Originally Posted by HighEnergy

The 1911 (original) was designed to do one thing and to do it well. And it did. Punching paper was not it's place in life.

The last one I had was "on loan" so to speak from the US Gov. I bought it from a guy returning from 'Nam who needed some cash for $15. I didn't ask any questions, he didn't offer any stories. He contacted me 2-3 yrs later and asked if I still had it. I knew when I bought it he would regret selling it and sure enough, he wanted to buy it back. I'm sure he would have paid anything for it but I felt like it was his, and had always been his. I asked him for the $15 dollars back. I would have gave it to him but I didn't want to insult him.

I liked your comments bm bradley, that's it's function. Close range and bullets that start to tumble if they touch a spider web. If the penetration path doesn't kill the shock from the ft/lbs of energy released will. It's a man stopper that you can use in a crowd of 100 without endangering the other 99.