The PRO TSC 1911
Rimfire Pistol Semi-auto
The PRO TSC 1911 Semi-auto Rimfire Pistol
By Vince Bottomley
I hate reminiscing about the ‘old days’ - when petrol was only five shillings a gallon and we had pistols and semi-auto rifles! Sadly, those days have gone and we can never bring them back.
I was never a great pistol shot and my only competitions were the odd club shoot. Most of the time, it was just plinking with friends, enjoying our firearms, having fun. For the serious stuff, we used rifles.
However, pistol shooters kept the gun trade alive – many shooters changed their pistols with the seasons – a new ‘Smithy’ came out and you had to have one! We shot lots of rounds and loved our accessories – holsters, belts, speed-loaders etc.
After a time, I got a 1911. I don’t know why but this gun captivated me. Just look at it – super-slim design, dead simple – and safe, plus that 45ACP man-stopper round. How could something designed a hundred years ago survive unchanged and still be one of the best – if not THE best - semi-auto pistol on the planet? Do we have any other one-hundred year old items, still in production today – still in use today – still as effective today?
John Browning’s design for the 1911 Colt has served many a soldier in a good few world wars and was a favourite of many civilian shooters – from the Practical Pistol enthusiast down to the serious collector. Has there ever been a more beautiful and functional handgun? Some shooters ran them absolutely bog-standard, others were tricked-out with every conceivable ‘whistle & bell’.
The PRO TSC 1911 Semi-auto Rimfire Pistol
They were available in a useful range of calibres, from the original 45ACP down to the 22LR, with the potent 38 Super being the favourite with the PP guys. The American custom shops offer 1911 pistols that have never even seen a Colt part, with CNC machined wide-bodied frames to take a double-stack mag., compensators, red-dot sights etc. You could buy a standard pistol then gradually ‘hop it up’ to your
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