More pistols, what else? ;-)
I filed my tax return in early February, so my first BAG Day 2006 purchase came early, Feb. 21, to be exact. I picked up my first 1911, a Springfield WWII GI replica. I put about 400 rounds through it and once in every 100 it would jam. Sent it back to Springfield for work, they put a new extractor in it and it's eaten about 400 more rounds since then with no problems whatsoever. Those tiny GI sights take some getting used to after the big 3-dot sights on my two Ruger P-Series pistols, but I figure they'll make me a better shooter in the long run.
I wanted a Kimber Tactical Ultra II, too. My gun dealer told me his distributors said they were on backorder and the wait time was going to be at least a couple of months. A couple of weekends ago, I was talking with my stepdad's business partner. He's got a Kimber Tactical Ultra II and has been raving about it...or rather, he HAD a Kimber Tactical Ultra II, you know where this is going, right?
"I'm gonna sell my Kimber...you want it? I'll sell it to you for what I paid for it ($931 after tax), think it over a couple days and let me know."
"Won't be no thinkin, I'll take it!"
So I did. He had not even broken it in, had only put about 50 rounds through it. Went and picked it up the next day, the 2nd, to be exact. God, but that's a beautiful gun, and it shoots like a dream, even in my inexperienced hands. I put 100 rounds through it that day, and another 100 a week ago Saturday, with more to come this week.