For the last few years, each second quarter on the calendar has become my 1911 pistol season. The reason: in June I have a couple of matches coming up where John Browning’s most popular auto pistol design is particularly suitable. One of those events is a gathering of gun geezers, a match held by my old friend Bill Wilson for us old guys who were in at the beginning of IPSC combat pistol competition in the mid-1970s. We use the guns of that game and that time: 1911s. The other is going to be the last hurrah of my very favorite shooting match ever, the Pin Shoot (www.pinshoot.com), in Michigan. Logic says to get some time in beforehand with the guns I’ll be using, and the 1911 .45 is the logical and most popular choice as the main handgun for pins.My feelings on the 1911 can be found here, from last year in GUNS magazine, where I wrote the handgun column for a few decades:
Not competing in the pin shoot any longer or is the pin shoot ending?
Alas, this will be the last year the match will be held. 🙁
Have fun Mas!
How appropriate Mas. You shooting a1911 for the last PINS match. I read that they gave away a 1911 as an event prize at the Inaugural match in ‘75. Shoot well and enjoy. You and I should make ourselves a smaller local version PINS match prior to one the classes in Live Oak. I do like shooting bowling pins.
You have a logical reason for doing a carry rotation and the skills to accomplish it. I don’t think it is a great idea for regular shooters however. Or at least it should be done with guns of different sizes but the same operating system.
Sorry, lost me on this.
Mr Ayoob’s article gives lots of good reasons to NOT change the gun you carry.
Why is it a good idea for him to do so and a bad idea for others?
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Nicholas, it depends what you need to do with the gun. If I’m going to be shooting (and training for) matches that require a certain type of handgun, it makes sense to carry the same type you’re practicing and shooting with. In my case I also test guns for various publications, and part of testing with defensive handguns is carrying them for a while.
Good luck at the Pin Shoot, Mas!
While being very sorry to miss the grand finale of that august event, it is for a joyous cause: to provide help to my wonderful daughter, who is due to deliver my second granddaughter. My son-in-law is deployed on a ship in the vicinity of the Arabian Sea.
I envy those of you who are eligible for LEOSA and who can CCW in Washington, Oregon and California, where I’ll be for the next month, relying on pepper spray, Kubotan and situational awareness when not in a private domicile. I’d love to see national reciprocity of CCW Permits!
Have a good trip, Jeff. For what it’s worth, some Washington sheriff’s departments will issue non-resident concealed carry permits.
WA is shall issue for NR permits. I have one from Walla Walla. Oregon is may issue for NR. Most don’t or make extreme restrictions. I have one from Grant County which is de facto shall issue.
I think Mas can shoot whatever he wants. At an LFI I class in the early 1990s he shot a 6” Python and the 300/300 group was about the size of a silver dollar.
Another reason Mas has for switching guns is his students. If he carries guns similar to his students, he can better assess issues they’re having on the firing line.