For purposes unknown (LOL), Friend & Reader JC in PA sends me this link about a gun:
Of course, there’s a lot to like about this gun (it’s a 1911, for starters): Novak-style sights, lightweight hammer, beavertail grip (hammer bite, for the alleviation of), to mention just some.
For me, the flies in this lovely ointment are the extruded grip safety (unnecessary and a massive irritant in an extended range session) and of course the fact that it’s chambered for the Europellet.
Nevertheless, I think it’s a Good Thing (albeit not for me and in any event, I own a sufficiency of 1911s, and properly chambered withal).
Some might ask: Why not just use a Browning-type SA-35 (High Power), if one wants to use a John Moses Browning-designed gun?
There’s no reason not to, of course; as any fule kno, I yield to no man in my love of the High Power (despite its Europellet chambering).
If one is going to go the Euro way and use the 9mm Parabellum, then both are sound choices — the 1911’s shorter barrel may even make it more portable than the full-size High Power.
The problem, however, is that deciding on the 9mm does open up the choice of gun, bigly. Sticking with all-steel construction, there’s the CZ 75 series (e.g. the compact):
…not to mention the full-size SIG P210 (a longtime favorite of mine):
…and of course, the Beretta line (e.g. the 92X Performance):
…to mention but some.
Once you go completely over to the Dark Side and espouse such filth as the plastic guns, of course, the choice expands exponentially, and this post has gone on long enough already.
So thanks, JC; but I’ll be sticking to my beloved 1911 .45 ACP guns. If ever I do want to downsize, I’ll step down to the short-barreled Combat Commander type:
…but that’s as far as I’ll go.
