I was at an NRA instructor's school back in the early 80's, worked hard to shoot perfect score with my 1911. Just for drill, I took my M67 (a naked Combat Masterpeice?) to the line. With no practice, no special ammo, no special stocks, I shot wihtin one point of my best 1911 score. Now that is a "user friendly" gun.

As I thought about this over the years, this convinced me to sell my 45s. I shoot only 38/357 now, still loooking for an M15 for general shooting use. My primary gun is an M66 with 2 1/2" barrel, arguably a descendent of the Combat Masterpiece.

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"Sacramento" Bruce Conklin