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From: Nathan W. Collier on 24 Aug 2008 20:22 "Project Magnet #1" <test_spamgourmet(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:iLisk.8431$Ks1.1231(a)newsfe02.iad... > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bq5fLmM9kg its pretty dang amazing what those VWs (in the right hands) can do. -- Nathan In Montana http://ConcealedCarryForum.com http://1911talk.com http://HiPowerTalk.com http://GlockCarry.com http://P7talk.com http://PPStalk.com
From: nunya on 25 Aug 2008 01:39 "Old Crow" <walliscrow(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ird2b4disoo5g2vog9sgmjbuerci7pjqda(a)4ax.com... <snip> > Colt. According to the charts on M1911.org the manufacture date was > in 1918. > T'was my dad's gun from WWII, and I've known it all my life. It's a > straight 1911, but somewhere in it's life it had A1 grips installed. > They're in a drawer now, as my kid bought me a set of Pacymeyer's for > it. > I've also still got my first .22 rifle which I got on my 12th B-day, a > nice little Savage pump gun, and a couple of 12 gauges, just to round > out the collection. > Got a pic around here someplace, I'll put it across the street if I > can find it. > -- > Old Crow > '82 FLTC(P)'Pearl' > '87 FLTC 'Bebe La Strange' > '61 F-100 > BS#132, TOMKAT, SENS, SLOB#13 > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** my very favorite .45 acp. a ww2 relic brought home by an *old* friend. upgraded with a bushingless quadralock barrel, full length recoil spring guide, match trigger, lots of metal checkering, frame fitted to slide, etc. http://www.crowderinc.com/images/guns/pistols/quadralockgmodel08.jpg notice the patent dates and other interesting stampings. on the side of the slide are a set of crossed artillary cannons but i don't have a photo of those posted. i'll have to get on that. these photos actually are kinda poor, i need to reshoot them. http://www.crowderinc.com/images/guns/pistols/quadralockgmodel07.jpg http://www.crowderinc.com/images/guns/pistols/quadralockgmodel03.jpg next is my tied for all time favorite . 45 acp. a randal "general curis e. lemay". http://www.crowderinc.com/images/guns/pistols/randall45knife01.jpg oh yeah, curtis with his brother... http://www.crowderinc.com/images/guns/pistols/randallcurtiselemays01.jpg the .45 that took me all over the country back in the early days of IPSC. http://www.crowderinc.com/images/guns/pistols/colt45comp02.jpg some day i need to get serious and photograph my entire .45 collection. it would be interesting to me just to see what all i have buried in the vaults. michael p.s. nathan and the other crew still haven't gotten the point i was trying to make in the other group. open carry, even if it is legal, will upset the occasional ignorant cop enough that it will escalate to confrontation and occasionally somebody gets killed in the process. keep your stinking gun concealed. anyone that carries openly for long will sooner rather than later get hassled by the man. out of sight, out of mind, little to no trouble. i have never been hassled over a concealed gun. i thought that was a simple concept, oh well.
From: nunya on 25 Aug 2008 02:09 "nunya" <nunya(a)nunya.net> wrote in message news:_ursk.15649$rD2.4646(a)bignews4.bellsouth.net... > <snip> b.t.w. gotta reply to binary stuff with links now since at&t sold me down the river on and i can't walk across the street anymore. oh shirley!?! michael
From: Phil Boutros on 25 Aug 2008 17:00 snarl(a)trippin.com <snarl(a)trippin.com> wrote: > ><g> Never knew you were such a good shot, eh? I had no idea, since I had never shot anything before (nor have I since, now that I think of it)... Phil -- AH#61 Wolf#14 BS#89 bus#1 CCB#1 SENS KOTC#4 philb(a)total.net http://ah61.com EKIII rides with me. http://eddiekieger.com WWJD? JWRTFM. hackerkey://v4sw5CU$hw7ln4pr7ck4ma9u7LMw2m7l7Si982Ct4b8en6a3Xs7r2p-5.38/-8.77g4
From: Nathan W. Collier on 26 Aug 2008 00:50
"nunya" <nunya(a)nunya.net> wrote in message news:_ursk.15649$rD2.4646(a)bignews4.bellsouth.net... > my very favorite .45 acp. a ww2 relic brought home by an *old* friend. > upgraded with a bushingless quadralock barrel, full length recoil spring > guide, match trigger, lots of metal checkering, frame fitted to slide, > etc. > > http://www.crowderinc.com/images/guns/pistols/quadralockgmodel08.jpg nunya, this is a VERY beautiful piece. i can only hope it means half as much to you as it does to me (and i dont even own it!). i absolutely IMPLORE you to reconsider your plans. the FLGR is "ok" if you must have it but please do not bastardize such a beautiful piece of history by putting in a bushingless barrel. if you want to give it a good going over like it deserves, send it to wilson combat to be refurbished. they will make it run like a swiss watch without bastardizing the heritage that john browning designed into it. > p.s. nathan and the other crew still haven't gotten the point i was > trying to make in the other group. correction: note i NEVER criticized you in that thread. i never even responded to you in that thread. > open carry, even if it is legal, will upset the occasional ignorant cop > enough that it will escalate to confrontation and occasionally somebody > gets killed in the process. i agree that its only a matter of time before you get hassled for open carry. that said however, if its legal i do support the right to do so and im glad that some are out there taking the hit for the rest of us. if a right isnt used its only a matter of time before its lost. that said, as hard as i try i cannot embrace open carry. my weapon is the ace up my sleeve....a surprise for a bad guy who underestimates my ability to defend myself. .....its all about choices. -- Nathan In Montana http://ConcealedCarryForum.com http://1911talk.com http://HiPowerTalk.com http://GlockCarry.com http://P7talk.com http://PPStalk.com |