Whew! been away for a few days and finally back in the saddle again so to speak! I went with the .45 more or less due to the ease of handloading and some tradition I guess?? As far as two gun competition I am going to shoot the Colt and enjoy it and try to get good with it before actually entering into a competitve shoot, sorta testing the waters.
I hope I did not offend anyone in my postings regarding other guns, I own several Rugers myself and would'nt trade them for anything, but I have always wanted a Colt or two and these guns will hopefully have somewhat of a dual purpose role. One being the CASS and the other being somewhat collectable. I went to a local gun shop and peered over the selections pretty good, Colt, Ruger, Uberti and so on and the shop owner told me that the only gun in the case that he would give me every single penny I paid for it back in 10 years would be the Colt if it were taken care of. Now I have no intentions of selling out my purchase but it did make me feel good hearing that.
So I toyed around with idea, thought about it and procrastaned about it Ya'll know the old dragging your feet. I finally had made my decision to buy his Colt, a little more than I felt it was worth but hey it's Christmas! So We (me and the family) drive back up to the shop(50 miles) 3 days later to pick it up and guess what?
Every other pistol I looked at still lay in the case, and of course the Colt GONE!!!!!
I had a few nasty words to say to my self
, fact remained it was gone!!! So I poked around and called every gunshop within a 100 mile radius. and found only 2 others that were high grade nickle plated guns for a lot more $$$
than I wanted to spend. So back to the internet and found what I was looking for
and hopefully I will have it in my hands today!!
Sorry to be so long winded but I love to tell a good story, with a happy ending!!!