On Easter Sunday afternoon, 1959, my father took a borrowed DCM Remington Rand .45 and me out to shoot. I had asked him if we could do this, as I had discovered Jeff Cooper's writings and just had to try out the famed 1911. Well, he let me shoot it at a beer can in classic one-hand stance, sans ear protection. The can remained unscathed somehow (!) but I was hooked.

He paid the owner $25 for the gun and it was under the tree for Christmas, 1960. I did a few minor modifications to it over the years, just enough to make it "non-original"--but at a glance it still looks very GI.

Took it out this afternoon, exactly 50 years later. It shot just fine, and yes, I DID hit the can repeatedly this time.

It's been a good 50 years.

Thanks, Dad.
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