USED: Michigan Armament kit gun, I purchased in 1991. It was dirty, maintenance was non-existent, and it was beginning to rust... on the INSIDE!
I was smitten by, "
1911."
It was cheap, and so was I - I was in college. I never fired a SINGLE round through it, though. I couldn't. It locked up tight on hardball, and how I kept from shooting myself while trying to UN-lock it, still amazes me.
I went to a pawn shop in a different town, and got a 24" color TV, a VCR (yeah, it WAS 'ancient of days,' then - it
was a VHS though
), and a hundred dollars cash in trade for it, and considered it a GREAT deal!!! I got the hell OUTTA there,
before he tried to load it!!!
NEW: Norinco 1911. Early 1993. I was
still cheap, and
STILL in college (I went back to college in 1990 at age 23, FYI), and so was the Norinco. I'd always loved their ammo and AK's; I figured - "
Hey - for $300 & change, how
BAD could it
be?!?!"
SUCKTACULAR, as it turned out.
Jammed on the SECOND mag of hardball. Needed a throat job
worse than Joan Rivers. :mummy: Unloaded
THAT one while working in radio in MS shortly thereafter.
After THOSE back-to-back experiences - my
FIRST TWO experiences with 1911's, no less - I learned my LESSON, when it comes
to 1911's. I
ALMOST gave up on them
completely after that piece of Norinco experience. I wouldn't buy another one, until late 1995, while in grad school in SC. Broke the piggy bank, & got a Springfield 1911-A1... and
STILL have it today!
The Springer, a S&W, and 2 Kimbers later, the lesson is
LEARNED - ya'
GET what'cha
PAY for.
Period.