TGO David

I have no idea who she is.

How much .45acp and 223 do you have? I might take it off your hands.

Man, you guys have been thirsty today!

Your sentiments regarding the furniture mirror my own thoughts. Hornet Handler was fondling one of these rifles at Hero Gear last weekend and while I think that the gas piston design is a nice one, I'm still not feeling the plastic fore grip or the cheesy M4gery collapsible stock. The stock really seems like an afterthought. I wonder how long until someone starts producing some decent looking aftermarket furniture for them.

Butt-checks carry. It's all the rage with the Spetznaz. They stick their Makarov down the back of their pants and clench real tight. It leaves their hands free for maneuvers like this...

The KZ was one of those answers to a question that no one had really asked. I had the chance to hold one of them at a gun show once and scratched my head, trying to figure out why you would want a polymer framed 1911. In all fairness, you can't really compare those to the traditional Wilson 1911s. Two totally different animals. I like to think of the KZ as being what happened when one of Bill Wilson's 1911s somehow got out of the shop one night, ventured to the wrong part of town, scored some action with a loose Glock 17 and 9 months later got a knock on the door.

I never thought it would happen to me, but there I was delivering a pizza to a room full of frisky college cheerleaders...

I have no faults with the 9x19 or the .40SW and enjoy shooting them both. But since most civilian personal defense situations happen within 7yds, the big ole heavy and slow .45ACP really lights my fire. I don't think I'll see too many Commies coming over the berm here in Nashville but God forbid that I might have to halt a crack head or gang banger one of these days. I bet it would do the job if that ever happened. Probably just as well as it would drop a Commie.

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The Libertarian platform makes a ton of sense to me except in the area of foreign policy. Their ideas are just wayyyyy too isolationist.

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WTF!

Have you bought anything new since you signed up here? Just making sure we're doing our job.

He who spends the least on fuel to get there buys the first round!

The only thing better than shooting a quality, hand built 1911 has to be shooting a quality, hand built 1911 while simultaneously having sex, sipping a single malt whiskey, and smoking a hand rolled Cuban cigar. That's the only way it could possibly get any better or any more testosterone infused. I wonder if the RSOs at Stones River would complain about that.

You... DICK.

Cliffs Notes: Buy one. Sell a kidney, liquidate your savings, trade off a car, conscript your children into slavery... just do it somehow. Holy cow this is a shooter's gun! Yes, it is possible to be just as accurate with a Kimber but none of my Kimbers had the same solidity in my hand that the Wilson does. I'm not knocking Kimber at all. I loved my CDP. But this is just something else. It's on another level and that's not just marketing hype. There really is a lot to be said about a 1911 that is assembled by hand, fitted by hand, and has had someone's heart and passion put into it on the gunsmith bench. My first round was the harbinger of things to come. I ran the target out to 14 yds, lined up the dots and watched as a .45 caliber hole magically appeared in the dead center of the B12 target's red spot. I exhaled, drew in another breath, lined up the sight and caressed the trigger. The hole grew slightly more jagged and about half again it's own diameter. I could feel my grin spreading. The only "flyer" that I encountered was me over-anticipating the recoil. It only went 2-inches to the left and low. Still more than close enough to do the job in a fight. The next 50 rounds cut a jagged fist-sized hole through the center of the target. By the time I was done, there wasn't much left of the red zone. I had managed to obliterate it and a good portion of the 10-ring between the 7 and 8 o'clock positions. The rest of my 100 round box of ammo was spent on two more targets, playing with head shots, COM shots and double-taps. The gun ran like a finely tuned machine. But hey... surprise! It is one! I want another Wilson now. No... I need another one now. One isn't enough. The bobtail will undoubtedly get lonely and long for another 1911 to talk to. I need a Government length CQB. Joe's going to own me by the time I get this itch scratched.

Welcome! We can certainly help you on the buying of, use of and talking about guns.

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I like it.

Hey Ron! Good to see you over here.

I like how you think. It's identical to my own philosophy. Don't carry and drink. An officer might forgive you for accidentally carrying, but he's less likely to forgive you for that transgression if you're partaking. I've never tested this theory, but I've had more than one pro-carry LEO tell me that this is how he would handle it so long as the transgressor handled the encounter maturely. I always have a knife.

Glad to have you over here with us, Tom. Colder weather seems to bring out the desire to go shooting for some reason. I guess it's the idea of being able to do something like this at an indoor range where it's warmer inside than it is outside.

I gather he was emphasizing the apartment complex setting because of the close proximity of one person's living space to the next person's living space. You really don't want to be shooting something that would over-penetrate in a setting like that. .357 Magnum or .357 SIG would be really bad choices. A 9mm may not be such a bad idea if you're shooting light loads with high expansion characteristics. You want the projectile to stop inside the bad guy anyway, but you definitely want it to shed a ton of velocity when it hits something like drywall or other construction materials. I'm still saying she would probably be very well served with a .38 caliber revolver of some sort. Because she mentioned wanting to carry it in her pocket while walking the dog, a J-Frame with enclosed hammer makes a lot of sense to me. A 9mm would be another option but a lot of female shooters have difficulty manipulating the slide on automatics because of having weaker wrists / forearms than their male counterparts. Also many female shooters find it difficult to load ammunition into magazines. My wife had problems with both of these things with her Smith & Wesson M&P 9C. In retrospect, she probably should have gotten a small revolver instead.