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I have two, Colt Defender in 9mm, ( my carry) and my Colt Gold Cup National Match, (my BBQ carry )
"The older I get, the better I was"
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My Sunday carry gun. I'm down to 8 1911's, mostly target guns. I've got it's predecessor. The Kobra Carry.
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My Sunday carry gun. I'm down to 8 1911's, mostly target guns. I've got it's predecessor. The Kobra Carry. Love the blued guns, not sure about the golf balls, looks like you carry it regular, do you like them?
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Love the blued guns, not sure about the golf balls, looks like you carry it regular, do you like them? Golf balls? I like it, but haven't carried it in many years. Carried it for a while, though. I've been a Glock guy (as far as EDC) for a few years now.
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Forgot to add, it's a Sprinfield Ultra Compact.
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There are other manufacturers that presently use American forgings, such as Wilson Combat, but I feel I need to keep my eye on them. John, Wilson gets a lot of bad press, but they are making some of the best pistols on the planet. Wilson just might be the best on the planet. I chose my words poorly - Wilson says they only use American forgings, but then they won't disclose their source. The super top secret stuff makes me nervous hence the "keep my eye on them" crack. If Wilson uses offshore forgings they still might be the best, I just prefer to know.
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. Robert Frost
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Thunderstrike44: What I like best about the 1911 style pistols is their "looks"! I have owned several over the years but seldom shot themI never carried one "professionally". I bought the ones I owned mostly for investments, and all but two have "gone on down the road". The two I still own are both N.I.B. - a Colt 1911 Gold Cup Trophy and a Springfield Armory 1911 A-1. Quick story - as a small child (age 5 or so - 1952'ish) I remember my father and his two brothers sitting around our dining room table looking at a magazine ad for Colt 1911 surplus pistols. They were trying to get together the $23.00 (IIRC) to get one sent to them through the mail so they could resume shooting the "45"! They were all three WW-II veterans and eventually the "beautiful" Colt arrived. Then my father and his brothers would shot it out behind our house into a giant cedar stump background and aiming at old quart oil cans filled with water - sploosh!. I remember how loud it was and how my brothers and I would cup our hands over our ears as it was shot. After a couple years that pistol went away somehow and I never saw it again. I wish I had that "45" now - I bet it would be worth a "thousand dollar bill" now. Long live the 1911. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy friend of mine's father got one of those 20dollar 1911's through the nra. It was a singer.
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Love the blued guns, not sure about the golf balls, looks like you carry it regular, do you like them? Golf balls? I like it, but haven't carried it in many years. Carried it for a while, though. I've been a Glock guy (as far as EDC) for a few years now. Golf balls=the dimples instead of checkering.
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Love the blued guns, not sure about the golf balls, looks like you carry it regular, do you like them? Golf balls? I like it, but haven't carried it in many years. Carried it for a while, though. I've been a Glock guy (as far as EDC) for a few years now. Golf balls=the dimples instead of checkering. Oh, the snake skin. Just as good as checkering or fine serrations. I can see how a traditionalist might prefer the checkering and fine serrations, though. The snake skin was kind of the trademark feature on the Kobra Carry. You see, Kobras have snake skin.
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my 2 springfield TRP 45, and a Kimber Pro Carry II in 9mm
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NICE! I've carried your old LB a lot Bobby, still haven't messed those grips up.
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I only own one 1911, it is a Dan Wesson Valor Stainless 5" and it shoots better than I can shoot it and has not had a failure in 1000 rounds or so.
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NICE! I've carried your old LB a lot Bobby, still haven't messed those grips up. thats good
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Springfield Range Officer, the only 1911 in the house.
I love it! Someone described the grip in negative terms, for me nothing else feels as good.
It's only a toy unfortunately. I have not put in the time with it to feel comfortable carrying it. No issues with the gun ever, operator is the issue.
Plus, every time I think of it as a carry gun, the G19 pops in my head. Twice the ammo, less weight (even loaded).
Now, one of those super LW Commanders. I do get to thinking. Maybe a Ruger LW with a Kart 38 barrel!
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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My two (and 1/2): 1913-vintage 1911, arsenal re-furbed during WWII Colt Series-70 Gold Cup Colt .22 Conversion Kit
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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NICE! I've carried your old LB a lot Bobby, still haven't messed those grips up. thats good Yessir, I remember when you loaned it to me to carry on that Tennessee pig shoot................""Don't mess up those grips pappy!"" ; ]
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The whole fam damily..... Drool
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A stainless kind of guy, eh? MM
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