Indy_Guy_77
Grandmaster
- Apr 30, 2008
- 16,576
- 48
Spoke with a trooper late this morning as I was getting my Subway sandwich for lunch.
Was behind him in line at the soda fountain - checked to see if he had the new hardware. Indeed he had.
Asked him how he liked it: He said that aside from the really crappy weather last week when he got it / qualified - he really liked it.
Talked a bit about the transition from the Glock platform / manual of arms to a DA/SA gun. Said that he was able to shoot it really well and it wasn't an issue.
Then he blew my mind. He said that he came on when they still had Berettas. Dude looked 18 years old... I told him that I didn't believe him. Evidently it was only 10 years ago when they had the Italian Stallions in their holsters.
That probably puts him in his early - mid 30's. Just a scosh younger than I am. Seriously looked barely out of HS!
Anyhow - he VERY carefully and VERY gently slid the retention hood foreward on his holster and lifted the gun out about an inch. The slides have the ISP crest/emblem engraved on them just forward of the rear sight.
I honestly don't know how I feel about him doing this - IN Subway - but those pistols look sharp. The emblem on them is sharp, too.
No real point to this thread... But at least this one Trooper likes his 227!
Was behind him in line at the soda fountain - checked to see if he had the new hardware. Indeed he had.
Asked him how he liked it: He said that aside from the really crappy weather last week when he got it / qualified - he really liked it.
Talked a bit about the transition from the Glock platform / manual of arms to a DA/SA gun. Said that he was able to shoot it really well and it wasn't an issue.
Then he blew my mind. He said that he came on when they still had Berettas. Dude looked 18 years old... I told him that I didn't believe him. Evidently it was only 10 years ago when they had the Italian Stallions in their holsters.
That probably puts him in his early - mid 30's. Just a scosh younger than I am. Seriously looked barely out of HS!
Anyhow - he VERY carefully and VERY gently slid the retention hood foreward on his holster and lifted the gun out about an inch. The slides have the ISP crest/emblem engraved on them just forward of the rear sight.
I honestly don't know how I feel about him doing this - IN Subway - but those pistols look sharp. The emblem on them is sharp, too.
No real point to this thread... But at least this one Trooper likes his 227!