New guy from the Midwest

Hello, All.

I'm new here. I've done some shooting in the past, but that was many years ago, and am now returning to the topic with renewed interest.

At a recent visit to a local gun shop, where I was getting a feel for a variety of potential semi-auto handguns, I found that they had some WWII 1911s. By that time I had handled a number of brands, but as soon as I picked up that 1911, it was as if it was made for my hand. Perhaps a tad large, yet the feel and contours and ergonomics were superb. The only other time I had that feeling was picking up replicas of Colt SAs. That experience taught me that the 1911 was for me. I'm open to other similarly well-designed handguns, but my standard of "feel" bar is now set quite high.

Anyway, just wanted to say "hello", and Happy New Year to everyone.