I fell in love with the 1911 when I was 10 or 11. We had a WW2 tin can sailor staying with us and he had his Service pistol. He taught me to take it down to a pile of parts and then reassemble it. I loved that old gun. I never got to fire it but I fulfilled the promise I made to myself about 50 years later and bought a Rock Island 1911 Government model. I was very disappointed. It didn't look or feel or smell or rattle like that old Navy 45. It was the first handgun I ever fired. After a couple thousand rounds it works well.
A couple of years ago I bought a 1911 in 9mm because I thought my wife might like shooting it. She didn't. She used to compete with black powder revolvers. She talked me into a Kimber K6 357 because it's a revolver. She liked it with. 38's in it. Shortly after, she got sick and never got better. Last October she got covid, went into the hospital and they killed her.
My name is Dave and I just turned 69 on D-day. I have managed to slip under the wire and escape from the People's Republic of Kommiefornia for a couple of months. I'm currently near Johnson City in eastern Tennessee visiting family. I have no intention of going back except to pick up my stuff and move it here. I'm dragging my 21 ft travel trailer around the country a bit. I have tools and parts to build things. I enjoy building 80% AR's and Glocks. They are simple and keep me busy. When I get settled here I will be looking for 80% 1911's. From what I've seen, I will need more than a hand drill and a plastic jig.
In addition to guns, I served in the Air Force working on Hound Dog missiles. Then spent 23 years working on submarines for the Navy until Clinton closed the shipyard. At that time I became a commercial/industrial electrician until retiring a couple years ago. My wife and I raced sailboats in San Francisco Bay and the ocean for about 25 years. That was a blast!
Aren't you sorry you asked?
A couple of years ago I bought a 1911 in 9mm because I thought my wife might like shooting it. She didn't. She used to compete with black powder revolvers. She talked me into a Kimber K6 357 because it's a revolver. She liked it with. 38's in it. Shortly after, she got sick and never got better. Last October she got covid, went into the hospital and they killed her.
My name is Dave and I just turned 69 on D-day. I have managed to slip under the wire and escape from the People's Republic of Kommiefornia for a couple of months. I'm currently near Johnson City in eastern Tennessee visiting family. I have no intention of going back except to pick up my stuff and move it here. I'm dragging my 21 ft travel trailer around the country a bit. I have tools and parts to build things. I enjoy building 80% AR's and Glocks. They are simple and keep me busy. When I get settled here I will be looking for 80% 1911's. From what I've seen, I will need more than a hand drill and a plastic jig.
In addition to guns, I served in the Air Force working on Hound Dog missiles. Then spent 23 years working on submarines for the Navy until Clinton closed the shipyard. At that time I became a commercial/industrial electrician until retiring a couple years ago. My wife and I raced sailboats in San Francisco Bay and the ocean for about 25 years. That was a blast!
Aren't you sorry you asked?
