The Passion of the Gun

[LSP552]

Let me change that for you.......

I am really a revolver guy, but I use a semi auto as a soulless disposable carry and training tool.

Yes!!!! Thanks for clearing that up.

Ken

[Tamara]

To dig a bit deeper, it's really about the trigger, MY accuracy potential, and just how it "feels". I've been able to drive Glocks relatively well, but I have to force my hand to fit them, as apposed to the 226 being an extension of my hand. Completely subjective on my part for sure, but it's harder to spend my time on something that doesn't excite.

I'm tracking now.

For me, there's a lot of gun nerd that goes into what I feel affection toward. (For instance, the little Mauser 1910 I've been coonfingering off and on for the past week or so has a machined steel magazine follower. That is just so... extravagant to my modern eyes. From the vantage point of today, it's completely over the top, like gold leaf toilet paper.)

[Chuck Haggard]

When I was in my first cav unit I was issued a 1911, not a 1911a1, a fer-reals 1911. Never got converted over to a1, flat mainspring housing, almost no beavertail, giant hook of a hammer that drew blood every time I shot it.... I tracked the serial number and Colts said it had been built in 1913.

It was indescribably badass for me to be carrying a gun that could have been used to shoot at Pancho Villa's men, and those of the Kaiser, and Hitler's......

[98z28]

When I was in my first cav unit I was issued a 1911, not a 1911a1, a fer-reals 1911. Never got converted over to a1, flat mainspring housing, almost no beavertail, giant hook of a hammer that drew blood every time I shot it.... I tracked the serial number and Colts said it had been built in 1913.

It was indescribably badass for me to be carrying a gun that could have been used to shoot at Pancho Villa's men, and those of the Kaiser, and Hitler's......

That's just cool.

[LSP552]

When I was in my first cav unit I was issued a 1911, not a 1911a1, a fer-reals 1911. Never got converted over to a1, flat mainspring housing, almost no beavertail, giant hook of a hammer that drew blood every time I shot it.... I tracked the serial number and Colts said it had been built in 1913.

It was indescribably badass for me to be carrying a gun that could have been used to shoot at Pancho Villa's men, and those of the Kaiser, and Hitler's......

Damn Cool Chuck! My issued pistol as an MP at Ft. Polk in 1974 was a WWII Remington Rand that looked brand new. Not near as cool as a Pancho Villa gun!

Ken

[Magic_Salad0892]

See, that's a distinction I'm unable to draw; toaster parts are toaster parts, even if the shell is stamped steel and aluminum instead of plastic. I don't really get much more soul vibe from a Beretta or classic SIG than I do from, say, a USP or FNS.

I don't know. For me, a SIG AND Beretta have almost as much soul as a 1911. Not quite there. But enough. As do S&W 3rd gen autos. It's a combination of being metal, feeling like a real gun, having good ergonomics, and having a hammer.

[LHS]

I'm tracking now.

For me, there's a lot of gun nerd that goes into what I feel affection toward. (For instance, the little Mauser 1910 I've been coonfingering off and on for the past week or so has a machined steel magazine follower. That is just so... extravagant to my modern eyes. From the vantage point of today, it's completely over the top, like gold leaf toilet paper.)

That's how I felt when I shot a Sterling. Magazine follower on rollers? It was like they took the basic MP18/MP28 design from the bottom of the economy basement (i.e. the STEN) and pushed it up to the penthouse. I've never felt an open-bolt SMG run that smoothly.

[LHS]

I don't know. For me, a SIG AND Beretta have almost as much soul as a 1911. Not quite there. But enough. As do S&W 3rd gen autos. It's a combination of being metal, feeling like a real gun, having good ergonomics, and having a hammer.

This. It just feels like a 'real' gun when you press trigger. When that hammer drops, it feels like a gun. (Though not so much for me with the 3rd Gen Smiths, they're a little mushy in that regard)

[BigT]

That's how I felt when I shot a Sterling. Magazine follower on rollers? It was like they took the basic MP18/MP28 design from the bottom of the economy basement (i.e. the STEN) and pushed it up to the penthouse. I've never felt an open-bolt SMG run that smoothly.

One of the coolest guns I've ever shot is a (afaik) factory suppressed Stirling. That is the gun all movie suppressors are recorded from.

[Magic_Salad0892]

This. It just feels like a 'real' gun when you press trigger. When that hammer drops, it feels like a gun. (Though not so much for me with the 3rd Gen Smiths, they're a little mushy in that regard)

I got to shoot a 3rd Gen Smith (5904) that was worked over by Novak. It makes my top 5 pistols ever.