Forum: The 1911 Forum
09-05-2005, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
09-04-2005, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
D'oh! I forgot about those! An obvious solution...
Thanks for reminding me.
Now that I've followed the link you provided, I want one!
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
08-31-2005, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
The SW1911PD gets nicer as I get a few rounds through it and learn to shoot it.
Now that I'm a 300 round "expert" I took a young friend out for his first time shooting. I felt a little guilty,...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-25-2005, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
Holy Cow! I put 5 out of 8 rounds in a 10" bull at 65 yards! I like this thing.
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-23-2005, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
I took the Smith out this afternoon and it shot very nicely, proving that it was the shooter that needed adjustment. An improved grip put most of the rounds in the black and chewed up the soda cans....
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-18-2005, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
I wonder what will happen if I mature.
I've been having some sort of connective tissue problem in my elbows and wondering what it is about the Garand that might cause that. Turns out that it's...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-17-2005, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
I'm sure that the highest probability is that it's pilot error. I've been working on my grip to observe the effects of different positions and trigger pull. It's an education to squeeze, hold and let...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-16-2005, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
What is stovepiping?
The recoil is considerable, but doesn't bother me, so there aren't any anticipation problems (that I'm aware of). The mainspring housing is flat.
In dry firing exercises...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-16-2005, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
It's been suggested that the problem is in my inexperieced grip, one that is too light. I'll modify it and see how that goes. I think that the shooter, especially this new pistol shooter, is most...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-16-2005, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
These are indeed 230 grains. I told the man behind the counter that I wanted to shoot paper and that's what he gave me. If there has been any monkeying with the sights I would be angry because this...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-15-2005, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
Well, after 100 rounds, it seems as if it shoots true but about 6" high at 75'. I got some good groups although not in the right place. I picked off a few soda cans at 50 yards because it seems...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-14-2005, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Re: Finally!
I cleaned it up tonight and might take it out tomorrow. Looking forward to it!
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-14-2005, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,624
Finally!
Ever since I joined this board I have been craving a 1911. Today I finally got one, a Smith 1911PD. Can't wait to try it out!
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
07-05-2005, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 756
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
07-04-2005, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 756
Re: A Source of Info About Accoutrements?
Thanks Huck. I'm going to take the M1 out and enjoy it in my Dad's memory, but it's going to be a little dark because his wife, the woman who gave me a pile of WWII accoutrements a few days ago, just...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
07-04-2005, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 756
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Forum: General Discussion
07-04-2005, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 887
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
07-03-2005, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 756
Re: A Source of Info About Accoutrements?
Thanks X, I should have added that the items I'm looking at are from WWI and WWII. I've looked around on some auction sites and e-stores and have been stunned at the prices. I don't know if the...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
07-02-2005, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 756
A Source of Info About Accoutrements?
I have come across a number of uniform and equipment items in my late father's basement. Is there a good on-line source of information about belts, packs, canteens, holsters and so on? I have an...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
07-01-2005, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 708
Re: More Gun Control Shinanigans - - -
The idea of confiscating 17 guns from bad guys gets a yawn from the anti-gun side, but 17 legal guns would apparently send them marching on the Capitol Building. I have a lot of faith in our...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-27-2005, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 598
Re: Rev. Billy Graham- Man of God-speaks
Reverend Graham has been close to every President since Truman, if I remember it right. He's not a Republican Preacher or a Democratic Preacher, but a man of God. How bad could it be that he has...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-24-2005, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,988
Re: ASK about GUNS - - -
"Yes, I have guns, one next to each window."
"No, they're in the car."
"No, I'm afraid that they might discharge the explosives."
"Um, is artillary considered 'guns'?"
"No, I have hand...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-23-2005, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 977
Re: way back when I was young
We discovered that arrows with the points removed and a simple rubber band made a surprisingly effective little weapon. Got busted, though, Dad said "If you don't think you should do it when I'm...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-23-2005, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,988
Re: ASK about GUNS - - -
One local doctor has dummy bazooka rounds and other such things on display in his office. Another is a shooting buddy about to get his first Garand. If I got asked and said "No", they'd probably ask...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-23-2005, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,988
Re: ASK about GUNS - - -
Are there knives in the kitchen? Are the car keys sometimes left on the counter? Is there Drano under the sink? Are there bars on all of the second floor windows? Is there traffic on the street in...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-21-2005, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 1,900
Re: Buying a Jap car?
I think it should be noted that no other country came here and stole our industry or our markets, we gave them away freely.
The passage of time allows new alliances and creates new divisions. A...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-19-2005, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,706
Re: Connecticut’s Assault weapon ban
The two states I've lived in are extremely blue and have a lot going for them, but their gun laws, their understanding of anything to do with firearms is ridiculous. I've been grinding my teeth for...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-18-2005, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 644
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-16-2005, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,979
Re: Get used to the Bush Patriot Act
Carl S referred to what I hold is the single biggest action/misunderstanding/mistake in foreign affairs and it began with the British and French as colonial powers. That is the ascribing and...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-14-2005, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,163
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-14-2005, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 863
Re: Read The Bills Act of 2005
Another fine example: A number of years ago, a historic lighthouse went down in a storm here in Nantucket. Sad, but we really didn't need it any more, what, with GPS and other modern navigational...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-14-2005, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,979
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-14-2005, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,979
Re: Get used to the Bush Patriot Act
I ask in all seriousness; what is a Christian? Does one lose one's Christianity if one does not support Israel? I wonder how the Israelis feel about being used as caretakers of the Holy Land until...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-14-2005, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,143
Re: Jacko was acquitted
Once again we hear from people who claim to cherish the Constitution but don't want people they don't like to benefit from due process.
Michael Jackson is no one's idea of normal, and not...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-14-2005, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,979
Re: Get used to the Bush Patriot Act
I would be interested to see the historical references that show that Islam was born out of violence. To be sure, a great many Islamic people have embraced a corrupted version of Islam that thrives...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-04-2005, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 586
Re: MORE LIBERAL DESTRUCTION
Well, this liberal thinks that the conference must have been a load of crap.
Interesting to see that the Reagan Justice Department had its own investigation into updating the interpretation of the...
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
06-02-2005, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 719
Re: Ann Coulter on THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
The whole criticism is bogus with or without her twisting of the truth. Compromise is an essential tool of politics, in fact any group dynamic. Those who are blasting their fellow Republicans now...
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Forum: The Pump House Saloon
05-22-2005, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 601
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Forum: General Discussion
05-22-2005, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,099
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Forum: General Discussion
05-22-2005, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,092
Re: Words can't describe how vile this is
I'm sorry, I simply cannot take this at face value. Something's going on here but I don't know what it is. I will say this, I'm not worried about this guy gaining any traction with his point of view....
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
05-16-2005, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 868
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Forum: General Discussion
05-12-2005, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 630
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Forum: General Discussion
05-10-2005, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,081
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Forum: General Discussion
05-10-2005, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 552
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Forum: General Discussion
05-10-2005, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 552
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
05-10-2005, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 671
Re: Latest Travesty from the PDR of NJ
Outrageous and absurd. There are many things you can do to be a good citizen, but patting down guests in your home is beyond the pale. This proposed law would be so easy to abuse it should never see...
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Forum: VMBB General Discussion
05-09-2005, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 651
Re: Americas Most Depressed City
There are a lot of good places in New Jersey. But Camden ain't one of them! I think Philadelphia's problems leached across the Delaware from Camden. My mother's family used to sell tomatoes to...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-09-2005, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 519
Re: Send A Salami To Your Boy In The Army!
I don't know if it was a widespread practice of delis, but Katz's Delicatessen on Houston Street (the lower East Side of NYC) did it. They never took the signs down as far as I know, they're still...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-09-2005, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,509
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
05-08-2005, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,165
Re: Any M1 Garand shooters here?
Thank you, and Yup! I think he'd appreciate it!
Maybe I've neglected to mention that I've been shooting the Garand and can't get enough!
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