ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
I bought my first well used 1911 in 1968 for the sum of $95. It was someone's bullseye gun and had some very effective but obsolete modifications to it. I still have that pistol and it will stay with me as long as I live.
I reloaded .45acp on a Lee loader (tap, tap, tap), hunted with the pistol, shot bullseye, hunted rats at the local garbage dump and shot that pistol until my fingers wore the finish off of the front strap down to bare metal. You can look at that front strap and see the impressions of my fingers in the metal worn completely down to shiny metal.
When the money started coming in after college, more advanced reloaders kept that pistol fed a steady diet of .45acp.
Later, I shot bullseye, some competition, earned my LTC and carried that pistol concealed. Sure, I owned lots of 1911's and even had a competition Colt built for the "Combat Shooting" (From a draw). That pistol shot great and I sold it for $1000 in (about) 1975 but frankly, the 1968 1911 would have done just as well. $1000 in those days was a friggin' fortune!
There is something mystical about how that old 1911 and I work together. It's a bond that I can't really describe except that if I want something shot, and can see the target, it gets hit.
I do not miss with that pistol! It speaks to me and I communicate to it. That pistol is part of me and we don't miss.
I saw Rob trying to TEACH that connection in the video but that isn't something that you can teach. Shooting that way comes from long, varied, association and practice. Muscles learn to handle the pistol and the firearm is prepared to implement instructions from the shooter. It's perfect symmetry!
There's no doubt that Rob knows that connection well. Unfortunately, you can't teach someone else to do that. It comes with time and practice.
Flash
I reloaded .45acp on a Lee loader (tap, tap, tap), hunted with the pistol, shot bullseye, hunted rats at the local garbage dump and shot that pistol until my fingers wore the finish off of the front strap down to bare metal. You can look at that front strap and see the impressions of my fingers in the metal worn completely down to shiny metal.
When the money started coming in after college, more advanced reloaders kept that pistol fed a steady diet of .45acp.
Later, I shot bullseye, some competition, earned my LTC and carried that pistol concealed. Sure, I owned lots of 1911's and even had a competition Colt built for the "Combat Shooting" (From a draw). That pistol shot great and I sold it for $1000 in (about) 1975 but frankly, the 1968 1911 would have done just as well. $1000 in those days was a friggin' fortune!
There is something mystical about how that old 1911 and I work together. It's a bond that I can't really describe except that if I want something shot, and can see the target, it gets hit.
I do not miss with that pistol! It speaks to me and I communicate to it. That pistol is part of me and we don't miss.
I saw Rob trying to TEACH that connection in the video but that isn't something that you can teach. Shooting that way comes from long, varied, association and practice. Muscles learn to handle the pistol and the firearm is prepared to implement instructions from the shooter. It's perfect symmetry!
There's no doubt that Rob knows that connection well. Unfortunately, you can't teach someone else to do that. It comes with time and practice.
Flash
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