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I finally have my first full-time job out of school, after months of working at a big box outdoors store working the gun counter. I have a week left there before moving on to my new job, and I’m now told I can get a Springfield for nearly half shelf price. So, I have a matter of days to decide if I should pick up a 9mm Loaded because I don’t reload and would be able to shoot 9mm the most.
The snags:
1. My first and only handgun is a Glock 17 which I carry daily, have trained with, and I know the true advantages it has over older designs. Thus, this 1911 will not be carried or stashed anywhere for defensive use.
2. Currently I compete in IDPA with that same Glock, have the magazine stash and rig for it, etc. I have no intentions of making this a full-time gamer gun, but would still take it to the occasional competition to exercise it and experiment.
3. I’m one of those annoying tactical guys who has to have a purpose for every weapon. My AR is an AR. My 10/22 is a trainer and varmint gun. My Glock is my carry weapon and bedside companion. What the heck would a 1911 be?
4. Would training with the 1911 detract from my trigger time with my Glock?
The luring factors that make me want the gun:
1. My great-grandfather stole his issued 1911 in WW1, and my grandfather trained the first Chinese Air Force to use this pistol.
2. I want to learn the design for its history and culture.
3. I’ve had a long road roughing it out at this gun shop watching people buy junk or shelf queens, and I want something that is true quality that will be appreciated.
4. Maybe years down the line, I am sitting around in my hover-mansion and decide to have a race gun made. I could just hand over the Springfield as a well-established base gun.
5. Could there be a legitimate niche for a low-capacity, bulky, accurate 9mm in my paranoid little world?
What are your thoughts?
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