.38 Special
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I bought a Colt in .38 Super a few years back. I knew the $1,000 asking price was robbery, but I wanted the name.
It was an unimpressive gun, at least for the price. I did not find the finish to be better than average; certainly not nearly as nice as an old Smith revolver. The fit was on the poor side, IMO. Not horrible, but not as tight as, well, Kimber, for instance. Accuracy was, dare I say it, average.
It was, in short, a perfectly functional, decent looking (never mind the laser-engraved dot-matrix serial number) piece that did what a gun is supposed to do. Just like a $400 Springfield.
But I knew all that going in, and I paid to have a 1911 that said Colt. Didn't regret it. As John Barsness once wrote, I bought it "for various irrational but otherwise valid reasons". But I never tried to talk myself into believing that is was anything but an "irrational" decision.
I just hope the guy that stole it accidentally shot himself with it.
It was an unimpressive gun, at least for the price. I did not find the finish to be better than average; certainly not nearly as nice as an old Smith revolver. The fit was on the poor side, IMO. Not horrible, but not as tight as, well, Kimber, for instance. Accuracy was, dare I say it, average.
It was, in short, a perfectly functional, decent looking (never mind the laser-engraved dot-matrix serial number) piece that did what a gun is supposed to do. Just like a $400 Springfield.
But I knew all that going in, and I paid to have a 1911 that said Colt. Didn't regret it. As John Barsness once wrote, I bought it "for various irrational but otherwise valid reasons". But I never tried to talk myself into believing that is was anything but an "irrational" decision.
I just hope the guy that stole it accidentally shot himself with it.