Colt Defender 1911 | Where Have You been All my Life?

By Mike Searson

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Colt’s Defender is an accurate and reliable pistol that has been setting the standard for compact 1911s since it’s introduction 18 years ago. We had a chance to try one out, finally and were pleased with the results.

One of the first handguns we learned to shoot well was the Colt M1911A1. It may have been a rattling battling, used and abused pistola from the Armory at Parris Island while we were a nasty 17-year-old Marine Recruit, but when our Drill Instructor put one in our hands at the pistol range he told us:

“Searson, I don’t want you to shoot that target. I want you to shoot that sign.”

He pointed to an old red sign with a yellow number “1” on it indicating my shooting position on the line.

“Yeah, I hate that f&#*ing sign and your job is to destroy it, is that understood?”

“Sir, yes, sir”

Lining up the vestigal, well worn GI sights on the big number one, I squeezed the trigger and sent a chunk of the wood flying downrange.

“Holy S%*%! I didn’t think you’d actually do it. Go ahead and blow the rest of it away.”

I complied and when my sole experience with …Read the Rest

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