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Help!!!
I just bought a Lightweight Commander at my local gunshop. The ser. number is CLW024xxx( 1976 mnf.?). The thing is like new. It appears to have had a box of shells through it, but no more than that. I shot it at our range and it functions flawlessly( it will, however, bite you if you don't hold it right). It is wonderfully accurate and I'm totally taken by this thing. I paid $550 for it and I thought I was getting a "steal". One of the local guncranks saw it and said it was real nice but that they wear out so fast it was a waste of money. I asked him how fast it would wear out and he said it was meant to be carried and not shot. So after I picked up my bruised ego from the floor, I thought I'd ask the "real" experts on this forum. So...What wears out? How many rounds of factory hardball can I expect to put through this gun before it's terminal? Now I'm not sure I should shoot it at all!!( I have other 1911's I can shoot) Help!!! Did I get "stuck"?
thanks,
Montana Cop
I just bought a Lightweight Commander at my local gunshop. The ser. number is CLW024xxx( 1976 mnf.?). The thing is like new. It appears to have had a box of shells through it, but no more than that. I shot it at our range and it functions flawlessly( it will, however, bite you if you don't hold it right). It is wonderfully accurate and I'm totally taken by this thing. I paid $550 for it and I thought I was getting a "steal". One of the local guncranks saw it and said it was real nice but that they wear out so fast it was a waste of money. I asked him how fast it would wear out and he said it was meant to be carried and not shot. So after I picked up my bruised ego from the floor, I thought I'd ask the "real" experts on this forum. So...What wears out? How many rounds of factory hardball can I expect to put through this gun before it's terminal? Now I'm not sure I should shoot it at all!!( I have other 1911's I can shoot) Help!!! Did I get "stuck"?
thanks,
Montana Cop