I've been wanting to post this thread for a while. I finally made time (i.e. shirked my chores) to take some blurry pics
and make it happen...
Part 1)
When I turned 21 in the summer of 1999, I only had two destinations on my mind. I didn't care about bars, or liquor stores, or strip clubs. First, I had to go to the MVA to get my big boy driver's license, so I could take it to Eastwood Guns in Edgewood, to start paperwork on my Colt 1991A1.
As a fitting induction into making regulated purchases in MD,
I was delayed The FFL said it was something like a "penning error," and asked if I had changed my name. There is a story about that...for later.
Anyway...about TWO weeks later
I finally brought home my first handgun.
Aside from a little bit of wear, it looked pretty much the same now as it did then. (Ok, maybe not usually as blurry as that pic) I only ever made two modifications.
I installed the "idiot scratch" myself
...and borrowed some of my sister's nail polish to highlight the sights:
It's pretty amazing that the nail polish has held up so well for 20 years!
I've purchased quite a few handguns since then, but my first will always have a special place in my heart. I'm not a very good shot with handguns, but I've always seemed to do alright with this one. I shoot it better than my fancy Sig or Kimber. We've done well together in the early AGC action shoots and a few other light matches. The only malfunction I ever remember was when the baseplate (followed in short order by spring, follower, and ammo) dropped off of a cheap magazine when I racked the slide. At least I had one in the chamber! Out of all of my handguns to have only one round in, this is the one I could be most effective with anyway 
and make it happen...Part 1)
When I turned 21 in the summer of 1999, I only had two destinations on my mind. I didn't care about bars, or liquor stores, or strip clubs. First, I had to go to the MVA to get my big boy driver's license, so I could take it to Eastwood Guns in Edgewood, to start paperwork on my Colt 1991A1.
As a fitting induction into making regulated purchases in MD,
I was delayed The FFL said it was something like a "penning error," and asked if I had changed my name. There is a story about that...for later.Anyway...about TWO weeks later
I finally brought home my first handgun.
Aside from a little bit of wear, it looked pretty much the same now as it did then. (Ok, maybe not usually as blurry as that pic
) I only ever made two modifications.I installed the "idiot scratch" myself
...and borrowed some of my sister's nail polish to highlight the sights:
It's pretty amazing that the nail polish has held up so well for 20 years!
I've purchased quite a few handguns since then, but my first will always have a special place in my heart. I'm not a very good shot with handguns, but I've always seemed to do alright with this one. I shoot it better than my fancy Sig or Kimber. We've done well together in the early AGC action shoots and a few other light matches. The only malfunction I ever remember was when the baseplate (followed in short order by spring, follower, and ammo) dropped off of a cheap magazine when I racked the slide.
At least I had one in the chamber! Out of all of my handguns to have only one round in, this is the one I could be most effective with anyway 
It wasn't ready to go out into the case yet, but I was told in a couple of days the asking price would be $950 
Being somewhat sentimental, I had a nice box to take it home in that I was pretty sure would fit a Colt 1911
That could probably do it 
He did seem a lot more interested in helping me than the MVA worker, and messed around for a while. Ultimately, however, he had to tell me, "Well, the computer says that's your name now." Sooo...the name on my DL does not 100% match the name on my HQL. 
