Well a little disappointed today......gun showed up at my FFL dealer, I was all pumped up. They shipped the wrong gun! :tissue:
They sent the standard base model, called the dealer, he profusely apologized and will ship the correct gun out tomorrow and issue a call tag for the wrong one. Lucky my FFL dealer is a great guy and is not going to charge anything either, just have to wait a few more days now.
I was hoping you were going to say .22 TCM. Something about that gun intrigues me. I don't yet have a 1911. But when I do, it might very well be in 9mm.
I'm biased in this hunt, since I'm a lifelong .45 fan, but imo, a first 1911 should be .45acp, then branching out for a Europorn 9mil would be the next thing on the list.
Finally got the right gun today! :applause:
First impressions:
They shipped the gun in a BAG of lubricant, no worries about corrosion when you get a new one, holy crap I had to degrease the whole gun and lube it up correctly, it was literally dripping in lubricant when I took it out of the case.
While I don't have any rounds through it yet, all I can say is WOW I am EXTREMELY IMPRESSED with this gun.
This is the smoothest NEW 1911 I have ever felt, it's action is like soft butter, I would expect this on a high dollar custom gun but not a $400 gun. The high vis sights are impressive and while I thought I might not like the grips, just holding it feels right, I have never a gun with grips this aggressive but with the thumb notch they just feel good. (that may change once I shoot it??) Trigger seems excellent, the gun is just tight, but still smooth as glass. Oh and it doesn't have a "billboard" across the gun, it is just a damn fine looking gun.
Looking forward to giving you all a range report soon, if it shoots anything like it feels, there will be a bunch of rounds going through this gun and 10MM long slide may not be far behind.
I'd be tempted to get one of those, ream the barrel from 9mm to .38 Super, and swap mags for .38 Super. From what I understand, that's what it takes to change it from 9mm to .38 Super.
Ooooooooooooooooooor..... fit a .38 Super barrel, get .38 Super mags, and have a convertible 9mm to .38 Super.
Nice score.
Oooooor ream it out to 357 Sig. Get a 40 barrel and ream it out 400Cor Bon then the 22 tcm to round out the bottleneck selection.
Wal Mart where the discriminating white trash shop.
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
Reason for editing: correcting my auto correct
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They sent the standard base model, called the dealer, he profusely apologized and will ship the correct gun out tomorrow and issue a call tag for the wrong one. Lucky my FFL dealer is a great guy and is not going to charge anything either, just have to wait a few more days now.
One of those all dolled up 10mm long slides would be nice. Will see how this one goes first.
I'm biased in this hunt, since I'm a lifelong .45 fan, but imo, a first 1911 should be .45acp, then branching out for a Europorn 9mil would be the next thing on the list.
First impressions:
They shipped the gun in a BAG of lubricant, no worries about corrosion when you get a new one, holy crap I had to degrease the whole gun and lube it up correctly, it was literally dripping in lubricant when I took it out of the case.
While I don't have any rounds through it yet, all I can say is WOW I am EXTREMELY IMPRESSED with this gun.
This is the smoothest NEW 1911 I have ever felt, it's action is like soft butter, I would expect this on a high dollar custom gun but not a $400 gun. The high vis sights are impressive and while I thought I might not like the grips, just holding it feels right, I have never a gun with grips this aggressive but with the thumb notch they just feel good. (that may change once I shoot it??) Trigger seems excellent, the gun is just tight, but still smooth as glass. Oh and it doesn't have a "billboard" across the gun, it is just a damn fine looking gun.
Looking forward to giving you all a range report soon, if it shoots anything like it feels, there will be a bunch of rounds going through this gun and 10MM long slide may not be far behind.
Hope you like it even more after shooting it :beer:
Oooooor ream it out to 357 Sig. Get a 40 barrel and ream it out 400Cor Bon then the 22 tcm to round out the bottleneck selection.
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
Reason for editing: correcting my auto correct