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They are referring to it now as "museum grade." New For 2024: Tisas Museum-Grade 1911A1 | An Official Journal Of The NRA (americanrifleman.org)

Dontcha hate when that happens??? I've felt that way a number of times and still..... I go back to the well.

That is odd..... Every time for me it went out right after the call. They probably ran another background check and decided to send some black helicopters to circle your house... Check the box for "white powder" sprinkled on it when it arrives........

Well, I for one am glad they are moving to emails for the contact. I can remember with my M1 and the 1911's when it got close to "my time" I was answering every hack call, advertisement, political solicitation, etc. on the off chance that the call was coming from CMP and I did not want to miss it. Can't tell you how many offers for "The best deal on aluminum siding I will ever see" that I received...... Oh, and I never bought the siding................

A buddy of mine used to go to the York shoots and raved about them. So, he prepared an area on his property, complete with the log and the targets (he set them up at 60 yds) and we all went up and participated. Really a cool way to challenge your proficiency with the old flintlocks.

Nice looking. If it runs as efficiently as their 1911A1, then I may have to get one myself.

When we travel out west or haul horses out that way and have to cut through parts of Illinois, we always fuel up before we get in the state so we don't need to buy anything in there and pay taxes to those liberal idiots.

Beautiful scopes. I long to have a Unertl and almost bought one on eBay but found out it had a blurry lens which kinda defeats the whole purpose. Wish I could find one that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I agree with you on the peeps. I have them on my 52 and 75 and it is quite rewarding when shooting small groups with them but would like to have one with a good period scope.

Love those scopes, too. Can you tell us a bit about them?

Absolutely love vintage .22's. Current favorites are: Winchester 52 Winchester 75 Remington 512P Marlin 60

If I may suggest something that might help before you go to that trouble. I'm 6' 7" and have long arms and as a result have a bit of difficulty with the length of pull on many standard rifles. Like you, I just "scrunch" up a bit and deal with it, but on one of my Winchester target .22 rifles, I purchased a rubber butt stock cover that added just a touch of length but it was enough to make the shooting much more pleasurable for me. Granted, they are often used to absorb shock from larger caliber rifles and that is not needed here, but the length added was just what the doctor ordered. Here is a photo of my Winchester 75....

If John Wayne had played the part of RoboCop, this is what he would have carried.......

Man, this is kinda eerie............ Years ago, I bought a beautiful WWII Remington Rand 1911 from Goodlettsville GS. I have no idea if it was Phillip or not, but the folks there were great to work with.

That's some fine work there on a classic workhorse rifle. Love the way it looks.

Snaveba, you're nothing if not consistent..................... Love it............

I'm gonna echo Ken's message and suggest you start out economically yet with quality. I bought a TISAS 1911 A1 and I have put it through it's paces. It is not only accurate, but it eats anything you can throw at it. Furthermore, I took it out with some of my old 1911's from WWII and also some newer ones. It works with all of the single stack mags from others and even accommodates the slides from the classic Colts and Remington Rands from the war. You can get one for less than $400 and you will love it. Then.... you can branch out to more expensive "name" brands if you wish. I'm usually a skeptic regarding any of these "wannabe" brands, but this one made a believer out of me. Oh, and no..... I am not getting any kickback from Tisas for this endorsement.

I have had mine over a year and absolutely love it. Great shooter..

There's nothing quite as thrilling as getting "the call" from CMP when your time comes around.

About the time I hit the send key it dawned on me that you may have meant the Sporter model. Yes, it would reduce the weight a tad, but the cost is pretty high. Anyway, thanks for clarifying.

Very helpful and thanks for going into the detail. I personally like the look of boiled linseed oil rubbed into the bare wood. I read somewhere that some will add some paint thinner or mineral spirits to the oil for the first application as it thins the oil and helps the wood absorb the first application. Have you ever tried that??

So much character in an old gun like that. Before you started applying the hand rubbed oil, how did you clean the stock? Did you sand it or maybe use 0000 steel wool or did you just wipe it down and start with the oil?

Oh my. That is gorgeous. So was the Remington that Snaveba showed a couple of post earlier. Just beautiful.

Yeah, those Marlin 60's are classics. My dad had one and I gave it to my son. Was originally looking for another one but saw this Remington and I had never owned one of those.

Well, what money I have is "stupid" money for sure, ha, ha. But as I mentioned in my original post, I already have a Winchester 52 and a 75 which is almost on the same par, but those rifles are very heavy and not what I need for long walks and lots of off hand shooting. I did find something today in a pawn shop. It is a classic from Remington. The model 512P Sportsman. Bolt action and tube fed. This one was made in 1946 and it fits all of the needs that I have. While I have run some rounds through it, I have not sighted it in yet so I will need to get some time to do that and dial it in.

All good suggestions. I tend to "warm up" to the wood stocks like Maroon and white mentioned. I know the synthetics would be a bit lighter. But, then again, a car engine block would be lighter than the Winnie 52 and 75 that I have been carrying. I'm gonna hit the pawn shops and gun shows for sure.