ToddG from Pistol-Training.com knocked it out of the park. This is well said.
I look at the 1911 much like Muscle Car. You can buy faster modern cars, but they just don’t have the class and style that a classic muscle car has.
As much as I love my G23RTF2, it doesn’t evoke the romance and the passion that my 1911’s inspire.
The 1911 is for the Aficionado and the Professional. It’s not for the rank and file foot-soldier. Yes, there is an Elitist aspect to it.
Ironic, considering it was issued to rank-and-file foot soldiers for like 70 years.
Yeah, and we didn’t build them so bloody tight. Then again, they were not as accurate either. My issue guns shot about 3 inches and rattled like a snake tail. But they ran.
ToddG, well said. Kind of like the J-Frame, not for everybody.