I have my eye on the new Springfield armory Ronin in .45 acp, have half of the funds , I gotta wait for a while for the local stores to get them in.

Mr. Miyagi says, "Same, but different"

^^^^ Beautiful 1911!

A short excerpt from the book "G-Man" by Stephen Hunter (one of the Bob Lee Swagger novels) which I am currently reading. I came across this last night and thought it appropriate for this thread:

His fingers knew it immediately. As a design, the thing was one of many masterpieces that had tumbled from the brain of John M. Browning before World War I, so perfect in conception and execution, such a chord of power and grace and genius of operation that even now, more than a century after its year of adaptation in 1911, it was the standard sidearm of many of the world's elite units. Nothing plastic, nothing sleek and streamlined, with a huge magazine of smaller cartridges, could really replace if for the trained man.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 92fstech:
No matter how hard I try, I just can't find a weapon that works better for me than the 1911.

Great pistol! I, to this day, regret the time I sold my 1970 Blued Series 70, Mark IV Gold Cup. Loved that pistol. Bought brand new for $ 160.00 !! I'll bet a similar used one today would fetch $ 1,500.00 in good condition.

Oh well, guess we all have firearms sales we regret!!

Greg

P220 SAS Nitron
P225
P226

What's the story on that government marked 1911? It looks pristine.

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Originally posted by RobC2:
Mr. Miyagi says, "Same, but different"

It's a 100 Year Anniversary commemorative Colt 1911, part of a limited edition run they did in 2011.

What is ??

The "pristine government marked 1911" that SgtGold was asking about, in the post above mine.

No.