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After reading a number of threads concerning pistolcraft, self defense, and so on, I noticed that people would jump in and counsel do not neutralize safety devices, the lawyers will barbecue your buttocks if you ever shoot somebody! Similarly, don't shoot somebody with reloads, they'll lock you...

In a recent edition of American Handgunner, I was reading Ayoob's article about the gunfights of Col. Charles Askins, Jr. It brought back memories of reading Askins' original articles back in the '60s, re: his border patrol escapades. The color of gun writers blood today would be weak iced...

Glad we all made it back from the Y2K festivities! Drank a few brews at a neighbor's house. Came home and drank a few Killians with my lovely wife. Rang in the new year, went outside to look around at the end of the world, nothing notable except a huge flash in the WSW. *** was that, I...

Sorry for the shameless bait and switch! :) I actually just bought a Y2K compliant COLT Concealed Carry Model -- alloy Officer-sized frame, Commander-sized stainless slide, dehorned, Novak sights, rosewood double diamond stocks, etc., all in 45 ACP caliber. I was this far from springing for...

As you know, one of my signature lines is from the movie Siege of Firebase Gloria, in which a tough Recon Sergeant Major, played by R. Lee Ermy with a company or so successfully defends Gloria against a VC Regiment during Tet '68. On the movie thread, somebody said Unforgiven had some of the...

Guys let me tell you a little about myself... I grew up in the fifties and sixties and was first introduced to guns by my father, who was a competent handler but not as big a gun nut as I turned out to be. He allowed me to work for Don Sanderson, a custom pistol grip maker well known at Camp...

Folks, Over the past year or so I have collected (pirated) from this and other sites some words I find comforting and inspiring to read from time to time. Here is a sample: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the...

OK, I re-read the post about lubing the 1911 and want to get my hands on some of this... I thought it would be a commercial product and as such, looked for it at NAPA auto parts to no avail. They just looked at me dumbly and tried to give me WD40, CRC, Graphite, etc. etc. All right! So where...

Yahoo??? hmmm.... musta been a Comanche...LOL!!!! An attractive woman from New York was driving through a remote part of Texas when her car broke down. An Indian on horseback came along and offered her a ride to a nearby town. She climbed up behind him on the horse and they rode off. The ride...

I got this in the email and thought you'd get a chuckle. The whole nine yards is the gun related part. Enjoy! :D The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca-Cola was originally green. Every day more money is printed for monopoly...

There has been a lot of discussion about Kel Tec 32s and other pocket automatics. Given this interest in my fellow members, I want to share my thinking on carrying a weapon. There have been literally millions of pocket automatics manufactured since 1900. There is nothing new about the...

Friends, I rec'd this from a friend and copy you without comment except that it is another example of the fed gum't eroding the rights of honest Americans. Oh yeah, the part about the lawyer working without pay is a hoot! :) <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>...

I have acquired a P16-40 Limited, which I think I'll like very much for IPSC, however, it has a full length guide rod, which is a new wrinkle to me. I've used regular 1911s for years and am familiar with take down and reassembly, but how do I take apart this beast? The rod protrudes thru the...

There was a syndicated article in the Washington Times today (9/14) by Dr. Laura. I heard her a lot on talk radio but eventually her shrewish self-righteousness bored me. What a surprise that she would come out today for CCW! She cited Columbine, and that if anyone had been armed, the outcome...

I was looking at a used 45 marked Sistema Colt 11.25 mm. The gun appeared to be a very close copy of the US Pistol Model of 1911A1. The fitting and tolerances were beyond reproach. Each part was serially numbered, after the European fashion. The gun was under $300. I would like an appraisal...

OK, guys, here's the story: I've been drooling over the meltdown version of the Commander-sized .45 made by Kimber. What would it take to produce one from a standard blue Colt .45? Can you recommend a reputable pistolsmith in the Atlanta area who would do this and refinish the pistol? What...

Isn't HK a subsidiary of Daisy of Rogers, Arkansas? The ones I've handled have a similar feel to the bb guns... :) ------------------ Yankee Doodle

Hey Harley! I've been watching this forum for a while and I have a question for you. I have a pair of boxed Colt 1911A1s built in 1970 as WWII Commemoratives. Each has the same serial number with the suffix indicating ETO or PTO. One commemorates the defeat of Germany, the other Japan, with...

Fellow shooters: I pirated this list from another forum for our edification. Enjoy! Common Chat Abbreviations AFAIK= As Far As I Know AFK = Away from Keyboard ASDO = And So do Ours (answer to GMTA) BRB = Be Right Back BFN = Bye For Now BRB = Be Right Back BTW = By The Way CYL = See You...

Awright, I give up! What does this mean? ------------------ Son of Liberty