Hickock 45 here you know if I had a
firearm I would take that pumpkin out
cuz I hate pumpkins oh I just happened
to have
one yeah did knock him off but I'd say
it took him out right yes this is the
Springfield Garrison and it is
protecting our Garrison thought you
might be interested in it and uh it it's
been out a little while I really so yeah
this this is a a kind of a basic gun and
I'm going to shoot again before I talk
about it cuz I I really enjoy shooting
this I think I must just like 1911 do
you think that's part of it I think I
do
yeah woo yeah
man it is pretty cool let's hit the gong
with
it ring that Bell
nothing like a 230 grain slug traveling
across the the hollow excuse me I'm in
Tennesse it's a holler and striking
steel it's uh it's always fun yeah this
is uh it's it's kind of a basic gun uh
some have called it one of the best buys
under $1,000 in a 1911 actually I think
in the stainless you're probably going
to pay around 850 long in there in the
blue Maybe maybe 50 bucks less I don't
know but anyway in that price range and
as you know for a
1911 uh you know they they it's just
hard to find one for much under a th
especially in a name brand like this uh
so and it's got some of the the cool
features that most people kind of like
you got a you know that nice exended
beaver tail and everything a
skeletonized hammer and Trigger That's
essential you can't hit anything if you
you don't have that of course nice
safety you got your low profile 3 dot
sites there kind of the Novak style and
uh
stainless uh yeah so yeah really it when
I think about the prices and what 1911s
cost this does seem like a decent
bargain if it works and if you like it
if you don't like it it doesn't matter
what it cost does it so so far we've not
had any trouble with it and uh
it's seems fairly smooth uh so far I've
been pretty impressed with it I've uh
the sight seem to be right on good thing
I hate to move sights like that you know
dovetail but well I mean it's not a big
deal just loosen that screw I guess but
uh the sight seem on I may not hit
anything today but they seem pretty good
uh got old stainless series 70 kind of
uh you you don't have the firing pin
block I noticed in there uh I've taken
apart a couple three times I guess it's
just standard GI you know bushing and
spraying and everything nothing exotic
there uh little trouble getting the uh
you all that have 1911s you know what I
mean when you're putting the slide Lo
back in you can't just force it in there
you got to get a sharp object of some
sort one of those dangerous pocket
knives or screwdriver and push that
little plunger just to help get it back
in I always like one where you don't
have to do that but uh not a big deal uh
maybe it would loosen up but uh yeah I
just now took it a part before to
confirm that it was a series 70 sty
slide everything a firing pin you know
what I mean youve got the uh firing pin
block on a series
80 1911s and Springfield has been I
think kind of known for making the
series 70 type uh you know firing pin
and all that without the blocks since
back in the '90s I know so so and and
some of you are more familiar with all
the models or trp and the various uh
range officers we've we've done that one
I know I think even a trp I forget all
the various features of them uh to be
cuz I don't really own any of them but
uh this is just a plain Jane like what
you see and uh pretty bit gun uh seems
to shoot great can I shoot it again the
one thing I don't like in terms of
negatives uh the grips I don't know
somewhere along the way uh some gun
manufacturers have come to the
conclusion I don't know if it's based on
input or what that we want extra thin
grips on our 1911s maybe you do maybe
everybody with smaller hands uh does of
course but boy I don't they they feel
strange it's like it has no grips on it
so but that's simple enough to change
and you might have a hand size where you
just think that's great right let's put
in the holster saf on by the way for new
people a 1911 is designed to be carried
that way round in the chamber now how
you carry it's up to you you know your
limitations if you car 1911 but if I'm
talking to you and you don't even
understand don't know what I'm about to
tell you you probably don't car 1911 but
uh hammer coock round in the chamber
safety on condition one his house kind
of supposed to be carried uh the the
I've told this before when I moved out
here this part of the country the
sheriff's department almost everybody
carried 1911 cocked and locked like that
in a holster of course exposed they
Sheriff's officers and uh they would
quite frequently somebody uh who's not
gun knowledgeable would tell them your
gun is cocked your gun is cocked you
know and say I hope so you know you
don't understand if you're carrying a
Glock with a round chambered or M&P or
whatever it is your gun is cocked right
you just don't see it all right no
charge for that
lesson no charge for putting a bullet on
you
Cowboy yeah you either a
tree I love to see a 45 slap into those
arms yeah I didn't bring I was going to
bring my mag pouch out didn't do it well
yes I did here's my mag pouch right here
in my shirt right my
pocket yeah once you get shooting a 45
you
uh oh you have a hard time
quitting it's uh rather addictive don't
you imagine you can un appreciate that
can't
you all right mag
pouch another magazine smoke some
pot how' I do that I got two with one
shot I'll let him survive I guess let
hit the what do you think Mr pumpkin I
don't like that stem on your
head but I couldn't quite remove it but
you never know I
might I'll work on you some
more there we go
oh see that plate down there hanging
with a hole in it I'm going to shoot
right through the
hole no I'm not I went right through it
that's an old joke of course if you miss
it it always goes through the hole right
uh actually this has a nice trigger I
might not have to fake it I might could
I could probably put one through the
hole and that's one of the nice things
about it I'll quit shooting and tell you
a little bit about it here for a minute
so yeah it's a kind of series70 style
uh GI in terms of The Recoil spring and
all that uh nothing unusual uh there the
big difference I think is of course your
beaver tail you know it's not exactly a
GI beaver tail you got a nice kind of a
midsize uh thumb safety here and it's
not Ambi not ambidextrous at all so if
you're a lefty you might not like it um
and you know if there's Novak style
sites feels good uh you don't have any
checkering up here boy I tell you that
would I know that's expensive to do you
got it back here if uh you know I think
people who shoot 1911s like myself and
we have a couple of nicer ones we've
shot some nicer ones that are checkered
it's really easy to get spoiled by that
and it just feels so good when you have
checking up there I I wish even low in
1911 makers could do that somehow and
some maybe do it you know but the
checker makes such a difference in your
grip up there but just a nice one of
those everything you need nothing you
don't kind of 1911s forged frame uh
forged uh slide okay that's important to
some people uh so you it makes it a
little more expensive it still though at
800 bucks or 850 my guess is you got a
lot of the other parts are M again that
doesn't matter to some people I'm not
going to get into the m arguments I've
read fair amount about it um some people
who seem to know what they're talking
about if MIM parts are done properly
they can be better than tool seal you
know so it kind of depends on the budget
and who's making the firearm and all
that as I understand uh it it doesn't
necessarily mean it's a a cheaply made
gun and it's going to fall apart those
parts are going to
break they may be better as I understand
if it's done right so that's a question
you got to answer right so I've got a
mixture of magazines here and that's
what I've been shooting you you name it
man Ed Brown Nighthawk we got everything
here Wilson and we've not had a
malfunction yet you just it comes with
one mag by the way and it's just seven
rounds so spring frill is assuming
you're a good shot you won't need more
than seven rounds what about you pumpkin
head let me shoot some steel through
that pumpkin
oh man let's go back over there and see
if I can put one on the uh uh
bison didn't want to
fall sure one fall
he's just smart he gets set hard
sometimes I'm going to put one on him
I'll go for the head area
maybe there we
go boom just had to get some big game
and how about a couple of UT 2
L
yeah now nice uh nice
trigger yeah very nice so that would be
a positive uh positives on this thing I
think the price is kind of a positive
for a forg frame Forge receiver or Forge
uh slide and uh the trigger is a big po
positive looks nice nice looking gun you
got your beaver tail the skeletonized
Hammer trigger a lot of people like that
feel like that's
essential and uh you know this uh is
just a pretty nice pistol uh had to say
the negatives for me are the thinness of
the grip I would have to replace those
right away as quickly as possible and uh
now I'll say one thing the uh uh I have
large hands so this doesn't apply to
maybe many of you but well also applies
if you if you rust your thumb up on the
safety which is a a style of gripping a
lot of people use I do sometimes used to
all the time but uh with your thumb up
on that safety you don't have as much
meat contacting the safety here and uh
I've noticed sometimes flick it off my
thumb up there it it works sometimes
sometimes it
doesn't okay I did there but sometimes
it doesn't it's still not uh deactivated
and uh my uh Dan Wesson Guardian
deactivates really every time but it's a
subtle thing so I guess it has a little
slightly larger bump on it or something
maybe but anyway for the most part it
does deactivate and that's not an issue
for some of you I guess uh so anything I
forgot to tell you before I shoot a
couple more times the uh price range
it's just uh just basic basic firearm
and uh if if you are looking for a 1911
is probably be one you might want to
look at if you're not looking to break
the bank yeah you can find some for uh
you know like like what $400 or500 you
know made in the Philippines and some of
those have done just fine for a lot of
people uh Rock Island Army there lots of
different names and save $2 or $300 you
know uh but this is a nice one in
Springfield Army is a good name and uh
so anyway so many choices it's uh it's
up to you all but this I like this and I
love the
trigger sometimes you don't get a great
trigger you know if you get a a bargain
firearm so we'll shoot a couple more
bags here on
something all right the enemy is after
me they're trying to get
me so I got a hit I just have eight
round pounds seven or eight right this
one probably has
seven oh a center
block almost
missed Bo swing a plate on the last shot
so the Springfield Garrison uh I think
it's been out for a year or two so I'm a
little slow on a lot of these fire arms
but uh we got around to it eventually
and was glad that they had one in
stainless I kind of like stainless 1911s
but there sometimes I like a blue
depends on my mood and uh who makes it
it's kind of like a cold single action
you know uh different Barrel links or
whatever you know just they're all nice
what I'm trying to say so it's always
fun to shoot a 45 even if you don't plan
to ever carry a 45 uh it kicks a little
too much for for you I think a lot of
people if they are a little bit of a
collector and they have several Firearms
uh even if you don't shoot at a great
amount uh some people just want to have
a 1911 and 45 ACP like the soldiers
carried in World War I and World War II
and Korea and Vietnam and all over the
place right so uh anyway Springfield
Garrison uh that's all I got to really
say about it probably did I uh I don't
think I uh and I want to thank you all
for showing up tonight life is
good fire it's a long walk from where I
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