And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's more like the one's that I like to see. For some reason I don't gravitate toward the fixed up fancy ones. The two that I have are a stock, surplus Ithaca and a Remington Rand. To me they are beautiful just the way they are......
I agree. I had a Colt 1911 (not A-1), AA refurb.with mismatched Remington slide which I sold to finance another project.
For those interested in such a weapon here's a look at the CMP inventory: https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/5/22/the-cmp-m1911s-the-inside-story/ I must say they look better than expected. Grab one while you can.
The Ithaca had a beat up commercial Colt slide when I got it on the cheap. Ended up finding a surplus Ithaca slide for it in Shotgun News, if I remember correctly. A friend of mine got the Remington Rand in a trade for an old camper trailer that he was asking $200 for. Then he sold the 1911 to me for $200. Now this was back in the early nineties when that figure was worth a lot more than today, but it was still a sweet deal...............
such a fine home defense weapon set. Imagine an intruders mind set upon espying the homeowner with these two items at hand. Knife for close in work and the forty five as a club in the other hand. that would probably hurt a lot.
That's more like the one's that I like to see. For some reason I don't gravitate toward the fixed up fancy ones. The two that I have are a stock, surplus Ithaca and a Remington Rand. To me they are beautiful just the way they are......
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteI had a Colt 1911 (not A-1), AA refurb.with mismatched Remington slide which I sold to finance another project.
For those interested in such a weapon here's a look at the CMP inventory:
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/5/22/the-cmp-m1911s-the-inside-story/
I must say they look better than expected.
Grab one while you can.
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The Ithaca had a beat up commercial Colt slide when I got it on the cheap. Ended up finding a surplus Ithaca slide for it in Shotgun News, if I remember correctly. A friend of mine got the Remington Rand in a trade for an old camper trailer that he was asking $200 for. Then he sold the 1911 to me for $200. Now this was back in the early nineties when that figure was worth a lot more than today, but it was still a sweet deal...............
DeleteThey get it done.
ReplyDeleteMy choice is a Remington R2 1911 and a 24" bolo-bladed machete. yeah.....
ReplyDeletesuch a fine home defense weapon set. Imagine an intruders mind set upon espying the homeowner with these two items at hand. Knife for close in work and the forty five as a club in the other hand. that would probably hurt a lot.
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