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colt 1911 gov?
My son just gave me the nicest Christmas present I can remember.
A little background first: My father died last year at the age of 94. He had been a federal law enforcement officer since years before I was born. The one
thing that I had asked him for was his service revolver that he carried for decades. He taught me how to shoot with that pistol, starting at age five.
(I was fascinated with his gun as a toddler, so he thought he would let me fire it once when I was five so I'd be afraid to touch it.....fat chance! By age seven I was out-scoring him at the range!)
Anyhow, when Dad passed, his pistol was nowhere to be found. There had been more than one burglary at my parent's house, and I figured there was no chance of ever finding it.
Tonight, my son handed me a box, and told me not to wait for Christmas to open it. Inside the box was a presentation case with an engraved plaque with
Dad's name, agency, and service dates, and of course, the long=lost pistol.
Steve even had the sense NOT to have it re-blued, and left it as it was, well-used.
A gun may seem a silly thing to get sentimental about, but love of shooting was one of the few things that my father and I had in common.
I have NO idea how Steve was able to keep this a secret for so long, but when he handed it to me, I was without words.
colt 1911 gov?
your son? uh how old is your son? i hope if proper age. Well played though.
Nope. S&W .38 snub.
The Colt 1911 was MY service pistol (US Army).
I'm having a matching case made for it, and my son gets both when I pass on.
Nope. S&W .38 snub.
The Colt 1911 was MY service pistol (US Army).
I'm having a matching case made for it, and my son gets both when I pass on.
awesome brah, if i had to pick any two handguns those are the two i'd go with
My son is 32, and is active duty Air Force. His sidearm is a Beretta, and HIS son will get all three pistols.
Funny thing, though.....for his birthday last month, I gave Steve a Henry model 001 lever action .22 rifle to match mine. Seriously, that is one SWEET firearm! (Since I'm getting older, I mounted a scope on mine so I can keep up. My dad had the same problem.)
still cant fathom how in the we went from 1911s to issuing berettas almost 100 years later. how sad
I think it was a NATO thing.....switching to 9mm so the ammo matches between allied armies.
So your son swiped his Granddaddy's pistol???
so he stole your pappy's pistol and gave it back to you?
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