly.
Internally I'd like something that offers good accuracy and range which has the reliability to serve as a primary should it take my fancy.
The Hi-Capa appears to offer higher capacity magazines without having to put up with magazine sticking out from the base of the gun too much. Also the Hi-Capa seems to have better parts availability but I'm not sure how much crossover there is between the two platforms?
For accuracy and range you won't have much problem with either pistol. A simple barrel and hop bucking swap will sort that right out but tbh Marui are lasers out the box.
I have the extended 41rnd prowin mags and they stick out the gun a good inch/inch and a half but once I get my flared magwell on there it'll be hardly noticeable and the extra length Can be nice when/if a mag gets jammed, you have that extra length to grip it and strip the mag out.
From what I've seen there are some crossover parts but they are very few. Off the top of my head I can think of the loading nozzle assembly internals and some of the slides (if you're a confident fitter).
Check out eliteshootingcentre.co.uk or rainbow 8 and see what parts are labelled as 1911/Hi-capa.
One issue I've seen raised regarding 1911's seems to be complaints about the size of the gas reservoir and as such I'm wondering how many full magazines you can get from a single fill.
Can't comment on the 1911 but with my 2011 I get 2, possibly 3 magazines from a single full fill using 41rnd prowin mags but slide weight and length of travel can impact that greatly.
A feature I would like available for my magazines would be to have magazine bumper pads or similar available, as accidents do happen and I like the aesthetic some of these add.
I've seen these around but not something I've looked at in any detail.
The big thing I know for certain is that I would like my base platform to a Tokyo Marui.
Hopefully the above is of use.
I chose the 2011 over the 1911 purely on the customisation options. 2011 wins that hands down from what I've seen, you can literally do anything with it.
My only disappointment is the lack of grips with removable/swappable grip plates like the 1911 has. I've looked everywhere and can't find any.
I would love to have a nice silver grip with faux bone/pearl grip plates that I could laser etched a design onto.
