Dear Abby,
Yesterday we got a Springfield Ultra-Compact V-10 traded in. It's "bi-tone" (as Springfield calls it) and has been ramped and throated by a competent gunsmith, along with the installation of a heavier recoil spring and a quick touch-up on the trigger. I don't own any 1911's at this time. Every time I walk past this gun in the showcase, choirs of angels sing. I have leather that will fit this gun already at home from my last small 1911 (a Galco SOB and a Bianchi Askins Avenger). In short, I have got the hots for this little pistol in the worst possible way, and I'm already fairly deep into the purchase rationalization process.
Here's the rub; I'd have to trade in my Beretta Border Marshal. It's got an ultra sweet trigger, thanks to the aforementioned competent pistolsmith waving a chicken foot over the internals and working his juju on the double action pull, especially.
Don't bother answering if you are going to say "buy both!" because that's not an option. If I want this V-10 (and I do, so badly that my teeth hurt) then the Border Marshal must go (and I don't want it to).
If I can't get some kind of vote out of the crowd here, I'll be forced to resort to flipping a coin or something...
Yesterday we got a Springfield Ultra-Compact V-10 traded in. It's "bi-tone" (as Springfield calls it) and has been ramped and throated by a competent gunsmith, along with the installation of a heavier recoil spring and a quick touch-up on the trigger. I don't own any 1911's at this time. Every time I walk past this gun in the showcase, choirs of angels sing. I have leather that will fit this gun already at home from my last small 1911 (a Galco SOB and a Bianchi Askins Avenger). In short, I have got the hots for this little pistol in the worst possible way, and I'm already fairly deep into the purchase rationalization process.
Here's the rub; I'd have to trade in my Beretta Border Marshal. It's got an ultra sweet trigger, thanks to the aforementioned competent pistolsmith waving a chicken foot over the internals and working his juju on the double action pull, especially.
Don't bother answering if you are going to say "buy both!" because that's not an option. If I want this V-10 (and I do, so badly that my teeth hurt) then the Border Marshal must go (and I don't want it to).
If I can't get some kind of vote out of the crowd here, I'll be forced to resort to flipping a coin or something...