My local gun shop has a great selection of 1911s and I stop by there frequently to see if anything new has shown up or just to handle some of my favorites (I buy one every now and then so they seem okay with me putting my paws on a lot of the guns).
Anyway, there is one 1911 in particular that has been there for a long time. It is an early Nighthawk (serial under 200) and is a Ranger Green Enforcer (which is not like the current enforcers from Nighthawk, but is most similar to the current GRPs [I learned this thanks to another member on the forum). It has always struck me as a no nonsense 1911 that deserved to be shot. Plain black rear sight, front night sight, pretty aggressive front checkering, and a heck of trigger. The gun has been at the shop since 2005. It is new but has never found an owner, maybe it's the green color, maybe it's the relatively high price for a gun that doesn't appear to have a lot of flash. I have thought about buying it for a while, but have always gone a different direction.
Well, I recently finished the build of my first precision rifle. A Remington 5r that I put in a green Accuracy International Stock and had the barrel and action cerakoted black. The more I looked at the Green and black rifle, the more I became convinced that it needed a roommate in it's pelican case that was also green. So I decided to pick up this Nighthawk.
This is the rifle it will be spending time with (except that now the rifle has a black barrel and action).
Anyway, there is one 1911 in particular that has been there for a long time. It is an early Nighthawk (serial under 200) and is a Ranger Green Enforcer (which is not like the current enforcers from Nighthawk, but is most similar to the current GRPs [I learned this thanks to another member on the forum). It has always struck me as a no nonsense 1911 that deserved to be shot. Plain black rear sight, front night sight, pretty aggressive front checkering, and a heck of trigger. The gun has been at the shop since 2005. It is new but has never found an owner, maybe it's the green color, maybe it's the relatively high price for a gun that doesn't appear to have a lot of flash. I have thought about buying it for a while, but have always gone a different direction.
Well, I recently finished the build of my first precision rifle. A Remington 5r that I put in a green Accuracy International Stock and had the barrel and action cerakoted black. The more I looked at the Green and black rifle, the more I became convinced that it needed a roommate in it's pelican case that was also green. So I decided to pick up this Nighthawk.
This is the rifle it will be spending time with (except that now the rifle has a black barrel and action).
