MagnumDweeb
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Upfront I owned a Taurus Pt1911 for a brief time but a guy traded me an FAL, a bunch of mags, and few hundred rounds of ammo right when I became a FAL fiend (I own three).
So I bought a STI Spartan .45 ACP 1911. I don't know the exact model. I think it is the "V." I got for $415 dollars out the door in 95% condition with most of the wear on the grip safety and manual safety (looks like typical holster wear). I made a big mess over the slide not catching back on an empty magazine but I didn't realize at the time that there was a Wilson Combat Magazine in the gun (was too hyped up pulling schtick [yes I'm Jewish and salesman and defense counsel hate me]) and Wilson Combat mags are supposed to cause a failure in the slide catch.
I paid cash up front (I only had $415 on me so it was take it or leave it) to get it and one of the guys working there told me he had one just liked it and loved it. The barrel was mint, and even after I lubed it up the slide was still really heavy which tells me that the gun is still fairly new, it loosened up some after I put a hundred rounds through it.
Well as I sat at my house cleaning this new prize I realized something profound at the age of only 27. I don't want any service sized semi-automatics that are not 1911s. All my service sized semis just became the red-headed step-children of my collection (A Ruger P345, Ruger P90, PT99, PT92, Glock 20). I don't want anymore service sized semis that aren't 1911s. I've tried rolling the fickleness in my mind over and over again and I just can't get excited about Sig 220s, Sig 226s, Beretta 92F(S), any of the sup'ed up FNs, or even dare I say it, Browning High Powers.
If it's not for concealed carry(for me pocket carry), or it's not a revolver in .357 magnum (.44 magnum or .454 Cassull) with a 6"+ barrel, then it has to be a 1911.
For so long I wanted a 1911 to call my own and now I'm bit by the bug. My fiancee wants a Kimber Grand Raptor Series II for her wedding present (I love her so much, oh and she wants my Spartan now too) and now I'm not so upset about spending so much on a gun. I keep thinking next, after I get my fiancee her gun, I'll get a Springfield Range Officer so I can convert it to .460 Rowland (because I can't be satisfied with just 10mm or .40 Super anymore).
For awhile I considered getting an XDM in 9mm or .40(so I could also shoot Sig .357) but couldn't bring myself to do it. And after getting my Spartan I'm glad I didn't. Because now I just want to shoot the tar out of my Spartan till I can hold a 4" grouping at twenty-five yards and snap off eight round rapid fire strings at seven yards and hold an 8" grouping.
Now I fear that if I get an officer sized 1911 I'll forsake my Sig 228, Ruger Sp101 3 1/16", Bersa Ultracompact 9mm, Glock 23, Rossi 462. But the Rock Island Sub-Compact just looks so attractive.
So I bought a STI Spartan .45 ACP 1911. I don't know the exact model. I think it is the "V." I got for $415 dollars out the door in 95% condition with most of the wear on the grip safety and manual safety (looks like typical holster wear). I made a big mess over the slide not catching back on an empty magazine but I didn't realize at the time that there was a Wilson Combat Magazine in the gun (was too hyped up pulling schtick [yes I'm Jewish and salesman and defense counsel hate me]) and Wilson Combat mags are supposed to cause a failure in the slide catch.
I paid cash up front (I only had $415 on me so it was take it or leave it) to get it and one of the guys working there told me he had one just liked it and loved it. The barrel was mint, and even after I lubed it up the slide was still really heavy which tells me that the gun is still fairly new, it loosened up some after I put a hundred rounds through it.
Well as I sat at my house cleaning this new prize I realized something profound at the age of only 27. I don't want any service sized semi-automatics that are not 1911s. All my service sized semis just became the red-headed step-children of my collection (A Ruger P345, Ruger P90, PT99, PT92, Glock 20). I don't want anymore service sized semis that aren't 1911s. I've tried rolling the fickleness in my mind over and over again and I just can't get excited about Sig 220s, Sig 226s, Beretta 92F(S), any of the sup'ed up FNs, or even dare I say it, Browning High Powers.
If it's not for concealed carry(for me pocket carry), or it's not a revolver in .357 magnum (.44 magnum or .454 Cassull) with a 6"+ barrel, then it has to be a 1911.
For so long I wanted a 1911 to call my own and now I'm bit by the bug. My fiancee wants a Kimber Grand Raptor Series II for her wedding present (I love her so much, oh and she wants my Spartan now too) and now I'm not so upset about spending so much on a gun. I keep thinking next, after I get my fiancee her gun, I'll get a Springfield Range Officer so I can convert it to .460 Rowland (because I can't be satisfied with just 10mm or .40 Super anymore).
For awhile I considered getting an XDM in 9mm or .40(so I could also shoot Sig .357) but couldn't bring myself to do it. And after getting my Spartan I'm glad I didn't. Because now I just want to shoot the tar out of my Spartan till I can hold a 4" grouping at twenty-five yards and snap off eight round rapid fire strings at seven yards and hold an 8" grouping.
Now I fear that if I get an officer sized 1911 I'll forsake my Sig 228, Ruger Sp101 3 1/16", Bersa Ultracompact 9mm, Glock 23, Rossi 462. But the Rock Island Sub-Compact just looks so attractive.
