Forum: Feedback Forum
04-17-2012, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,082
Re: Gerber Knives
Can't count the number of deer field dressed with my Gerber folding drop point!
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
04-17-2012, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,469
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Forum: General Discussion
02-01-2012, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 874
Re: Geneology and tracking your roots.
In the last 35 years I've traveled thousand of miles chasing family surname history....Kentucky, Tennessee, and several trips to the Latter Day Saints facilities in Salt Lake. I can only go back to...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
01-31-2012, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 878
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
01-31-2012, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,331
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
12-19-2009, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 32,176
Re: Remington Rand M1911A1 U.S. Army
Your right, and I'm wrong. I was in a hurry and had a hard time signing in. I don't think I've been on this particular forum since Xracer past away, may he R.I.P.
The last 1913 guns fell in the...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
12-18-2009, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 32,176
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
05-02-2009, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,744
Re: Ithaca 45
I can't make out the mark that is supposed to be the P proof on the grip. The F is not the usual font that was used. All three of my Ithaca are like the ERS example. Maybe a previous owner...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
05-01-2009, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,127
Re: Cannot Find 1911 .45 C&R Pistols!
Those are 1911A1 WWII guns. Look in ActionArms.com auction as they have several 1911 and 1911A1 guns for sale.
Here's a 1944 Ithaca I'd let hin have for $1400 plus shipping. I've got three...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
05-01-2009, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 955
Re: Colt Mis-Stamp
http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=9106511
is a Colt used as a commemorative. on auction.
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
05-01-2009, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 955
Re: Colt Mis-Stamp
We have no idea what the Maryland inscription says, or looks like. A closeup pic of it would tell us what about the State it commemorated.
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
04-30-2009, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,127
Re: Cannot Find 1911 .45 C&R Pistols!
I've been collecting them for many years and they are far and few between. Since the internet came about lots of guys "just want one of those old .45s" They usually don't know an all original from...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-30-2009, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 955
Re: Colt Mis-Stamp
What is mis-stamped about the gun? Where did the letter come from? Are you the one they claimed called them with a question in 1981?
Strange things were put on commemorative firearms. They...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
04-30-2009, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,744
Re: Ithaca 45
It doesn't look like both grip panels match. Is the right panel wood? It should have both panels of plastic with the star and K of the Keyes Co. The P on top of the barrel is the proof mark, as is...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-30-2009, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 955
Re: Colt Mis-Stamp
Probably a commemorative for something in the State of Maryland. I've not seen a Colt 1911A1 with a serial number starting with an "F". It has a 1911 flat main spring housing, a short trigger and...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-25-2009, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,192
Re: 1918 Colt 1911 value
I'd inspected it closely with a very bright light for cracks and replace the recoil spring. You can put in another barrel but save the old one and the springs.
Any light rust can be improver with...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
04-25-2009, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 204
Views: 60,500
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-25-2009, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,192
Re: 1918 Colt 1911 value
Here's a 1940 Colt, one of the first with the relief cutouts for the trigger and a short one trigger. Then a 1942 with the milled trigger, followed by a 1944 stamped trigger.
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-25-2009, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,662
Re: 1916 Luger, "Made in Germany"
Your picture appears to have a wooden base magazine and if so that's good. These came with two mags with the serial number stamped in the wood. They were also marked #1 & #2. Here is one a Maj....
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-25-2009, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,192
Re: 1918 Colt 1911 value
The trigger looks ok to me. Here's another 1918 Colt. Colt produced about 319,000 .45s in 1918, most of any year.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Silver73/WWI/1918ColtLeft.jpg
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Forum: General Discussion
04-25-2009, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,021
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Forum: General Discussion
03-03-2009, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 691
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Forum: General Discussion
03-03-2009, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 945
Re: Anybody like Coulter?
"But as long as the nation is obsessed with historic milestones, is no one going to remark on what a great country it is where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house? "
No one...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-28-2009, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,125
Re: 1944 Ithaca WWII .45
This one went across the pond as lend lease to your country. Was returned in 1953 under the 1925 Proof Law of Brittan.
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-28-2009, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,588
Re: To C&R or Not
I've never seen a WWI, or WWII, .45 sold at wholesale prices. I've been collecting these for about 20 years and guess I've not found the right retail shop.
Moved and sent an email for...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-28-2009, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 752
Re: New ATF CD
Boot mine up, out of curiosity, and looked at table of contents only. Do you mean returning to first page?
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-28-2009, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,125
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
02-22-2009, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,656
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-22-2009, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,125
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-22-2009, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,125
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
01-22-2009, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 646
Re: Need some help....
If it were a Colt frame, Yah. But then you said it was Essex! An Essex frame that someone put an old Rem Rand Slide on, Yah. Not the first time someone did that same thing. An old military gun,...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
01-21-2009, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 646
Re: Need some help....
Where do you think Google found the pic? Your gun is a "put together" of various makers parts.....could be a good shooter but not a collectible. If it says Essex on the frame, Essex made that part...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
01-21-2009, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 646
Re: Need some help....
If your gun is a complete Colt, WWI 1913, it should look like this. The slide stop, main spring housing, sights, hammer and safety are different.
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
01-21-2009, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 646
Re: Need some help....
That gun you posted is mine. That's a picture I posted some time ago probably on this forum. Here is the other side. It's a Remington Rand, 1944.
I've been collecting WWI and WWII .45s for twenty...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-21-2009, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 794
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
01-18-2009, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 480
Re: HELP !
Gun shops, gun shows, internet auctions, etc.
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
01-18-2009, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 553
S&W marked CS-1
Here is a S&W 686 that is marked in the crane "CS-1". The only print material I can find is in The Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson. It merely says S&W, in 1988, produced 3" and 4" models for...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
12-08-2008, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 620
Re: Stock GI Mags for a SA 1911
Bulldog, when you say Service Mags do you mean military? Does any of them have a letter stamped on the toe of the base plate?
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
12-08-2008, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 970
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
12-08-2008, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 32,176
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Forum: General Discussion
11-16-2008, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 344
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
11-15-2008, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,273
Re: ruger lcp
I had a P3AT And it ran very good. Sold it and picked up the Ruger. I would rather have the Kel-Tec back. Nothing wrong with the Ruger, it's going back for the re-call, I just preferred the KT.
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Forum: General Discussion
11-15-2008, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 309
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Forum: General Discussion
11-15-2008, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 309
Local Gunshow
Went to the local gun show this morning, arriving before the door open. Usually I can park anywhere in the huge parking lot and there will be a hand full of people standing around. Not today! The...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
11-14-2008, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,379
Re: what happened to the 1911?
Guns don't just get a different serial number. One can have the ATF try to raise an obliterated serial number and if they can't they can stamp one of their numbers on it. I don't know anyone who...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
11-14-2008, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,379
Re: what happened to the 1911?
Your fake NRA gun was made in 1945 the last year of production. It has to be some outfit selling some sort of "commemorative" and not one of the original NRA marked guns. They all had the original...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
11-14-2008, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,379
NRA marked guns
Here is the NRA marking on 95 Springfield 1911 and 47 Colts. That's all there was. This was done from 1914 to 1917 and resumed after WWI until about 1922. Remington rand wasn't in production then.
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
11-14-2008, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,379
Re: what happened to the 1911?
I've been an NRA member longer than I can remember, but never heard of, nor have I seen, such an offer from the organization. It must have been some other organization selling guns. I'll scan in a...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
11-14-2008, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,379
Re: what happened to the 1911?
"Well I wasn't there back then and so can't state for sure, but reading about the NRA guns which I am not sure yours was/is dumped by the Govt. I know for a fact they came with new wood grips checked...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
11-14-2008, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,379
Re: what happened to the 1911?
No, they came on the guns. I only collect all original guns. They are only original once.
One of my Remington Rands. "the in pencil markings still on them." Never heard of "in" markings. ...
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