Hello all.
I'm a 41 year old aviation defense contractor, currently working in Southern California. I've been lurking for some time, but have started to post in the last two days or so, and therefore an introduction is probably in order. Since I'm in California, I don't have a whole lot of options available to me as far as interesting firearms purchases, but I've got a couple of the basics. I served in the Navy for a while, where I picked up avionics, and now do it for a living.
I've enjoyed most of the discourse I've observed here. I like the fact that this seems very much an adult forum. I'm not discriminatory against youth, mind you--just immaturity.
I was turned on to this sight from
www.freesteader.com , who seem to refer to posts on this forum every so often. I've been enjoying what I'm reading. There's some good info on here.
Yeah, I'm pretty old to just now be getting into 1911A1s, but I just did. I managed to qualify with one in the Navy, but it took me three tries! Because of that, I tended to shy away from them, and never really thought about them too much. Several months ago, a friend 'forced' us to try his 1991A1 Colt at some IPSC steel, and we fell under the spell...the wife just got her Springfield GI yesterday! I ended up buying the 1991A1 from our friend, and we're getting ready to attempt our first amateur IPSC.
Thanks for having us!