How long ago was this and was Mas carrying a J-Frame as a primary? I've never known him to use a J as anything but a back-up gun.
HI MISTER X. IIRC, IT WAS SOMETIME IN THE 1980s. IT WAS THE ONLY WEAPON THAT I SAW HIM WITH, DURING THE TWO DAYS......
DURING THE EVENING OF THE FIRST DAY, 1/2 DOZEN OR SO, OF US TOOK MAS TO SUPPER, AND THEN TO A LOCAL RANGE. WE WERE ALL ARMED, AND I DON'T RECALL MAS CARRYING A LARGER WEAPON.......
I WAS CARRYING A FULL SIZE, COLT 1911, BACK THEN. IT WAS A HABIT THAT I CARRIED OVER INTO CIVILIAN LIFE, AFTER LEAVING VIETNAM, AND THE US ARMY IN 1969......
SUBSEQUENT TO TAKING THIS TRAINING, AND GETTING TO SPEND SOME ADDITIONAL TIME WITH MAS, I GAINED A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM, AS AN INSTRUCTOR, A CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL PISTOLERO (HE OBLITERATED THE X-RING, WITH ONE SMALL RAGGED HOLE, USING ONE OF THE STUDENTS NEW COMPACT 9MM PISTOLS, AT THE RANGE) AND A FINE, DOWN-TO-EARTH, HUMAN BEING......
A FEW WEEKS LATER, I SLAPPED A SET OF CRIMSON TRACE, LASER GRIPS ON MY SLICKED UP 1911. IT WAS MY EDC, PAST THE TURN OF THE CENTURY......
BTW, IF I EVER RUN ACROSS THE PICS OF MAS AND I, AND THE TARGET HE SHOT, I WILL POST THEM---PROBABLY IN THE LOUNGE AREA. I'M 76 YO NOW, AND I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT MAS MUST BE AROUND 70 YO. WE WERE MUCH YOUNGER THEN, AND IT WILL BE A HOOT, FOR ME TO SEE. I WILL SEND MAS COPIES ALSO, AS ONE OF HIS LOYAL FANS......