I had forgotten what a wonderfull design the 1911 is.

[ItchyTick]

When I stopped by a LGS this afternoon I picked up a Rock Island M1911A1 super cheap.

Even 30 yr post Lejeune I could remember how to break it down. I'd forgotten what an elegantly simple and functional design it is. A timeless classic.

[Chinaheart]

I had a newfound respect for Brownings design genius when I found out the design is entirely tool-less. (Or more specifically, uses its own parts as tools for disassembly).

[IronButt]

I used a 1911 in the Marines in '66-70 & when I bought my first one over 40 years later, even the detail strip came back to me like it was yesterday. The same happened when I bought my first CMP Garand, because we carried them in ITR at Lejeune.

I bet if I could get ahold of a M60 it would be the same. (I sure did like that damn "pig.")

[Hodgie]

Every once in awhile I have to get her out of the safe and remind myself what an all steal beauty feels like.

These days it sees more cleaning and oiling then Shooting as compared to her polymer cousins but that just makes it more fun when we do get outside on the range.

[Gunsnwater]

JMB invented everything. everything he invented worked.

[stainless]

I'm lovin' them, and I don't even have any of the real high priced ones.

[JAKIII]

Even 30 yr post Lejeune I could remember how to break it down. I'd forgotten what an elegantly simple and functional design it is. A timeless classic.

I left Jville in 85 (MCAS, New River). I sort of miss those strip clubs filled with Asian pole dancers...

[ItchyTick]

I left Jville in 85 (MCAS, New River). I sort of miss those strip clubs filled with Asian pole dancers...

There were a few of them in J-ville. I left in 83.

5 yrs with the 2nd Med Bn and the Navel Hospital (old and new). Did a southern and northern NATO float and a couple smaller deployments (Spartanburg Co, Guam, Austin).

[IronButt]

I left Jville in 85.

Boot!

[TheTailhound]

After 3 or so years of a dirty, dirty affair with the 1911, i have parted ways with her today. She felt really great but had her shortcomings and was temperamental and expensive to shoot.