[Free_Stater]

I bought this Browning at a gun show as the basis for a carry gun. I removed the clunky adjustable sights and replaced them with Trijicons. The ambidextrous thumb safety was changed out for a Cylinder and Slide high profile thumb safety. I removed the magazine safety to improve the trigger pull and dumped the spur hammer for a C&S Commander style hammer. The Spegel grips (yeah, they're pretty) got changed out in favor of Hogue wraparounds, and the 9mm recoil spring was switched for a heavier .40 caliber spring. Then a Shock Tech buffer took the place of the standard recoil spring guide.

Now I have a Browning that can handle +P+ 127-grain Ranger ammo all day long, giving me the equivalent of a 13-shot weapon that spits out rounds approximating .357 magnum ballistics.

After all that work I ended up reverting to type and now mostly carry some variant of the 1911 platform, but this one is still in the battery when I want to travel "light."

Loaded up for a trip to town, Dutch loaded Ranger and NATO 124-grain ball ammo.

 

[Free_Stater]

Going to the gas station gun

I stick this one in my pocket with a Mika pocket holster for quick trips. Model 638 S&W.

 

[Free_Stater]

Current and probably favorite of all time...

Kimber CDP II, caliber .45 ACP.

 

[nonnieselman]

Choices....

 

[Free_Stater]

"Called my stockbroker this morning and asked him what I should be buying...he said "Canned Goods and Ammunition"

That's funny. When I met with my CPA to do taxes this year, I told him that I really wasn't planning to invest some real estate income. He asked me what I was planning to do, and I told him I was going to keep some cash on hand and spend the rest on beans and bullets.

His response was that he didn't see anything whatsoever wrong with my plan.

 

[powerstrokin06]

You sir have something there. The hell with gold and silver I buy lead only.

 

[Guest]

That is a good looking Browning. I'm a fan of John
Moses' work. You made it more functional and astheticly pleasing.