robert.furtkamp.com / guns / Springfield Armory 1911A1 WW2 Mil-Spec

I've gotten flak enough over owning largely Communist guns or those popularized by evil drug dealers. It doesn't mean I don't love good, red-blooded-American-gun-snob guns, just rather that I'm substantially more picky when it comes to buying them.

I'd wanted a GI-spec 1911 pistol for some time, but the genuine article is way too pricey for hick me and I can't love a gun I'm afraid to shoot. Thankfully, in the era of reissuing all things old, Springfield Armory got around to capitalizing on the current WW2 fetishists out there, and in doing so, ended up with a few of my evil dollars.

It's a fine, well-crafted firearm, suitable for home defense and day to day carry purposes, even if it isn't 100% authentic to the period. Of course, I'm not willing to sacrifice my life for authenticity - never have before, and I figure I'm too damn old to start learning.

The 1911 also happens to be a great deal of fun to shoot both in terms of kick, flash, and boom, not to mention large, large holes downrange on the torsos of those blue paper dudes I seem to hate so much.

I suppose I should mention here Springfield's excellent customer support - the pistol was advertised as coming with brown period correct grips, but it shipped with black ones as pictured above. They sent them to me at no charge, and while they looked spiffy and all, they made the gun a little too obvious when stuck under my shirt out in the world since I wear nothing but black shirts anyway. Couple that with a lifetime warranty and a low cost of ownership, and I'm one happy evildoer.