-=> Quoting Michael Anderson to Jim Page <=-
 JP>Get 1911 if you want a good pistol.
 MA> Yeah, 1911's are great, if you have $800 to start for a vanilla
 MA> Springfield, then you go on to add $900 of modifications for stocks,
 MA> ambi-safties, brushings, caspian slides, etc.  As a matter of fact:
 MA> All  the 1911 "toters" I know of, only two carry theirs stock.  Only
 MA> two.   Those are fine. One is a Norinco, the other is a Para.  If the
 MA> 1911 is  so great, why do they need all the extra crap?  My Smith 686,
 MA> un- modified, out of the box, hits steel plates at 80yds. I'd LOVE to
 MA> see a  stock 1911 reliably do that.  If I ever buy 1911, I've given
 MA> certain  people permission to shoot me with it (so when I wake up in
 MA> the morning,  I'll never do it again :) )
 So, since you've determined that this particular firearm is EXACTLY what YOU 
need, anyone else who carries, or even uses, any other handgun is a fool?
Gun snobs really slay me. HA ha hahahaha. Get some sleep Michael.
I guess you don't have any expensive hobbies, do you. I know people who spend 
25K for their automobiles. Are they idiots because I drive a dented pickup 
that will carry more than their sedans? No, they enjoy their very nice mode 
of transportation. I may believe them to be fools, but I realize that this is 
only my opinion. I am also aware that I have hobbies and habits that are 
WITHOUT A DOUBT seen by others to be a waste of resources. So what. My dough, 
my problem. I might suggest that you take a more kindly view of decisions 
others make which affect only themselves.
... Thank you for not sharing your feelings. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 
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