My first contact with the lightweight Colt Commander came when I signed on as a policeman in north Texas. The department that I worked for required us to carry revolvers but had no comment about what we carried off duty. As a result, my training officer carried a .45 ACP Commander with a smooth set of elk horn stocks on it. While I had owned and shot 1911′s before, this was my first contact with what would become one of my favorite defensive pistols.
You have to understand that back in those days we didn’t call the pistol a Lightweight Commander. …read more
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