Now that you mention it I'm thinking there probably should be a minimum wage requirement for buying a 1911. I was thinking 35 but then again... 40 is probably a safer bet.
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Absolutely no reason for an idiot mark...
I know that story WELL. Believe it or not my first 1911 was a blued Colt Series 80. Still the only Colt I ever owned AND... it already had the mark of the idiot when I got it.Minimum wage kept me from buying a lot of stuff back in the day!
Hmm, 50 might be a better bet......
Funny, during covid, my boss got his first 1911, and we were on Zoom so I can walk him through putting his 1911 back together so he would not get the idiot scratch.
I can't argue that point. It seems odd to discuss it today with Mr. Glock dying earlier. So what does one thing have to do with the other? Well...when I (or maybe I should say "We" ) were growing up THE tactical pistol was the 1911. The Hi Power was a close second but the 1911 was IT. Kinda like the tactical rifle was the M1 Carbine. Or at least it was for ME and all my friends. And then came the G17 back around 84 or 85. Still remember the first ads I saw for them in The Shotgun News.
Point here ( I guess) is that like I've heard several gun channel guys say , ( basically) today's version of reliable, accurate, etc. is a LOT different than when all those old surplus guns were new and or in service. I guess those old guns taught most of us to deal with random issues that popped up. It's kinda like learning to shift gears for yourself and learning how to roll off an old car/truck with a dead battery. It was a pain in the ass but you could still get it going if you wanted to bad enough.
I've told more than a few people that Glocks are fine by me but they're the Toyota Camry of the gun world. Perfect but also kinda boring. I may be partial here but I believe MY generation (Gen X) had appreciation for the 1911 and deserved one just as soon as we could scrape the money together. I mean damn, it was Thomas Magnum's pistol and he was in 'Nam. But seriously I think the 1911 catches a lot of undeserved **** about reliability and accuracy from younger folks that don't have much of any experience with them. Plus, today's 1911s are a good bit different from decades ago.
The one my boss bought had a comp on the end that replaced the barrel bushing. It was SO tight I couldn't get it out. So... I had to break the pistol down the wrong way by pulling the slide stop and letting the spring fly out . And reassembly wasn't much better.
I press in and swing the slide release up like John Moses intended the lines it leaves are just character.
I also like to swing a loaded s&w cylinder shut like in the movies every time I load it fugg that crane it likes a beatin.
I also like to swing a loaded s&w cylinder shut like in the movies every time I load it fugg that crane it likes a beatin.
