We all talk about brands & materials, parts etc when it comes to our 1911s.
When you are at the range, or when you are out at night in a bad part of town
What are the feelings you have when you personal companion is with you?
It all started for me as soon as I could see the Men who wore the 1911 everyday to protect me & my Family aka US Army.
My first chance to shoot a 1911 came after we borrowed an M1 Carbine with loaded mags in fact it was an M2. Age 14.
We spied on the MPs when they were shooting Warf Rats down at the Post Dump. So where to shoot our gun/piece ?
The Dump of course. Dumb move as you guessed, however your talking about a group (no names please) of Brats who
have a gun & want to shoot it. Off we go & start shooting, we were all Us Army Boy Scouts & knew how to shoot an M1
so were off.
As you may know a gun makes a loud noise & that's when the MPs start rolling in. Where to run? Jungle everywhere.
Going to the Brig & then death, They will send us off to Military school early.
Turned out the MPs were not mad at us, they laughed like monkeys at us. One MP asked if we had ever shot a pistol before
& that's when I first held the 1911 & shot it. Never forget the great time before our execution we thought, but when the MPs put the
M2 & mags under their cover in the back of the Jeep we all got a surprise.
They let us go & just said don't steal any more guns, just find one of us & ask to go shooting. "Hell kids we were all Boys once."
When I got my own, my first 1911 a 1917 Military 1911 named Betsy Of all the other military & Civilian 1911s I have ever owned She is my Betsy
until Death do us Part. She came into my life for $209.00 in 73 we have shot many rounds downrange without a single hiccup = True Love, see below.
Let's hear your Stories of your life & the 1911.
When you are at the range, or when you are out at night in a bad part of town
What are the feelings you have when you personal companion is with you?
It all started for me as soon as I could see the Men who wore the 1911 everyday to protect me & my Family aka US Army.
My first chance to shoot a 1911 came after we borrowed an M1 Carbine with loaded mags in fact it was an M2. Age 14.
We spied on the MPs when they were shooting Warf Rats down at the Post Dump. So where to shoot our gun/piece ?
The Dump of course. Dumb move as you guessed, however your talking about a group (no names please) of Brats who
have a gun & want to shoot it. Off we go & start shooting, we were all Us Army Boy Scouts & knew how to shoot an M1
so were off.
As you may know a gun makes a loud noise & that's when the MPs start rolling in. Where to run? Jungle everywhere.
Going to the Brig & then death, They will send us off to Military school early.
Turned out the MPs were not mad at us, they laughed like monkeys at us. One MP asked if we had ever shot a pistol before
& that's when I first held the 1911 & shot it. Never forget the great time before our execution we thought, but when the MPs put the
M2 & mags under their cover in the back of the Jeep we all got a surprise.
They let us go & just said don't steal any more guns, just find one of us & ask to go shooting. "Hell kids we were all Boys once."
When I got my own, my first 1911 a 1917 Military 1911 named Betsy Of all the other military & Civilian 1911s I have ever owned She is my Betsy
until Death do us Part. She came into my life for $209.00 in 73 we have shot many rounds downrange without a single hiccup = True Love, see below.
Let's hear your Stories of your life & the 1911.
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