In the event of a sociatal meltdown, I'd be happy with anything in hand, as long as my hand isn't empty. Give me a Jennings or Jiminez over NOTHING. That said, I believe Glock and 1911 can both be good choices. Different shooters obviously have different wants and needs. Like many others here, I think I'd prefer 12-17 rounds over 7 or 8, I believe in the event the world ends, when it comes to bullets, quantity over quality will be the deciding factor. My immediate thought is that in the rough, my Glock won't rust as much. I suspect I'd have more important things to do than maintenance handguns. Obviously, I don't own a 1911, but from reading here, I'm assuming it requires skills I don't currently possess. I'll stick with my pitful plastic guns.