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<blockquote data-quote="D. Hargrove" data-source="post: 3012359" data-attributes="member: 41761"><p>This is one of the timeless topics of the gun buff, the other being, .45 vs 9mm. The 'ol slab side has a storied place in history as well as the heart of many an aficionado of the finer things. Simply look at the popular 1911 models that occupy the side of many a well dressed businessman, like Baer, wilson, nighthawk, Ed Brown and Clark, all in the venerable .45 or 9mm. Again, look at the 3 o'clock position of your mid-western farmer there lies a Colt, ruger, Springfield or Smith 1911 in generally the time trusted .45ACP. Looking to our city friends in the east we have a plethora of fine firing and functioning Classic Plastic pistols that fit in their business casual attire such as Glock 42/43, Kahr 9/40 and Ruger SR series, all tiny in design as that is their MO. To our western families, in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Again, the 1911 reigns supreme. Usually the older the better, no barrel is unworn and every man child learned to shoot one before the age of 5. Going hand in hand with the Winchester '94 30-30 that hangs in the rear window of the pick-up, these 1911s are man guns created by the almighty himself to defend the family against everything from the drunken pack of jackals to the oft encountered Rattler. Heading up north to the regions referred to as tundraesque, we find the 1911 as a back-up gun to the EDC Ruger Redhawks and other revolvers that carry a significant punch starting at the .44 Magnum, to the .45LC, the 454 Casull, the 460, the 500 S&W and finally the 500 Win Mag. Bears are dispatched for the safety of the family, packs of attacking moose are marginalized with their pistol, the carnage feeding the village for the cold harsh winter. You get the drift. While there is no doubt there is a use for almost all pistols from the 1911, to the Wheel gun, to the Plastic High Capacity modern beasts of today, every gun owner from the hobbyist, to the LEO, to the Armed Forces owes their expensive past time to the 1911 and John M. Browning. Without these two parts of gun history there would not be the discussions of weapon choice we have today. It would be a world of six shooters and how sad would that be for all of us?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D. Hargrove, post: 3012359, member: 41761"] This is one of the timeless topics of the gun buff, the other being, .45 vs 9mm. The 'ol slab side has a storied place in history as well as the heart of many an aficionado of the finer things. Simply look at the popular 1911 models that occupy the side of many a well dressed businessman, like Baer, wilson, nighthawk, Ed Brown and Clark, all in the venerable .45 or 9mm. Again, look at the 3 o'clock position of your mid-western farmer there lies a Colt, ruger, Springfield or Smith 1911 in generally the time trusted .45ACP. Looking to our city friends in the east we have a plethora of fine firing and functioning Classic Plastic pistols that fit in their business casual attire such as Glock 42/43, Kahr 9/40 and Ruger SR series, all tiny in design as that is their MO. To our western families, in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Again, the 1911 reigns supreme. Usually the older the better, no barrel is unworn and every man child learned to shoot one before the age of 5. Going hand in hand with the Winchester '94 30-30 that hangs in the rear window of the pick-up, these 1911s are man guns created by the almighty himself to defend the family against everything from the drunken pack of jackals to the oft encountered Rattler. Heading up north to the regions referred to as tundraesque, we find the 1911 as a back-up gun to the EDC Ruger Redhawks and other revolvers that carry a significant punch starting at the .44 Magnum, to the .45LC, the 454 Casull, the 460, the 500 S&W and finally the 500 Win Mag. Bears are dispatched for the safety of the family, packs of attacking moose are marginalized with their pistol, the carnage feeding the village for the cold harsh winter. You get the drift. While there is no doubt there is a use for almost all pistols from the 1911, to the Wheel gun, to the Plastic High Capacity modern beasts of today, every gun owner from the hobbyist, to the LEO, to the Armed Forces owes their expensive past time to the 1911 and John M. Browning. Without these two parts of gun history there would not be the discussions of weapon choice we have today. It would be a world of six shooters and how sad would that be for all of us? [/QUOTE]
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