Why I'm here.

I grew up in a somewhat liberal, extremely pacifist household in the equally liberal Washington state. I had some good friends who introduced me to the errors of my upbringing. Guns (any weapons really) were a forbidden topic in my house, so when I was first introduced to shooting sports I fell in love- kind of a forbidden fruit thing I think. My mother still wonders where she went so wrong.
Because of my upbringing, and my poverty in college, I am not your average gun guy. Most “gun people” buy a gun and it stays in the family, passed on through generations when the owner goes to their heavenly reward. I, on the other hand, go through guns like they were work pants. I get bored, or I look too close, or I shoot them till I don’t like them anymore. Over the past five years I have bought, shot, and sold or traded More than 50 firearms. Along the way I have learned TONS, established opinions, and had a great time. Now some will ask, “Why” ? It all comes down to a deal I made with my incredibly beautiful, and patient wife. When we were first engaged we talked about lots of important things in great detail, and one of those was firearms. She knew I liked guns and enjoyed shooting (though at the time neither of us had any idea how big this would become). She was worried about having hundreds of guns strewn everywhere around the house. We set a four gun limit at any given time. Over the years that deal has been revisited and modified, but the rule made me sell a gun before I could get a new one. It also has led me to play with a ton of platforms and a ton of accessories. This review blog is based on the experience gathered along the way. I have also figured out how to self-fund my gun addiction. In our house “gun money” is a separate entity, though I have on occasion used it to spoil my wife. “Gun money” is money made from a gun sale that is used for buying another gun or ammo. (Gun money also magically accumulates when I let my wife pick our sons names). Guns have become a real investment to mee, they hold their value very well. I have made a lot of additional “gun money” along the way. My addiction started with a $550 initial investment and has grown to around $15,000 in guns, and around $8000 in ammo (though little of that is left) in the course of five years.

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The Para 2011 (45 acp)


John browning was a genius. The M2 belt fed is still in use, the 1911 was the longest running sidearm used by the US army, the 1911 is the first slide action auto pistol, ever and had been copied by many countries the world around, guns like the balsta malonia, the type 56, the tokorov, and the systima were all blatant copies, all because of a truly legendary design.
The trigger on a 1911 is an absolutely incredible design. I do however believe the 1911 is a 100 year old design and that technology has passed it by. The main reasons I never bought a 1911were weight and capacity. 8 rounds of anything is just not enough, and an all steel gun sucks to carry. so when I was offered a double stack Para I couldn’t pass on it 14 is much better than 8. It came with upgraded sights, an extended mag and slide releise, and I installed a STI trigger right away. It shot fine but it was HUGE in your hand, and loaded weighed over 2 pounds. I am glad I owned it and even more that I tried to like it, but all in all, I am not a 1911 guy, and the 45acp is not my favorite round.

THE GOOD:
there is something fun about holding a huge hunk of quality machined metal,
this thing gobbled up anything and everything I fed it.
The 1911 trigger is spectacular!
Holsters are east to find.
THE BAD:
It was way too heavy to be practical
2011 mags are not hard to get online but they are $50 each
FINAL THOUGHTS:

This is not a bad gun, but the cost to feed it made it very impractical for me, though I love having a cocked and locked hammer fired gun on my hip; it shows you how ignorant the general public is; “hey, that’s dangerous, you shouldn’t have the hammer back”, “yes guns are dangerous, that is kinda the point.” fun conversation that...



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