And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Dad was a big 1911 fan and I wasn't. About 2016 I needed a new range gun. I bought a Colt 1911 Government that had the competition barrel as my second choice as I wanted a Glock 17 Longslide. The 1911 was a tact driver. Perfect out of the box pistol. I usually shoot a pistol for 3 or 4 years and move to a different model. I still have the 1911 as my primary range pistol. It has been resprung and is tight as when it was new with 45k rounds through it.
I have my grandfather's M-1911. Its serial number identifies it as being produced in 1913 as one of the pistols in the second (ever) batch produced by Colt.
I alternate between a 1911 in .45 and one in .38 Super. If any of you get a chance DO visit the Browning Museum in Ogden, UT. Their display of 1911s include THE 1911 as built by St. John of Ogden. Also one each from every WWII manufacturer including a spotless Singer.
Gen 2.
ReplyDeleteMy dad qualified expert with the original 27 years in a row. USMC
ReplyDeleteThat is a 1911A1, not a 1911.
ReplyDeleteNon US Issued grips…
ReplyDelete.thicker and not checkered
Bingo.
DeleteStill pretty, though, and unsurpassed.
Dad was a big 1911 fan and I wasn't. About 2016 I needed a new range gun. I bought a Colt 1911 Government that had the competition barrel as my second choice as I wanted a Glock 17 Longslide. The 1911 was a tact driver. Perfect out of the box pistol. I usually shoot a pistol for 3 or 4 years and move to a different model. I still have the 1911 as my primary range pistol. It has been resprung and is tight as when it was new with 45k rounds through it.
ReplyDeleteI have my grandfather's M-1911. Its serial number identifies it as being produced in 1913 as one of the pistols in the second (ever) batch produced by Colt.
ReplyDeleteQuite an heirloom. Congrats.
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I alternate between a 1911 in .45 and one in .38 Super. If any of you get a chance DO visit the Browning Museum in Ogden, UT. Their display of 1911s include THE 1911 as built by St. John of Ogden. Also one each from every WWII manufacturer including a spotless Singer.
ReplyDeleteIthaca is making them again and they are very nice..
ReplyDeleteI for one would rather spend the money on a pistol with some heritage rather than the latest gimmick the manufacturers tend to produce.
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