Posted on 06/26/2018 4:53:14 AM PDT by w1n1
My first good pistol was a Browning Hi-Power. I bought it in 1969 at Kings Hardware in DeFuniak Springs. It cost $104.50. Browning back then controlled pricing and it would have been the same price anywhere.
Beautiful blue job. Came with a nice rug. About as well finished as a gun can be. Inside there were a few distinctive tool marks where the feed ramp and unlocking cam were machined.
The Argentine made ones were licensed by FN and have the exact same tell tale tool marks. The were clearly made in the exact same way. I put Hogue grips on both and nothing feels better in my hand tho some of the CZs feel as good.
Around 1971 I got a Colt series 70 in .45 auto. Just as well finished as the Browning. After that, I probably had maybe a dozen Colts, maybe more. I can’t understand all the people who have gotten ones which jam because none of mine did.
“My first good pistol was a Browning Hi-Power.“
Same here. Still kicking myself for selling it.
“I can’t understand all the people who have gotten ones which jam because none of mine did.”
I have a Kimber which was a little finicky for the first couple hundred rounds. But thorough cleanings and just shooting it took care of that. Now it eats everything it’s fed with th exception of wadcutters. So I just don’t use them.
Had a stainless Colt Commander which was absolutely flawless in functionality. After we bought our Kimbers a guy made me an insane offer for it. So he now has it. Turned out he had the matching full size made the same year and wanted to round things out.
So I got a couple hundred over market for it. That money went into a big pile of ammunition and a membership to a local private shooting range.
Everybody walked away happy.
Funny you mentioned CZ. I grabbed a couple of 82s from a C&R dealer for around $200 a copy. Great little pistols. The Mrs uses one as her EDC. 13 rounds, the 9 Mak is roughly equal to a .38 Spl ballistically speaking and she shoots it well.
Fine little guns.
Best,
L
When the SHTF, the arm you’re carrying is the best one, not the one that’s home in the closet.
Forget the drama, get one firearm you use and carry all of the time, practice and carry it. There’s truth to the old saying “beware the man with one gun, he probably knows how to use it”.
My sidearm is to help ne get out of the beaten zone while out and about, at home it is to help me get to my rifle.... I am very happy with either 40 SW or 45 acp in the sidearm.
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