wynnesome

My Dad (aside from being an ultra-conservative christian) is a licensed NRA instructor, with a concealed carry permit. While most kids went out and threw around the ol' pigskin or baseball as their father/son bonding ritual, we'd go down to the rifle range and Dad would show me how to make cans dance. To this day there's nothing that melts away stress the same way as a brick of .22 LR and a bag of cans.

That being said, I have *no* love for the 1911, no matter the caliber. Civilian models are much nicer than our milspec M9s, but it still never feels right in my hand. Maybe it's 'cause I grew up shooting Dad's Browning HiPower 9mm.

-T

I'd have to agree with trevor about the feel of the 1911. god apparently decided that since he had made everthing else about me huge, he would give me little stubby thumbs. But if the pistol feels good in your hand, and you shoot it well by all means enjoy it. I had a tanfoglio witness in .45 for a while that came from the factory with a compensator already installed. I had an issue with the ammo I was trying to use in it, the cheap stuff and I traded it for a glock .40. If I had had enough money at the time to keep both pistols I would have because that witness was probably the best feeling auto I've ever had and when I used decent ammo in it it shot perfectly. I liked the safety system on it also, you could put it on safe with the hammer cocked if you wanted or by pushing the safety all the way down it woud decock and you could then fire it double action. with the compensator to add weight to the muzzle and cut down on the tendency of the muzzle to rise with each shot I could put a whole magazine into a target in about 3 or four seconds. You have to be out in the boonies to do that though, I've never been at a range that would let you do that.