Poverty Cycle

Nostalgia has driven me to repeatedly get a 1911.

My first one was my dad's Rem-Rand.  I regret trading that one for my Glock 21, and I keep that Glock just to remind me.  I like the G21, but it's no Rem-Rand M1911A1!

Number two was an AMT Hardballer.  I didn't really care for it.  Something was off about the feel and I sold it to a buddy.

Three was a Springfield M-1911 A1 GI.  The goofy lock in the mainspring housing bugged me, but not enough to swap it out.  I toted this gun for quite a while.  It got sold to a buddy when my CMP M1911A1 entered the chat.

Four is a Colt Gov't Model 38 Super.  My only Mk.80 lockwork, and she shoots a dream.  This one got tinkered with a great deal.

Five is the mixmaster Ithaca M1911A1 I got from the CMP.

I've managed to get the number to two and stay there for years!

Huzzah for me!

Glock 17's slip through my hands a lot too.

I had to sell the first Gen 1 I got from Patch Rod and Gun club because of the circumstances of how I purchased it.  The dispensation to get it didn't extend to bringing it back into the states.

The second Gen 1 was a used one.  I think it was part of the same trade as the Rem-Rand.

My first Gen 2 went to AuntTheBat because she needed a pistol for home defense once we broke up and she kicked me out.

I went a long time without a 17 until the Gen 2 that's in my safe now showed up.

I almost got a Gen 5, but that got subverted into a Glock 45.

I am poised to get a Lipsey's Gen 1 Classic to fill the niche of "issue" guns that the Gen 2 fills right now.

It's nice that I haven't HAD to sell a gun for a long time to keep the utilities on and a roof over my head.

I am sure my mom tried to explain this stuff, but it didn't take until I'd made all the mistakes.