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.
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.
It is a modest, 400-dollar Rock Island GI model, but I love it!
Happy 100th, 1911!
Might be a good time to buy one. Anybody having a 100th anniversary sale?
I’m going to wish I had a 1911.
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.