Favorite pistolas...
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I almost got a Sig. It was a nice gun. I ended up with a S&W M&P instead.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Pistolas is plural. That's one.
If you add to the thread... there will be more than one!
Better choice, going with the M&P
black dog
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black dog
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black dog
Free America
Lol.. in some circles yes and some circles no.
A Gold Cup is more like a A3 than a A1.. there is quite a few upgrades like that came about with the upgrades to the A1.
The pinnacle of Colts efforts were the Gold Cup National Match MKIV 70 series of handguns.
The GC's differed from a issue 1911a1 with a different trigger and hammer along with a trigger stop screw, target sights, a opened and lowered ejection port, slide serrations, and a match barrel and improved finger barrel bushing.
Full disclosure, I have been a gi issue 1911 pistol collector for better than 40 years myself. Way back to when they were 75 to 200 bucks. Not like today's prices, wooowe..
Now for a trivia question, what cartridge is the pistol below in ?
No Googling...
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black dog
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Yes I own a few, you gotta remember that when I started collecting them, it was not a popular firearm to collect. And US&S built around 55 thou pistols. It's not like trying to find a Singer.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
My two..
Smith and Wesson 645.. after 12 years of the 1911, had to find something better.. Mines SLIGHTLY modified.. but still a nice gun. BIG gun, heavy... Just the sight of it in most people's hands will scare the crap out of somebody but really difficult to shoot one handed, and recoil is a little much for a pause before reaquiring target for a second shot.
BUT my favorite..
The Springfield Arms XDM in .40.. Accurate as hell.. well balanced, easy to wield one handed, and easy return to target for the second shot.
Smith and Wesson 645.. after 12 years of the 1911, had to find something better.. Mines SLIGHTLY modified.. but still a nice gun. BIG gun, heavy... Just the sight of it in most people's hands will scare the crap out of somebody but really difficult to shoot one handed, and recoil is a little much for a pause before reaquiring target for a second shot.
BUT my favorite..
The Springfield Arms XDM in .40.. Accurate as hell.. well balanced, easy to wield one handed, and easy return to target for the second shot.
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Larry Gude
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As much as I love my 1911, my go to, SHTF, you or me, one and only one shot, who you gonna call at 3am, is my Taurus PT92
I don't much like it, it's fatter than I like, the sites suck, it's not a tack driver. It has wood grips and is a nice looking thing. But, I have something like 20,000 rounds through it and I'm a natural point shooter and the damn thing put's 'em close enough every single time. And it goes bang absolutely, positively every single time over all those rounds other than true dudes, a couple of malfs with some steel jacket crap I got from Russia and one time when the barrel linkage broke.
I don't much like it, it's fatter than I like, the sites suck, it's not a tack driver. It has wood grips and is a nice looking thing. But, I have something like 20,000 rounds through it and I'm a natural point shooter and the damn thing put's 'em close enough every single time. And it goes bang absolutely, positively every single time over all those rounds other than true dudes, a couple of malfs with some steel jacket crap I got from Russia and one time when the barrel linkage broke.
I saw someone where recently US&S only made 500 or so receivers / frames and way more slides
[side note I saw a US&S slide in the 80's - yeah I know, no big deal]
maybe it was the Singers ....
I carried a Remington Rand 1911A1 85-87 while at Ft Carson [one of the last Army Bases not to have 9mm]
black dog
Free America
It was Singer.
black dog
Free America
Sounds like a love hate thing,. It is a good looking pistol, even more so when it's in polished stainless.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Along that lines.. I carried an M16A1 made by Mattel..