The Carry Contour TRP: Less Grip to Print

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “The Carry Contour TRP: Less Grip to Print” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/carry-contour-trp-less-grip-to-print/.

 

[Grayfox]

If you like it, more power to ya. But I've never cared for bobbing the 1911 grip. Just don't fit my hand.
For that matter, I don't like a flat MSH. The full grip frame with an arched MSH fits me perfectly. Unfortunately, it seems that most of the major 1911 manufacturers have gone almost completely with flat MSHs. So if I buy a new 1911, I have to spend extra money to swap it out for an arched one.
Ya hear that Springfield? I want my arched MSH back!

 

[Winchester67]

Have to admit, I come down on the arched mainspring housing as well. They changed it back in the day for a reason. Whenever I let a newer shoot try my 1911 pattern sidearms, they always say "I really like the way this feels" then I point out the arched mainspring housing. So many newer shooters have only shot the flat mainspring, and it is a revelation when they shoot a proper arched housing.

Bob Chow Custom Combat Commander...back when customs still came with arched mainspring housings!

 

[Sld1959]

Have to admit, I come down on the arched mainspring housing as well. They changed it back in the day for a reason. Whenever I let a newer shoot try my 1911 pattern sidearms, they always say "I really like the way this feels" then I point out the arched mainspring housing. So many newer shooters have only shot the flat mainspring, and it is a revelation when they shoot a proper arched housing.View attachment 71451

Bob Chow Custom Combat Commander...back when customs still came with arched mainspring housings!

The flat housing might be considered proper in itself too, the 1911 was designed and adopted with the flat housing. It was afterwards that the arched mainspring housing was created and adopted in the 1911A1 in the twenties after WWI. The reason was i understand to help some shooters naturally raise the muzzle a bit more. A lot of people like it. A lot like the flat too lol.

I will admit to preferring the flat over the arched.
One might think manufacturers might find a way to include easily swappable arched and flat housings so we could choose.

 

[az4783054]

It's nice to have options and some manufacturers recognize enthusiasts are not all the same in terms of hand size. For me a bobtail or round butt is my choice due to carpal tunnel and the standard frame aggravates my hand.

 

[Winchester67]

I grew up with a Colt Gold Cup that I bought when I turned 21. It had the flat mainspring housing, so that was what I was used to...but liked the arched when I tried it later. Easy enough to change out.

 

[Sld1959]

I grew up with a Colt Gold Cup that I bought when I turned 21. It had the flat mainspring housing, so that was what I was used to...but liked the arched when I tried it later. Easy enough to change out.

They are not hard but I would think it would not break the bank to supply both styles matching the pistols finish.

 

[az4783054]

I started carrying 1911 pistols for work in the '70s, all had arched mainspring housings, long before bobtail or round butt...and I didn't know anything else.

Carpal tunnel and my birth date changed all that.

 

[Grayfox]

The original 1911 did have a flat MSH. Now remember that back then one handed point shooting was the normal style. Soldiers complained that the gun had a bad tendency to shoot low. Going to the arched MSH on the A1 versions cured that little problem.

 

[Sld1959]

The original 1911 did have a flat MSH. Now remember that back then one handed point shooting was the normal style. Soldiers complained that the gun had a bad tendency to shoot low. Going to the arched MSH on the A1 versions cured that little problem.

Yes, as have better sights, the original sights were pretty minimal affairs.

 

[mikep]

$2k. Too rich for my wallet.