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1 posted on 03/22/2011 5:27:03 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

To: Red in Blue PA

I’m gonna step out the back door and let fly with some older self defense rounds.

I have a brand new seiu target to practice on.

47 posted on 03/22/2011 6:58:09 PM PDT by devistate one four (USC 10.311 Militia Kimber CDP II .45 OORAH! TET68)

To: Red in Blue PA

Funny you mention that. While all the gun-control stuff was happening a few years back, I lamented that there might not be any 1911, hundred year anniversary models.

49 posted on 03/22/2011 7:00:42 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)

To: Red in Blue PA

I bought my very first 1911 pistol this month!

It is a modest, 400-dollar Rock Island GI model, but I love it!

Happy 100th, 1911!

52 posted on 03/22/2011 7:07:23 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)

To: Red in Blue PA

Might be a good time to buy one. Anybody having a 100th anniversary sale?

54 posted on 03/22/2011 7:28:50 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)

To: Red in Blue PA

I’m going to wish I had a 1911.

59 posted on 03/22/2011 8:10:34 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)

To: Red in Blue PA

My New Year's resolution was that this would be the *Year of the M1911* for me. And one of my older M1911A1 .45's has been my daily carry piece every day so far since New Year's. I haven't even fudged a tad and carried my old .45 Commander.

During this cool weather, a M1911 under my jacket or beneath a sweatshirt has offered no problem, my most usual holster being a military M3 shoulder rig, which I got very accustomed to as a young tank crewman in the mid-1960s. But I've also used a right-side belt slide rig, and as T-shirt weather approaches- we've had a couple of days of it sneak in, but a recent cold snap has it locally in the mid 30-degree range evenings lately- that'll likely be one common carry solution for me.

Of course, come July, licenceless concealed carry will be lawful statewide, and I am really accustomed to the simplicity of the single-strap GI shoulder holster...with a double magazine pouch also riding on the strap just under my arm. Nevertheless, it'll be nice to be able to toss on a jacket if a little drizzle starts, protecting both myself and my 1911 without breaking any laws.

I like to stick with what I know works. But I'll probably pick up one of the space age, gee-whiz Kydex speed holsters for a M1911 too. My granddad's Colt M1911, which came out of the Hartford factory in 1916, should look just dandy in one.

71 posted on 03/24/2011 5:42:36 PM PDT by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)

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