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.
In today's dollars I can afford that Colt, as long as it's priced what it was when it was brand new!
That box reminds me that back then anyone could also buy automatic pistols & automatic machine guns; boy howdy, they must've had a school shooting every week! Oh wait, no- that didn't start happening until we had a lot of Gun Control, did it. My bad!
These eyes can't see as well as they use to. Is this a 38 caliber, I can't make out what caliber it is, but I want it never-less...
ReplyDeleteI couldn't tell either.
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DeleteS/N 524331, (Caliber not listed here.)
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That's a plumb ugly pistol.
ReplyDeleteIn today's dollars I can afford that Colt, as long as it's priced what it was when it was brand new!
ReplyDeleteThat box reminds me that back then anyone could also buy automatic pistols & automatic machine guns; boy howdy, they must've had a school shooting every week! Oh wait, no- that didn't start happening until we had a lot of Gun Control, did it. My bad!
Nice grouping on the target chit....
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