I like it.

I got a Taurus 1911 back in 09 and I loooooove it. Really legit firearm.

This is a springfield, once I've cleaned it I'll try to get out to the range with it. Out of the box the cycling feels pretty good though so hopefully this will be a good one.

fun for target shooting gun, it's surprisingly accurate despite being chambered for a relatively low velocity round :o

im not a huge handgun fan but i do like shotguns mainly cuz you can basically shoot anything you want from them if you have an empty 12 gauge shell XD my favorite has to be the Mossberg 500 cruiser http://www.nazarian.no/images/wep/1.....%20cruiser.jpg im normally a gun control activist but man, thats a sexy weapon XD

I'm a fan of Mossbergs myself, but not so much on the cruiser models, since I do prefer to have a stock. Though, from my 500 and 590, we've sure sent downrange a wide variety of unusual projectiles.

yeah, i assume they're easier to aim with a stock. lol, ive always wanted to shoot 3 things from a shot gun; pennies, marbles, and popcorn XD

Heh, we've got a load I've been dying to test out, not quite a marble, but it's a .68 caliber musket ball in front of a petal-less wad, pushed pretty hard. That should be close to a big, soft marble, and penetrate better than a foster slug.

nice! XD but oh god shotgun slugs are NASTY! XD like getting hit with a mini cannon ball XD ive always wondered what would happen if somebody made a shot gun slug out of solid steel, i bet that would be pretty close to armor piercing if it was pointed enough XD

These are pretty much a mini-cannonball. The thing I don't like about many of the available shotgun slugs is that they're more like a shuttlecock than a ball, so that they can squeeze down the bore, through chokes, and stay stable in flight. This makes them very fragile, and they deform pretty easily. Once, when we were at the range, we found a slug that was lodged in a 2" thick green stick, and it had gone donut-shaped. A solid ball will tend to be more resistant to deformation (especially after they're dropped right from the mold and into water to harden up the alloy!) and they're easy to cast and load.

yeah, plus lead is a soft metal anyway XD i would imagine even giving the slug a metal jacket would make it harder and more strong

OMG you evil evil gun owner, how dare you own a handgun, your evil.

Now that's a 1911! Nice grips, too.

Yeah, I really like the grips, they aren't historical at all, but I like to imagine if mounted cavalry had continued to be relevant they might have gotten grips like that. Actually I feel like getting some ww2 rubber grips to keep on this thing just so I don't mess up the nice wood ones :P

No, I'm like:

"OMG you epic epic gun owner, how dare you own just one handgun, you're awesome."

(Would have been a direct parody, but the possessive misuse leaves me twitching by habit.)

Nice! (even though UGH wood grips!) How much did you manage to pick it up for?

About $570 total. It was 520 plus shipping and transfer fees. Good luck finding one though.

NICE! I'm not looking into one though. I was cursed with tiny hands, so revolvers are more my style.

Nice piece, but parkarized finish never lasts long before it starts showing wear. Keep a careful eye on the finish. I prefer blued myself.

I like the park'd look, and I even like the look of good even use wear. Mostly I just want to avoid the idiot scratches like the one on the takedown pin. And yeah I prefer blued too but the colt repros were out of my price range. I've got the whole rest of my life to find one though so it's not a huge deal XP

Good grab, for that price!

Trick for the park: disassemble, wipe the whole thing with a relatively thick coat of gun oil, let sit overnight, wipe off excess.

Parkerizing soaks up oil, and doing that slows the wear and you'll probably never have to worry about corrosion.

Even when it does wear, a 1911 with good honest wear is the best looking thing that doesn't involve brass and leather.

Thanks for the tip. And like I said above, I do like the look of honest wear on 1911s and a lot of other military guns. Just gotta avoid the idiot marks XP

Yeah, just have to be careful with the slide release when you reassemble the thing.

The one complaint I have about the CZ that lives at my hip is that the finish is Duracote. No deep bluing or smoothed parkerizing for me.

In my pants...

Nice choice ^^
Keep good care of it, and it'll keep good care of you!
My Mak has been good to me, I keep him clean and ready for action at a moments notice :p

gun porn!

Truly a beautiful gun! I'm actually considering getting one for myself. I really dig the grips, did it come with them or did you get them separately?

Yeah, those are the stock grips on the Springfield GI. I half feel like getting some ww2 rubber grips just so I don't ruin these because I really do like them.

Sweet!

Nope. *points at sentry*

Hey you got it! Cool. I would have done the omg you evil gunowner parody thing but it looks like that's seen enough attention already without me adding another one. We shall speak of it on aim soon! :)

Well, when Jerry comes 'round, Comerade, you with your 1911, and I with my Mosin...

We'll show 'em who's boss.

Hey nice gun man! I would like to have one...but I live in Brazil... Guns are very expensive over here, and people can only have a .38

Wow, I was just reading a little bit about your gun laws. 81% tax on new firearms is insane. And .38 is a very strange cap to put on caliber. Although if you ever do find yourself with the ability to get one I believe they do sell this gun in .38acp (if that's legal). Also, who knows, maybe the laws will become less insane some day.

Thanks for the information! But the .38acp isn't allowed, only the .38, 9mm short and the weaker ones. Anyway, even if I could get this gun, it wouldn't be less than U$2500,00...