1. I obviously have more to learn about using Impur and putting up pics: human error.
2. This thread is a follow up of the 1911-22 thread where I was looking into them last Friday night and this am.
3. I found about 5 of them and some I would dismiss (Browning 3/4 size) and some too expensive for my tastes.
4. One of the members here (Dddress) sent me a pm and let me know that if I went down this road he had a Sig Sauer 1911-22 that he bought a year or so ago and he never fired it just put it away and never got back to it and was willing to sell it for a loss (my words, not his) if I was interested.
5. Was I?!!!!!
6. I was verrryyy interested, it all depended on price, of course, since there was another brand that was priced fairly for sale, but I had read some negatives and was going to pass.
7. When he told me that he wasn't trying to get his money back out of it, he just wanted to move it on, then he told me the price: yes, I was elated and grateful!
8. I had told him what they were selling new for now and I wasn't willing to put too much money into one, but when he gave me the price I was looking/hoping for, which was truly beyond fair, I jumped on it.
9. Bad timing for me b/c I have bought a Smith 64-7 and a 64-8 and a Shield 9m, now this Sig all in a couple of weeks.
10. I did sell my Walther, and have my Ruger LC9 for sale, but unlike other guns that sold immediately, it hasn't sold in a week.
11. I have a Taurus 709 to sell and I'll sell one of my 64s after I make up my mind which one I want to keep, but bottom line I'm buying faster than selling, which is fun, but there has to be a reckoning from the wife soon. She knows nothing of the new Sig Sauer, and I'll wait until I sell about 3 guns before I get around to it. If we have to buy a house quickly, I will have to sell most of my guns to raise funds, or if we remodel our kitchen. I'm a crazy guy that deals with not borrowing money for my lifestyle. All depends on % rate and how long it would take for such endeavers.
12. The gun was a pure joy to shoot, more so than the Smith Victory ($300) that I bought and sold in a week that didn't do anything for me and I knew I wanted a good revolver (bought Ruger GP100: $600 @ Hoosier Armory).
13. But, this 911 style does something for me. Heavy at 34 oz. No, I like it, if it weighed 44 oz. it would add to my enjoyment.
14. It was dead on. I put 200 rounds through it quickly before Point Blank Range closed at 8 pm.
15. I met with Dddress to buy the gun at Cabela in Noblesville around 7 pm and rushed over to try it out at Point Blank in Noblesville.
16. I did everything from 5, 7, 10, and 15 yards and was pleased.
17. The small 9mms I've been trying out mostly hit low and I need to learn to adjust the sights on the one I will keep which I think will be Shield 9mm.
18. Don't think I'll have to adjust the Sig 1911-22.
19. When I put the mag release, it doesn't "pop out." I push it and have to pull on the magazine. I assume there is a spring that isn't up to snuff or something needs oiled b/c it's sticking. Just now, when I got it out of the box to check the date on it, I tried the mag release and it worked fine, so I imagine the heat of shooting it somehow was causing the more difficult release??? My newbie theory.
20. I did have 3 jams during the 200 rounds of CCI AR Tactical 22 LR copper-platted round nose 1200 FPS 49 grain that I used.
21. Nothing serious, and I wonder if I was "limp-wristing" it, or since it has been sitting for years, it just needs to be oiled.
22. Dddress says he bought it over a year ago at Gander Mountain and the box is dated August 2013, so it has sat around alot before being sold.
23. A criticism of the Zinc-alloy 911s was that they didn't hold up their good looks like the steel or stainless guns, they just weren't that wear-proof.
24. I could actually tell, looking with a critical eye what they were talking about after shooting it: the green "hue" to it won't hold up like solid steel b/c I could see a small friction point where I think the "paint" will rub off, but that won't deter its function since I won't be putting 10,000 rounds through it per year; I also have my other 22 Ruger 10 shot I'll be using as well to keep the rounds off my more expensive shells: 38 special, 9mm and 380.
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