Re: If you could only have one...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jayne</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
One pistol would be my low-end Kimber 1911. I've used this pistol since '99 for every class I've taken, every shooting event and everywhere I've had to wear some sort of sidearm. It's been shot, rained on, knocked out of my hands, sometimes cleaned, tweaked by an awesome gunsmith, half the parts have worn out/broken (on my 2nd safety and 3rd slide lock) and/or been replaced and it's been refinished twice... sunscreen + sweat on worn bluing = RUST!
No night sights, just the Jardine hook rear and stock front. No expanded mag well, no ambi-safety, no enlarged mag release, no fancy grips, no checkering. The only modern convenience I kinda long for is a rail, my Harries technique is weak.
I've even hung up my dedicated .22 and just have a .22 upper for this frame. I tried hunting with a .22 ruger single-six but it just felt so wrong to not have the 1911 along.
I'm sure if I could CCW I might dig my G23 or G27 out of storage from back when I lived in a free state, but until that day comes this is my one and only.
Yes, that is a rabbit fur gun doily. Those rabbits died for my dinner and to give my Kimber a bed. That's being green.
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Enough Said! That is a sweet Gun/Companion!!!