Resist Evil
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Why I choose to carry and compete with a 1911, Commander-style:
Owned, carried and practiced with revolvers and semi-automatics, made in this and other countries, made with plastic or aluminum or steel, toted about in holsters, pouches and pockets in .22 lr, .25 acp, .32 acp, .380, .38 spl, 9x19 mm calibers for almost thirty years before I ever laid a hand on a 1911 pattern pistol.
And with that first experience, I had a religion-quality epiphany of .45 acp caliber enlightenment. The way it fit my hand. The way it balanced. The way it handled recoil. The way the SA trigger felt. I felt like Smeagol holding the Ring.
Sometimes you choose the gun and sometimes, if you're very lucky, the gun chooses you.
Owned, carried and practiced with revolvers and semi-automatics, made in this and other countries, made with plastic or aluminum or steel, toted about in holsters, pouches and pockets in .22 lr, .25 acp, .32 acp, .380, .38 spl, 9x19 mm calibers for almost thirty years before I ever laid a hand on a 1911 pattern pistol.
And with that first experience, I had a religion-quality epiphany of .45 acp caliber enlightenment. The way it fit my hand. The way it balanced. The way it handled recoil. The way the SA trigger felt. I felt like Smeagol holding the Ring.
Sometimes you choose the gun and sometimes, if you're very lucky, the gun chooses you.