Great....Just got bit......@#$%

[LionWeight]

Well. Like the title says I just got bit. A little over a month ago I got my first 1911. SR1911. LOVE it. Shoots great nice fit and finish. So I'm in my LGS today wanting to look at an AR platform they have on sale....and in the case is a lightly used Springfield 1911 THAT I JUST GOTTA HAVE.....Sigh. Didn't even look at the AR. Took home a Springfield 1911 and got the funniest look from my wife when she said..Din't you go to get a rifle? That box is pretty small for a rifle. Yep. She's been around long enough to know the difference and not give me any #$%& over my addiction. Think I'll keep this one. Think I'll keep the wife too.

 

[8th SPS USAF]

I agree, with both. SA makes great firearms. I am not a 1911 guy anymore, but an XDs/XDM guy. m Let us know how it shoots Good luck

 

[hps]

All I really care to shoot anymore. Enjoy that addition.

 

[DustyDawg48]

Excellent! it doesn't take much to get infected with the 1911 Love Bug, that is for certain!

 

[churchmouse]

If you read it is common knowledge that 1 1911 is too many for good reason. 6 is not enough....ask me how I know. Go ahead, ask.....

Which springer did you get....

 

[bobzilla]

1911''s, you either get them or you're a communist.

That's why I'm trying to sell/trade off a perfectly good hi-capacity compact .45 pistol for another 1911. What is wrong with me? Not a damn thing!

 

[nrgrams]

Congrats on the purchase! Now go back and get that AR, too!

 

[xM3RC1L3SS1x]

Thats a great addiction

 

[LionWeight]

If you read it is common knowledge that 1 1911 is too many for good reason. 6 is not enough....ask me how I know. Go ahead, ask.....

Which springer did you get....

OK I'll ask. How many?

And I picked up the GI version with box, papers and extra mag for 449.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

449.00 is pretty darn good.

 

[halfmileharry]

Well, you fell in the rabbit hole with that first 1911. You can get therapy but it won't help a thing. You'll see the tiny nuances in the 1911s and have a taste of all of them. It seems there's no limit to the withdrawals or cravings on the damned things.
Don't ask me how I know.

 

[LionWeight]

449.00 is pretty darn good.

That's why I didn't even go to the AR's. Just looked at the guy behind the counter, muttered something I won't repeat under my breath and told him I'll take it. Another employee walks past right then and says "that didn't take long, we just put it in the case".

Sigh

 

[88E30M50]

I'd have a hard time passing up a $449 Springfield too. That's a heck of a lot of gun for that money. The 1911 addiction is rarely cured. It goes away for a while for some, but sooner or later, it comes back with a vengeance. I thought I was over it last summer when I was into Glocks but it bit hard again last November. I've added three to the collection since then and may need to go buy another Glock just to cool the fire a bit. I don't want another Glock, but I find that every time I buy one, I swear I'll not throw money away on guns again and that keeps me from buying anything for at least 3 months.

 

[churchmouse]

OK I'll ask. How many?

And I picked up the GI version with box, papers and extra mag for 449.

The limit is only set by your budget........

I have had as many as 20 at one time and as few as 1. 6 to 8 seems to be just enough to keep me out of total withdrawals. Even then it is a rotating inventory. Sell 1, buy 1 (or 2) and soup it (or them) up. Shoot them. Repeat.

 

[churchmouse]

I'd have a hard time passing up a $449 Springfield too. That's a heck of a lot of gun for that money. The 1911 addiction is rarely cured. It goes away for a while for some, but sooner or later, it comes back with a vengeance. I thought I was over it last summer when I was into Glocks but it bit hard again last November. I've added three to the collection since then and may need to go buy another Glock just to cool the fire a bit. I don't want another Glock, but I find that every time I buy one, I swear I'll not throw money away on guns again and that keeps me from buying anything for at least 3 months.

When I pick up a Glock the feeling in my hand goes away and I drop it. Just kidding but I do have to wash my hand right away to keep the rash away. Just kidding.

 

[halfmileharry]

When I pick up a Glock the feeling in my hand goes away and I drop it. Just kidding but I do have to wash my hand right away to keep the rash away. Just kidding.

I'm allergic to some petroleum byproducts as well

 

[churchmouse]

I'm allergic to some petroleum byproducts as well

Plastic?????

Not starting a Glock knock. Just having some fun.

 

[halfmileharry]

Plastic?????

Not starting a Glock knock. Just having some fun.

Maybe. Like saying that holster makes your arse look big. I know better.

 

[churchmouse]

Maybe. Like saying that holster makes your arse look big. I know better.

But it matches my shoes and Bag so well.....

 

[halfmileharry]

Condoms out of steel would last longer as well. When I think protection....1911 comes to mind.