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  A story I heard from an old time  Texas Ranger.   He carried a 1911, 7 in the mg, one up the spout.   No extra mags.

   When asked, He said ," If I need more than 8 rounds, I need more than a pistol."

   I'v carried since 1968.   1911, sometimes with an extra mag, sometimes not.    The only time I had to draw, was a guy that broke into my gunshop.  He was in a crawlspace under the shop.   My only shot could have rickoched into the gas meter!  Nither the SO who resopnded nor myself fired.   Suspect shot at us  once.   SO deputit relised I was a civilion, kicked over the trash can I was hiding behind, and yelled, cover the hole in the floor.  It turned out to be two of them, they eventually surrended, but had torn a hole  trough the floor to gain access to the shop.

   The access was alarmed, but did not go off when they removed the cover.   Alarm went off when they actually entered the building.

   I'll keep my 1911's, both Colt and Kimber.

   Respecfully

   Terry

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I own a Springfield 1911 TRP Operator (FBI) model with the full length dust cover, A Springfield Champion Operator (Commander size) and a Sig Scorpion in a Officers size. I love the Sig for carry and if I ever contemplated another 1911 it would be a Sig. The Springers are nice but the finish isn't as durable and I sweat a lot and riding a Harley in high humidity = rust lol.

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 The Springers are nice but the finish isn't as durable and I sweat a lot and riding a Harley in high humidity = rust lol.

Black-T brother!

 

http://black-t.com/

 

I had Bob Birdsong put that finish on my concealed carry pistol 20 years ago and with VERY minimal care it has never rusted, and my sweat is really bad on firearms. I've always carried in either an IWB or pancake holster too. The self lubricating properties are no schitt too! I put a 4# trigger pull job on that 1911 (like I do for all my non-competition 1911's) before I sent it to him and when I got it back it was at 3#! He told me I didn't need to use any lube on the gun but I put a drop of oil on each slide rail after cleaning but that is all. I don't know why this finish isn't better known, as my grandson used to say, it's the shiznit!

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I own a Springfield 1911 TRP Operator (FBI) model with the full length dust cover, A Springfield Champion Operator (Commander size) and a Sig Scorpion in a Officers size. I love the Sig for carry and if I ever contemplated another 1911 it would be a Sig. The Springers are nice but the finish isn't as durable and I sweat a lot and riding a Harley in high humidity = rust lol.

I have a buddy with a TRP Operator, great pistol. I have a Springer GI as well. These are both very well made guns and great shooters. I hate the sights on my GI but it shoots great. An aside is that Springfield has great customer service.

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