My Local gun store is conspiring against me... - The Firearms Forum

AngelDeville · 01-16-2008, 12:13 PM

I went in to put a down payment on a Colt Officers Match revolver they suckered me in to buying, and they had a 1917 sitting there waiting for me, so I had to put that one on hold too.... (there goes my M1A money......

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the tin foil hat isn't working... they can still read my mind.....

AngelDeville · 01-16-2008, 12:55 PM

By the way the Officers match is in 80% with an excellent bore

and the 1917 is in 90% with an excellent bore....

CampingJosh · 01-16-2008, 01:21 PM

I sometimes feel like my local store is doing that to me, too. Except they know that I don't have any money any more (they got me once last week--my first handgun, a Sig Mosquito), so they just leave stuff out to taunt me!

USMC-03 · 01-16-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by AngelDeville

By the way the Officers match is in 80% with an excellent bore

and the 1917 is in 90% with an excellent bore....

Is the 1917 a Colt or Smith?

Oneida Steve · 01-16-2008, 02:30 PM

Is the OMM a .22 or .38 ?

Mosin_Nagant_Fan · 01-16-2008, 03:32 PM

Why do you guys have all the luck?

AngelDeville · 01-16-2008, 04:28 PM

The Officers is a .38 spec.

The 1917 is a Colt, those damn cylinders on the Smiths rotate the wrong way...

Little Rooster · 01-16-2008, 04:49 PM

what caliber is the 1917....psst if your running out of space n your safe, I could make room to safe guard it for ya.

It is a conspiracy....went yesterday bought a .22 cleaning rod and some patches $814. later.

AngelDeville · 01-16-2008, 05:02 PM

.45 acp.... I don't have many long guns so I gots lots of space...

I went in to buy a used chrony for cheap when I got hooked into the Officers Match..... Damn those Prancing Colts....

USMC-03 · 01-16-2008, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AngelDeville

The Officers is a .38 spec.

The 1917 is a Colt, those damn cylinders on the Smiths rotate the wrong way...

I've owned both Smith and Colt M1917's. I'm definitely a Smith fan but did like that Colt, the only one that fit my hand well.

Little Rooster · 01-16-2008, 08:09 PM

The 1917's are on my list but I keep getting side tracked.

ponycar17 · 01-16-2008, 08:49 PM

Why so many revolvers?... Collector's thing?..

AngelDeville · 01-16-2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ponycar17

Why so many revolvers?... Collector's thing?..

sort of, I just love the feel of DA Colt revolvers (but I can't stand SAA's) but I wouldn't put it past me to use one for CC from time to time, and they will accompany me on many trips to the range....

The Officers Match will make a great target pistol for myself and the Mrs. and the 1917 is well just cool....

My 1962 Detective special is my second favorite carry gun...

southernshooter · 01-17-2008, 06:31 AM

Angel, Ofcourse we will need pictures when you get it, Just to make sure what they are using to torture you

Little Rooster · 01-17-2008, 08:52 AM

Ditto Southern...

Pistolenschutze · 01-17-2008, 09:57 AM

I must agree. Gun stores definitely have some sort of mind control device running at all times! Why, just a few weeks ago, I entered a local gun store to buy some perfectly innocuous 12-gauge trap loads . . . and ended up walking out with a Browning 20 gauge BPS in my hand!

AngelDeville · 01-17-2008, 03:16 PM

Did you then have to buy 20g trap loads?

I'm picking them BOTH up tonight..... we'll see what else I end up putting on hold....

AngelDeville · 01-17-2008, 08:03 PM

not only did I pick up BOTH tonight but I also got a HUGE box from Midway....

I have busy night ahead of me.... but in a good way.....

AngelDeville · 01-17-2008, 10:22 PM

Here are a couple of semi crappy pics before bed....

the Officers Match and 1917

and the whole Fam Damily.... of Colt revolvers, but not all the Colts..

I also installed a Marbles tang sight and a folding leaf sight on my Marlin 1895LTD, and put a new stock on my M44.... I still have lots to do this weekend....

CampingJosh · 01-18-2008, 11:00 AM

They sure are pretty, Angel.

Here in a bit I'm headed over to Evan Marshall's gun shop and range (the guy who did the "Stopping Power" books). Hopefully his mind reader is down today...

AngelDeville · 01-18-2008, 11:07 AM

I'm having trouble finding MFG dates, I'm going off the reciept, and I think they have the wrong #written down for the 1917, and I don't have the acess to the gun until after work... Am I looking for the # inside the frame of the one stamped on the bottom of the grip?

1917 # I have is 56 XXX but it's the number on the bottom of the grip with the "US Army" stamp

the Officers Match looks like maybe a 1976? ser# is 911XXX

Here is where I'm looking

http://www.proofhouse.com/colt/index.html

Little Rooster · 01-21-2008, 10:37 AM

Nice very nice

where do you get the moon clips from

AngelDeville · 01-21-2008, 07:53 PM

The shop tossed 4 of them in with the deal, but Brownells, and Midway sell them, for about $1 each,

I'd like to find a few half-moons so I can toss em in my pocket for CC re-loads

AngelDeville · 01-24-2008, 01:55 PM

The officer's match was made in 1956,

And the 1917 was made in 1919......

AngelDeville · 02-05-2008, 01:57 PM

UPDATE!

They did it to me again! I was going to get a Glock 20 (10mm), and I spy a Tattered brown box containing a 1954 Colt Marshall, so no more Glock.....

01-16-2008, 12:13 PM	#1
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	My Local gun store is conspiring against me... I went in to put a down payment on a Colt Officers Match revolver they suckered me in to buying, and they had a 1917 sitting there waiting for me, so I had to put that one on hold too.... (there goes my M1A money......) the tin foil hat isn't working... they can still read my mind..... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around? -->

01-16-2008, 12:55 PM	#2
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... By the way the Officers match is in 80% with an excellent bore and the 1917 is in 90% with an excellent bore.... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

01-16-2008, 01:21 PM	#3
CampingJosh TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 4,788	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... I sometimes feel like my local store is doing that to me, too. Except they know that I don't have any money any more (they got me once last week--my first handgun, a Sig Mosquito), so they just leave stuff out to taunt me!

01-16-2008, 02:30 PM	#5
Oneida Steve Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,028	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Is the OMM a .22 or .38 ?

01-16-2008, 03:32 PM	#6
Mosin_Nagant_Fan Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 1,832	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Why do you guys have all the luck? __________________ Long Gun Collection: M38 Mosin-Nagant Carbine Russian 1950 SKS Winchester 1300 20Ga Western Field Single-Shot 16Ga Sears Ranger .22S-L-LR Bolt-Action Rifle Marlin 795 Semi-Auto (Brother's) Handgun Collection: Springfield Armory XD9 Service

01-16-2008, 04:28 PM	#7
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... The Officers is a .38 spec. The 1917 is a Colt, those damn cylinders on the Smiths rotate the wrong way... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

01-16-2008, 04:49 PM	#8
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... what caliber is the 1917....psst if your running out of space n your safe, I could make room to safe guard it for ya. It is a conspiracy....went yesterday bought a .22 cleaning rod and some patches $814. later. __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

01-16-2008, 05:02 PM	#9
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... .45 acp.... I don't have many long guns so I gots lots of space... I went in to buy a used chrony for cheap when I got hooked into the Officers Match..... Damn those Prancing Colts.... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

01-16-2008, 08:09 PM	#11
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... The 1917's are on my list but I keep getting side tracked. __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

01-16-2008, 08:49 PM	#12
ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Why so many revolvers?... Collector's thing?.. Last edited by ponycar17; 01-16-2008 at 08:51 PM.. Reason: Pardon my ignorance...

01-17-2008, 06:31 AM	#14
southernshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deep South Mississippi Posts: 5,943	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Angel, Ofcourse we will need pictures when you get it, Just to make sure what they are using to torture you __________________ Only you can see this

01-17-2008, 08:52 AM	#15
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Ditto Southern... __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

01-17-2008, 09:57 AM	#16
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... I must agree. Gun stores definitely have some sort of mind control device running at all times! Why, just a few weeks ago, I entered a local gun store to buy some perfectly innocuous 12-gauge trap loads . . . and ended up walking out with a Browning 20 gauge BPS in my hand! __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

01-17-2008, 03:16 PM	#17
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Did you then have to buy 20g trap loads? I'm picking them BOTH up tonight..... we'll see what else I end up putting on hold.... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

01-17-2008, 08:03 PM	#18
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... not only did I pick up BOTH tonight but I also got a HUGE box from Midway.... I have busy night ahead of me.... but in a good way..... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

01-17-2008, 10:22 PM	#19
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Here are a couple of semi crappy pics before bed.... the Officers Match and 1917 and the whole Fam Damily.... of Colt revolvers, but not all the Colts.. I also installed a Marbles tang sight and a folding leaf sight on my Marlin 1895LTD, and put a new stock on my M44.... I still have lots to do this weekend.... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

01-18-2008, 11:00 AM	#20
CampingJosh TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 4,788	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... They sure are pretty, Angel. Here in a bit I'm headed over to Evan Marshall's gun shop and range (the guy who did the "Stopping Power" books). Hopefully his mind reader is down today...

01-18-2008, 11:07 AM	#21
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... I'm having trouble finding MFG dates, I'm going off the reciept, and I think they have the wrong #written down for the 1917, and I don't have the acess to the gun until after work... Am I looking for the # inside the frame of the one stamped on the bottom of the grip? 1917 # I have is 56 XXX but it's the number on the bottom of the grip with the "US Army" stamp the Officers Match looks like maybe a 1976? ser# is 911XXX Here is where I'm looking http://www.proofhouse.com/colt/index.html __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around? Last edited by AngelDeville; 01-18-2008 at 11:08 AM..

01-21-2008, 10:37 AM	#22
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... Nice very nice where do you get the moon clips from __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

01-21-2008, 07:53 PM	#23
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... The shop tossed 4 of them in with the deal, but Brownells, and Midway sell them, for about $1 each, I'd like to find a few half-moons so I can toss em in my pocket for CC re-loads __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

01-24-2008, 01:55 PM	#24
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... The officer's match was made in 1956, And the 1917 was made in 1919...... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?

02-05-2008, 01:57 PM	#25
AngelDeville Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ABQ Posts: 644	Re: My Local gun store is conspiring against me... UPDATE! They did it to me again! I was going to get a Glock 20 (10mm), and I spy a Tattered brown box containing a 1954 Colt Marshall, so no more Glock..... __________________ Why don't guns go off "accidentally" when people aren't around?