mljdeckard
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I appear to be very much in the minority. One and one only.
My dad is stubborn and cheap. A couple of years ago, I pooled with some friends at work to go to some private land and shoot private pheasants. Something like $11 a bird. I was just tired of trying to find pheasants in natural habitat, they are becoming very scarce here. My dad said it sounded like fun, but he wouldn't come, because ultimately he feels like he shouldn't have to pay for game. (I replied to him, 'fat lot of good it does you to have it for free if you can't find any.')
At the same time, I find myself looking at gun magazines, and they have one article titled:"The World's Best 1911", followed by "The World's best carry 1911". I start to wonder if The Man is trying to persuade me to believe that I need a different gun for everything I do. I really, I mean, REALLY, freakin love guns. but if I already have the one that is the best I have ever used, and does everything I need it to in it's normal form, why do I need a 'carry version' as well? Some people like a more compact gun to carry for comfort, but I would suggest, they are all just varying degrees of uncomfortable. If you start with a full-size, you are used to it. If you start with a sub-compact Glock in your waistband, and you've never carried anything bigger, it's a pain in the.....well, you get it.
Pick the gun that absolutely works best for you, and always use it. I don't see any need to make my life any more complicated than that.
Kimber Custom II, full-length, Hogue wrap-around finger grooves identical to the ones on that SA in the above photo. Night sights, G.I. plunger and rod. As I get around to it, I will get an arched mainspring housing with a lanyard loop, a flat black skeleton trigger and hammer. I carry in a fanny pack in the front, a Galco Miami Classic shoulder holster, and a slip on IWB slider. Two extra mags, a cell phone, and a full-size CRKT folder at all times. I carry it daily, I put it in a leg holster when I hunt, if I wouldn't get in trouble, I would carry it to war. (I am considering a .400 Corbon barrel to hunt with.)
My dad is stubborn and cheap. A couple of years ago, I pooled with some friends at work to go to some private land and shoot private pheasants. Something like $11 a bird. I was just tired of trying to find pheasants in natural habitat, they are becoming very scarce here. My dad said it sounded like fun, but he wouldn't come, because ultimately he feels like he shouldn't have to pay for game. (I replied to him, 'fat lot of good it does you to have it for free if you can't find any.')
At the same time, I find myself looking at gun magazines, and they have one article titled:"The World's Best 1911", followed by "The World's best carry 1911". I start to wonder if The Man is trying to persuade me to believe that I need a different gun for everything I do. I really, I mean, REALLY, freakin love guns. but if I already have the one that is the best I have ever used, and does everything I need it to in it's normal form, why do I need a 'carry version' as well? Some people like a more compact gun to carry for comfort, but I would suggest, they are all just varying degrees of uncomfortable. If you start with a full-size, you are used to it. If you start with a sub-compact Glock in your waistband, and you've never carried anything bigger, it's a pain in the.....well, you get it.
Pick the gun that absolutely works best for you, and always use it. I don't see any need to make my life any more complicated than that.
Kimber Custom II, full-length, Hogue wrap-around finger grooves identical to the ones on that SA in the above photo. Night sights, G.I. plunger and rod. As I get around to it, I will get an arched mainspring housing with a lanyard loop, a flat black skeleton trigger and hammer. I carry in a fanny pack in the front, a Galco Miami Classic shoulder holster, and a slip on IWB slider. Two extra mags, a cell phone, and a full-size CRKT folder at all times. I carry it daily, I put it in a leg holster when I hunt, if I wouldn't get in trouble, I would carry it to war. (I am considering a .400 Corbon barrel to hunt with.)
