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My Dad has long regarded my arms accumulation as so much milsurp junk. He's still living in the 40's music-wise, so I'm sure visions of the 60's $12.99 Mauser still stick in his head. Anyway, if it's not a Smith, then it's junk & he's not much of a rifle fan (yet).
When I showed him my Llama Mini Max a few years ago, he proclaimed it money ill-spent. He finally & begrudgingly acknowledged my favorite Caspian / Series 70 build to be the finest 1911 he'd ever fired, and later built me a set of grips for it, using some old walnut from Great Grandad's iron foundry floor. But the Llama was just another low-end import to him.
He really didn't want to fire the Mini Max, since anything with a barrel "That Short" can't possibly be accurate enough to merit the waste of ammo thru it. about 50 rounds later, he had changed his mind (I'm guessing he did, since he kept asking for more ammo).
... After he fired it, and later that evening, he spent about an hour disassembling it and looking it over. For Christmas I got a set of foundry walnut grips for it.
Sure, accuracy isn't on par with my G-21 or one of several finely tuned 1911's, but it's awfully close - enough to get me another set of nicely made grips
When I showed him my Llama Mini Max a few years ago, he proclaimed it money ill-spent. He finally & begrudgingly acknowledged my favorite Caspian / Series 70 build to be the finest 1911 he'd ever fired, and later built me a set of grips for it, using some old walnut from Great Grandad's iron foundry floor. But the Llama was just another low-end import to him.
He really didn't want to fire the Mini Max, since anything with a barrel "That Short" can't possibly be accurate enough to merit the waste of ammo thru it. about 50 rounds later, he had changed his mind (I'm guessing he did, since he kept asking for more ammo).
... After he fired it, and later that evening, he spent about an hour disassembling it and looking it over. For Christmas I got a set of foundry walnut grips for it.
Sure, accuracy isn't on par with my G-21 or one of several finely tuned 1911's, but it's awfully close - enough to get me another set of nicely made grips