Okay, don't tell nobody, but my wallet generated another firearm today.
Explaination: I was going to buy my dad a cheapo .40 semi-auto. We went to the gun shop, and found that they didn't have what I wanted, so we looked at some other things. An old Rossi .38 snubbie, a S&W M&P pre-war, with a three inch barrel, a Smith & Wesson K-frame in .357, as well as a Khar 9mm, a Browning hi-power 9mm (had six names on the wait list, otherwise, at $450...
) and a Sig P225. I was pretty set on the .357, and was doing some "testing" a.k.a. having fun with an unloaded revolver, when my mother mentioned to the salesman that I liked 1911s. He got a smirk and pointed to a whiteboard on the wall. it read "All Rock Island Arms 1911s, 10%-40% off."
So, for a total of $530, I have a brand new RIA 1911, with a padded hard case, an 8 rd mag, and and two sets of grips. There is a lock, but....CA regs. I'm keeping it a secret from my dad, and will wrap it for Christmas day, but......
--TK