8 years old. September 1978. My Father, although not much of a shooter, took me to an abandoned rock quarry on the edge of the Everglades. Marlin model 81 DL bolt action .22 and his old model Ruger single six were the first guns I fired. 46 years later and the allure is still there!
Aesthetics aside, Buy a $500 Glock and a $500 1911, and see which one craps the bed first. I carried a Stainless Colt Combat Commander for 20 years. The steel frame, mind you, as the Lightweight Commander was for Guys named Susan who carried a matching purse. In the Paleolithic when it was...
Metalform 1911 magazine. Dimples on the side if the mag body denote that it is for a sshorter than .45 ACP cartridge. The spread of the feed lips will tell the tale. try .40 & 9mm. If the 9mm isn't retained than it's .40. 8 rounds might denote .40
Mrs. Leviathan carries an HK VP9LE 9mm in her purse with a spare mag. She also has a Sig 238 "for vacation carry" in a sling type bag. She bought the Sig, but my "gentle" prodding had her look at the number of Police/ Special Forces groups advocate 7 shot .380s. Yeah, that would be Zero...
Umm...to put the cherry on top, I was at Glock in Smyrna a few years back getting night sights installed on a few of Gaston's plastic fantastics, and started chatting with another fellow in the waiting area. He was seeing what Glock would do for him. It seems he was shooting some, oh so high...
Simple solution:
Hold 1 round on your forehead centered between your eyes; slam, and I do mean SLAM the magazine onto your forehead with great relish, seating the round. There. No sore pansy fingers, Komerad! Apply W(V)odka as needed....
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Langdon LTT Elite from Langdon Tactical Technologies. You can go Centurion, or Compact as well. Ernest has the 92 down to a science. I have a factory Beretta LTT Centurion and bought the trigger job in a bag from them and it is the best DA I own. Check out his website and see what you are...