my first 1911

[bobzilla]

WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T SHOOT IT! DON'T! What you need to do is let me take that off your hands and give you my EDC instead. This way you are less likely to form an addiction that is near impossible to overcome.

 

[churchmouse]

Dual Citizenship: The Rock Island Armory Story | The Daily Caller

Interesting read.

 

[88E30M50]

Congrats on the new gun. One of mine is a RIA Compact and it's been a great gun in all respects. As others have said, 1911s can be addicting. Each time you buy one, it is just a temporary fix and before you know it, you are drooling on yet one more. The neat thing about 1911s is that each one tends to have it's own character or feel. One of the first things I changed on my RIA was the grips. You can change the feel of a gun with the simple change of grip panels. Now, years down the road with it, it has received all new internals, an extended safety, front strap checkering and has been stripped, painted, stripped again and blued. I've probably gotten more fun out of that gun per dollar invested than most any one of my other guns.

 

[nb1980]

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Here is a pic of my 1911 and my new El Paso holster.

 

[Motorhead302]

Congrats on your new 1911A1!

Just watch out 'cause if you don't they will begin to reproduce like rabbits!

if they reproduced on their own we wouldn't all be so broke. lol

OP: congrats! 1911s are awesome. my first was a Norinco i got for christmas when i was about ten. i still love and cherish it today. i'm between "second" 1911s right now, as i never really clicked with the last one.

enjoy yours and good luck!

 

[VERT]

Not true!

That reminds me that I need to post of a picture of Mrs. VERTs new 1911. Just picked it up from the shop this afternoon.

Which part or are you in denial.....

Well I finally got a chance to snap a picture of Mrs. VERT's new 1911. She traded off her other two pistols to fund this little project. Soon as it is properly vetted it can assume nightstand duty. So far she has opted not to carry but she certainly can if she wants to. She is really excited about this gun.

 

[Birds Away]

here's my first, the one and only, the love that fills my heart.....

Man, that's gorgeous.

 

[churchmouse]

Well I finally got a chance to snap a picture of Mrs. VERT's new 1911. She traded off her other two pistols to fund this little project. Soon as it is properly vetted it can assume nightstand duty. So far she has opted not to carry but she certainly can if she wants to. She is really excited about this gun.

Now that looks like a proper ladies 1911....

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

It all starts the same, look everyone, I bought my first 1911!!! Yadda, yadda, yadda!! In a month, he'll buy a other one, then another, then another! Soon he'll be trying to sell a kidney on Craigslist trying to pay for this addiction. Yeah it's all fun and games now. But soon, it will turn dark, very dark!! , , , I gotta go, the blood banks close early today!!

 

[88E30M50]

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Here is a pic of my 1911 and my new El Paso holster.

That's what mine looked like when I bought it. This is what it looks like now. Please go easy on the crappy cold blue on it. One of these days this summer, I'll do a proper rust blue but wanted something to protect it until I can do it right.

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[nashfred01]

Congrats!

 

[beachhead40]

And you now have the Fever worse then Mers and Sars combine!!!!