“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
Unless things have changed, DPS provided pistols to the Highway Patrolmen. You could buy your own patrol rifle and qualify. If I get a chance, I'll ask a DPS officer.
As far as MSCO, I don't think they issued rifles. You used to have to buy your own pistol. (I'm well out of the LE loop anymore though, so things could be different)
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
The Wilson offerings are approx 1k more, so that's a 2011, a Glock, and some ammo. I have the Wilson FTT9 and it's a dream gun. I waited a long time for them to make the perfect 1911 based double stack 9mm, and it's a good as I'd hoped/expected from Wilson. But I try not to think about how many polymer wonder pistols I could have purchased for the $ of that Wilson, but damn it is a nice pistol.
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The previous attempts at high cap double stack 1911 based 1911s from the large manufacturers resulted in unreliable jammo matics. I don't know if they have gotten any better but up until the Wilson design and build, not a single double stack 9mm 1911 based gun I'd risk my life on. From all I hear, the STI gun has broken the code if a dead reliable pistol based on 1911s.
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Will enjoy your Wilson they are a great gun and a treasure to own. I have my Cylinder and Slide full house Hi Power which is more than the Wilson cost wise, but not nearly the gun as the Wilson. It has nostalgic appeal to me.
Your comment on how many polymer wonder pistols you could have bought made me stop and figure out the cost I have in the Hyena 357 sig and I figured it out at about $1050, with the new 3 pound connector I just ordered.
Will how is the Wilson for carry in terms of weight?
A few time a year I pull out the Hi Power and carry it for a couple of weeks, then it gets old and I go back to the Hyena 357 sig. I am in love with the round when using the Underwood Leighi Defense, it is like having a rifle in my holster.
I'm honestly surprised at the reliability claims on the Staccato. We've run into several mag follower issues and malfs and stuff. STI sent out replacement followers and springs. The Staccato P is one of the most enjoyable pistols I've ever shot, and I plan to buy one, but I agree that I'm not sure I'd trust my life to it.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
I actually prefer a little heft in carry guns and the Wilson is in the Goldilocks zone between weight (Weight Loaded: 36.5 oz) to carry around all day vs felt recoil. Also, being a one piece aluminum framed pistol, it's not so top heavy and has great balance compared to polymer pistols. I also forgot how comfortable a quality leather holster can be as it's been a long time since I used one. I could not bring myself to put a pistol as nice as the Wilson in a kydex holster, and went old school leather belt slide, and man in that comfortable set up.
That's interesting. I'd gotten the impression they were GTG. I tend to view the Staccato as a duty or competition gun and the Wilson a CCW pistol.
Last edited by WillBrink; 12-23-22 at 10:41.
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“Those who do not view armed self defense as a basic human right, ignore the mass graves of those who died on their knees at the hands of tyrants.”
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