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  1. 09-05-2010, 11:12 AM #1
    pablowatercolor
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    Ah those were the days....

    I used to own a 1911 A1 .45ACP and a 9mm Browning Hi Power in the 80s. I shot practical pistol at Bisley, Delta Firearms near Ipswich and Shoreham in Kent. Sold all my guns after after Hungerford - my kids had recently been born and I didn't want guns in the house.

    There is absolutely NO comparison with the CO2 clones. I have bought several (including the 1911 A1) trying to recapture that experience doing Iron Plate and have been bitterly disappointed on every occasion. They bear no relation to the firearms other than by appearance.

    Worse still are the Airsoft 'blowback' pistols which are made from plastic or pot metal and are no more than a toy.
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  2. 09-05-2010, 10:00 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by pablowatercolor View Post

    There is absolutely NO comparison with the CO2 clones.
    Have you bought any 9mm or .45 ACP ammo lately?

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  3. 11-05-2010, 01:58 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim McArthur View Post
    Have you bought any 9mm or .45 ACP ammo lately?

    Jim
    Kids grown up and gone so tarted to shoot rifle now which is still legal in the UK. Still miss the days of pistol shooting - perhaps I'll have to come over there. An old shooting acquaintance of mine won a green card in the lottery and now runs a combat pistol school in Arizona. Our Guru was Massad Ayoob.
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  4. 11-05-2010, 04:04 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by pablowatercolor View Post
    An old shooting acquaintance of mine won a green card in the lottery and now runs a combat pistol school in Arizona.
    Gun Site, by any chance?

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  5. 12-05-2010, 03:02 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by pablowatercolor View Post
    SAS Training Inc. - Scottsdale Arizona
    Yes, I've heard of them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pablowatercolor View Post
    Kids grown up and gone so tarted to shoot rifle now which is still legal in the UK. Still miss the days of pistol shooting - perhaps I'll have to come over there. An old shooting acquaintance of mine won a green card in the lottery and now runs a combat pistol school in Arizona. Our Guru was Massad Ayoob.


    Tony Walker? I remember him from way back.

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  8. 18-05-2010, 09:12 AM #8
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    That's the man...

    That's him. Used to shoot with him and his wife at the Bromley Home Guard Rifle and Pistol Club in the 80's. He's now writing books - you can check them out on the web.
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  9. 09-05-2010, 10:48 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by pablowatercolor View Post
    They bear no relation to the firearms other than by appearance.
    That is a fair point but they aren't supposed to (and can't) replicate the gun handling experience.
    When it all comes together what you do get is a group of like minded individuals who know how to have fun and a serious competition at the same time, that's what works for me.
    I still rent a 1911 and one other at a range for a half day every time I visit the USA and get through four or five boxes of shells, but that's a whole other solitary thing
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