It's not a bad idea that a first 1911 should be kind of a beater. To do it all over again, I'd have gotten something along the lines of a RIA and done all kinds of tinkering without tears. I'm not going to say what I did to a fairly expensive 1911 because I am still working on repressing the memory.
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Idiot Scratch
- Thread starter kbkatl
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I would like to agree with the beater idea. But if I knew I needed the beater than I would have known why I needed it. And if I had known, I would have known what not to do. And if I knew what I should not do I would not have done it and would not have needed the beater. But I wish that first one had been a beater.
I think all 1911 ought to have a circle etched around the slide stop hole. Problem solved.
It's all John Moses Browning's fault, he should have foreseen this.
Dropped revolvers in creeks out hunting and fishing.
I put one on a Brand new Browning Hi Power. It was devastating at 1st. I thought, ohh I'll just sell it, take the hit and tell them "I'm not the Idiot!!" - Or........I'll just shoot it, and shoot it again until either the Browning gives out or I do!!! The idiot mark at that moment created one of my favorite shooting firearms - The Hi Power went from a gun that was really too pretty to shoot (Target model and all) to one I still don't miss a chance to pull out of the safe and put a hundred rounds through every chance I get!!
I think all 1911 ought to have a circle etched around the slide stop hole. Problem solved.
It's all John Moses Browning's fault, he should have foreseen this.
Be a big circle
No sir. It was perfect
My momma told me "don't scratch it, you will make it spread" I just applied that wisdom to my weapons...
So confession is good for the soul........I’m just not there yet 
