YODA and OBIWAN and THE FORCE !

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I really like the New Para GI Expert 1911. It's got everything you need and nothing you don't. I don't know why anyone would buy one of those Springfield Mil-specs, RIA's or even the Taurus when you can pick on of these up for around $500 or less.

This is what I'd probably end up getting, when I finally have the cash to buy a 1911, and don't have other roles I'm trying to fill. (Have pistols, have half of an AR...)

I also wish they made a double-stack version. Change nothing else. I'd buy both!

[Stradawhovious]

-I just love to watch these guys get hard--go soft--get hard--go soft.

Hey SAM, is there something you're not telling us?

[plblark]

NO, he's already said too much!

[R.E.T.]

Norinco products are banned from import into the U.S.

That is from back in the Clinton days. If you leave the country with one you can not bring it back in.

[Seismic Sam]

Sam, you maroon!! Come in here and stir up ANOTHER 1911 debate, and then say NAAAAHHHHHH and walk away.

And BTW - if you're gonna go big bore, the DE50 is the way to go. The mags drop free, so you can reload as fast as any other semi, and it obviously will kick the pins off the table. BTW - was this a 5 pin match or a 10 pin match, and if it was a 10, were the pins in a standard triangle configuration or in a row??

5 in a row

Oh, gee, I was hoping it was 10, because I got some bad news for you guys. A LOOONNNGGG time ago (like 33 years, maybe) I lived up in Minneapolis on County Road D about a mile East of Apache mall just after I was married. I belonged to the Minneapolis Pistol Club, which had been around since the 1930's and back then they shot every Tuesday night at the 2nd Precinct Police Station just off of 19th and Central. It was a nice facility, with 5 lanes, and the 2nd Precinct armorer was a guy named Mel who ran the range while we were there. Once in a while we would have a pin shoot, and Mel would always win. He used a 1911 that he had worked over himself, but it wasn't like it was an IPSC unlimited gun or anything. It was just a very tight and smooth 1911 that wasn't even a Gold Cup. I only heard about the scores once, but Mel had won as usual, with a time of 5.4 seconds with 5 well placed shots.

BEEP!!! Whack! Whack! Whack! Whack! Whack!, and the table was clean.

Sadly, after being a member for about three years in this 50 year old club that had been using police ranges for the whole time, Tony "The Enormous Prique King Shyte Phuckwadd Anti-Gun (except for my own) "Glocks are only for terrorist"s Douchebagg Goat Phucker" Bouza got elected, and shortly thereafter we got booted and the club died with a whimper.

Hmmm - only 5 pins, with a Smith 500 with 8"+ sight radius where even a grazing shot will work - that might be doable!!

Note 1: Just saw the video of Vlad with his 44 - Magnum bigbore is definitely the way to go - If I get to do this, it's gonna be the DE 50!!

Note 2: I just remembered - Mel also shot in the Nationals every year at Camp Perry, so he was pretty damn good.

[RichSal2451]

Just saw a site called http://www.the-armory.com. They had Kimbers there for a very reasonable price. also had ammo for sale.

[Flip]

Is it really a big deal to have a cast slide? I've heard that Taurus & Para use cast slides (???) .


1911 buffs ... what do you say?


Thanks,
Flip