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So... any of our members here have an interest in firearms?

Waltesefalcon
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@noelekal you've gone batty. Obviously Wry's new acquisition would be more at home with some pre-war target revolvers like a 1909 1st issue Officer's Model Target in .38 spl, a 1918 Police Positive target in .22, and a 1937 3rd issue Officer's Model Target in .38 spl.
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I do agree with you about the accuracy of the old Officer's Models. My 3rd issue will out shoot any of my other revolvers including a 1954 or 55 S&W .357, a 1976 Python, and a 1977 Python.
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When I think about it, I might have a thing for target revolvers.
 
Wryfox
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Noelekal and Waltese, oh my Lord.

Ima have to step up my game!

You guys have some serious A level stuff there!
 
noelekal
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Waltesefalcon Waltesefalcon
@noelekal you've gone batty. Obviously Wry's new acquisition would be more at home with some pre-war target revolvers like a 1909 1st issue Officer's Model Target in .38 spl, a 1918 Police Positive target in .22, and a 1937 3rd issue Officer's Model Target in .38 spl.
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I do agree with you about the accuracy of the old Officer's Models. My 3rd issue will out shoot any of my other revolvers including a 1954 or 55 S&W .357, a 1976 Python, and a 1977 Python.
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When I think about it, I might have a thing for target revolvers.

Oh Waltesefalcon, I'm well known for having bats in my belfry.

I have a thing for target revolvers too.

Your Smith & Wesson N-Frame .357 Magnum that you slipped in on us is pure goodness!

Long as we're back to featuring classic Colt, this one's cooler 'n a fan.

A Colt 3 5 7.

Probably the scarcest of the ones we've been featuring on this page. Only made from 1953 to 1961 with a comparatively low total production of around 16,000 (compared with over 700,000 Pythons cranked out before its current incarnation). Was intended to be the premium medium framed Colt .357 Magnum when it was introduced. Then Colt trumped their own silly self and introduced the even more glitzy (too much so in my view) Python in 1955. The poor 3 5 7 was left an orphan bracketed as it was between the Colt Trooper and the Colt Python. The 3 5 7 shares the I-Frame with the Python. I think the 3 5 7 looks and balances better. Action's just as slick. Mine was made at the end of 1953 or early 1954 and has some unique "first year" features that most the production lacks. It originally belonged to a Brownwood, Texas police officer.
 
Waltesefalcon
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Welp, I'm a bit jealous, that's a real stunner! I look for a good 3-5-7 every once in awhile but I never find one that I like.

The development of the I frame is an interesting one to me. Colt wanted to produce a medium frame .357 revolver and the old Army Special frame, now called the E frame, was deemed suitable. As they began development of the 3-5-7 the decision was made to make the firing pin frame mounted. Once the 3-5-7 was in production development on an even higher end .357 was begun on the same frame as well as a budget .357, so we then got the Python and the Trooper.

The other old Colt I really want to add to my collection someday is a Shooting Master.
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Waltesefalcon
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There's nothing wrong with the venerable Model O. Here's the four that are at home right now. From the top a 1915 circa M1911, a 1915 circa Government Model, a 1989 circa Delta Elite, and a 2010 circa New Agent.
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Right now my circa 1969 GCNM is with Karl Beining getting some work done. Unfortunately the only photos I have of it are all pretty crummy.
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noelekal
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SkunkPrince SkunkPrince
You guys are making me feel guilty for loving the Model of 1911. 😁

I'm guilty as well.

A century+ of Colt 1911s (with one predecessor and one "imposter") from 1910 to 2020. Top to bottom from left to right:

Colt's 1911 predecessor, the Model 1905 .45 (1910)

2nd row: Government Model British contract .455 S. L. (1916), Model of 1911 .45 (1918), Remington Rand 1911A1 .45 (the imposter -1944)

3rd row: Government Model .45 (1947), National Match .38 Special wadcutter (1961), Government Model .45 (1967), Government Model 9mm Steyr (late 1970s production-shipped 1983)

4th row: Government Model 9mm Luger (1981), Gold Cup .45 (1979 - bought new 1982), Ace .22 Long Rifle (1983), Government Model Enhanced 9X23 (1997- out of order here)

5th row: Government Model Enhanced .40 S&W (1993), Government Model .45 (2014), Delta Elite 10mm (2016), Government Model .38 Super (2020)

Favorite "usin' pistols" from this menagerie for carry, competition, range, field, or plinking use: the 1966 Government Model .45, the Gold Cup .45, the Ace .22, the Delta Elite 10mm, and the Government Model .38 Super.

Oh, and they're lying on my grandfather's U. S. Navy wool blanket from World War I.
 
noelekal
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No, Waltesefalcon. You've got fine quality Colt-ness.
 
64Wing
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Stopped by one of my favorite fun shops today that I don't get to very often. Saw a 1911 on the wall that I wanted to inspect. As the young guy handed me the piece, I noticed a new 3861 Hesalite Speedy barely poke out of his sleeve. He was literally speechless for five seconds when I asked, "how are you liking the 3861?" The look in his eyes was like: "finally someone gets it!!"

I set the 1911 on the counter and we handed each other our watches for inspection. He was impressed with the liveliness of the lume on my Flieger and its heft. I was impressed that his Speedy showed signs of really being worn and not babied.

It was a great little exchange of interest before we got back to gun talk.

It's a fun world out there
 
Wryfox
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Counter help around here is more likely to wear a spiked bracelet and nose ring, let alone a watch of any kind.🙁
 
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Wryfox Wryfox
Counter help around here is more likely to wear a spiked bracelet and nose ring, let alone a watch of any kind.🙁
Honestly, I was surprised. This isn't a particularly affluent area, but folks here earn their nice things and quietly enjoy them for themselves. An occasional nod from someone else in-the-know is a welcome treat.

This isn't to cast any aspersions on anyone with above-average means. I could just tell this guy was proud to own a nice watch and expressed all the best reasons for owning it: historical significance, simple elegance, durability and quality, etc. He did his research and ended up with one of the finest watches money should buy.

As an aside: I'm hanging out at the local flight school here and this beauty was doing touch & gos, much to our good fortune and viewing pleasure.
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I actually can’t believe I don’t have any pics on my phone. I love guns probably as much as anything else. I’ve got probably 20 or so and a mixture of all kinds. I’ve got 5 Beretta handguns and a Beretta 12 gauge. Just bought a FNX 45 tactical and really like it. Got a Ak and a AR. My 2 favorites are a Colt 38 special detective model that my dad always carried when I was a kid. Plus an old kmart 410 double barrel my Grandpa gave me when I turned 10. He passed away about 6 months after that and I literally wouldn’t take a million dollars for that gun. I don’t have any sons to pass these down to so my daughter will get a lot of guns and some pretty cool watches.
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johnireland
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I own seven, no real pictures to speak of. All chosen based on self defense use. Three .38 snubbies, two 1911 .45 acp compacts, a .380 Bersa Thunder, and a WW2 M1 .30 cal. Carbine. Sometimes I carry, on the premise better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. I do enjoy shooting them, but not as much as I love looking for watches. In my younger days I poured my money into cars. Watches and guns are more affordable for me these days.
 
Wryfox
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Well guys, I've stumbled across another golden nugget here locally.

WWII Walther P38, Made August 1944. Fully stamped, matching mag.

1940 C Heinchin Holster. Surprisingly heavy.

Period Ivory scrimshaw grips. They are super detailed!

To top it off, not a single dot of powder, dirt or mechanical wear anywhere. Could it be unfired?
So now I know Noelekel and Waltese are going to respond with a parade of their museum quality P38s. Go ahead. I dare you. 😜🍿

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Wryfox Wryfox
Well guys, I've stumbled across another golden nugget here locally.

WWII Walther P38, Made August 1944. Fully stamped, matching mag.

1940 C Heinchin Holster. Surprisingly heavy.

Period Ivory scrimshaw grips. They are super detailed!

To top it off, not a single dot of powder, dirt or mechanical wear anywhere. Could it be unfired?
So now I know Noelekel and Waltese are going to respond with a parade of their museum quality P38s. Go ahead. I dare you. 😜🍿

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Very nice. It could certainly be a rare unfired gun...or simply one that was barely used and then was meticulously cleaned and put away.

The nature of the modern world pushes us towards modern guns as the solution for self defense, much as modern day traffic pushes us towards modern cars for basic transportation, and cell phones are replacing wristwatches. Still I prefer what author Robert Pirsig called "the old road" in his landmark philosophical novel, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values" (1974).
 
Waltesefalcon
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Wryfox Wryfox
To top it off, not a single dot of powder, dirt or mechanical wear anywhere. Could it be unfired?
So now I know Noelekel and Waltese are going to respond with a parade of their museum quality P38s. Go ahead. I dare you. 😜🍿

Nope, not a single P38 currently in the stable.

That one is an excellent example you've come across, even though those stocks aren't my cup of tea it is a beautiful gun and very well preserved. It's amazing to see a gun this old without any real signs of use.
 
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1963 astronaut John Glenn received a Remington rifle 700 ( Glenn wore a Breitling chronograph )
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noelekal
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I'm sure liking that walnut on John Glenn's Remington.

Wryfox Wryfox
Well guys, I've stumbled across another golden nugget here locally.

WWII Walther P38, Made August 1944. Fully stamped, matching mag.

1940 C Heinchin Holster. Surprisingly heavy.

Period Ivory scrimshaw grips. They are super detailed!

To top it off, not a single dot of powder, dirt or mechanical wear anywhere. Could it be unfired?
So now I know Noelekel and Waltese are going to respond with a parade of their museum quality P38s. Go ahead. I dare you. 😜🍿

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Just saw your neato P38.

I can't muster a museum quality P38, but only a somewhat worn Spreewerke from November of 1943 and it's in a group photo of the tribe chambered in the 9mm Luger. I can't find a photo of it only. It's the top left.

 
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