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.
To each his own but the engraving costs a lot more than the gun itself. I sort of like Bond Arms derringers but don't ask me to explain why. Not everything has to be practical.
I had an east German one is a .357 many years ago that I carried after Vietnam in the early 70s. Half cock with no safety or trigger guard. I shot it quite a bit. Great gun and only sold it to help pay for a first year of manufacture of a 7.5" barrel Ruger .44 magnum in the wooden presentation box. I use to shoot it quite a bit but gave it to my son as they built a limited number of the first year pistols making them very collectable. Found him 1969 .357 Ruger with a 6.5" barrel best I remember and he shoots it fairly often. Ruger no longer offers any half cock guns due to safety concerns. I always thought the safety was between your ears but guess not. One other thing... Bond Arms were built in Texas and I saw them at the Fort Worth gun shows all the time around the beginning of the Clinton AR ban. Very nice man along with his two young daughters doing their homework. I think they were homeschoolers but not sure. His brother later bought out the company and that's when they started building some big bore calibers. Prices went up higher than used S&W 645 .45 caliber and the surplus FBI's short lived 10mm. I did buy a 645 and my son sill has it but parts are no longer available si it is seldom fired. I should have bought one or more of those FBI 10mm guns as they really went up in price as Texas wild Hog hunters loved them. Oh Well, live and learn!
ReplyDeleteexperienced hands are holding that .
Wonder what calibur?.
About the little round, . . . is that the safety?
ReplyDeleteLooks to be the barrel latch.
DeleteLooks like a Bond Arms derringer, but I'm guessing the metal artwork is custom. It says Lucky Lady on the barrels, and Lucky Me near the rear sight.
ReplyDeleteI remember having a cap pistol like this.
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DeleteTo each his own but the engraving costs a lot more than the gun itself. I sort of like Bond Arms derringers but don't ask me to explain why. Not everything has to be practical.
ReplyDeleteI had one in 9mm. I wouldn't want the 45. Mine didn't have a trigger guard. 8 lb trigger pull. I was like lifting a gallon of water with 1 finger
ReplyDeleteI had an east German one is a .357 many years ago that I carried after Vietnam in the early 70s. Half cock with no safety or trigger guard. I shot it quite a bit. Great gun and only sold it to help pay for a first year of manufacture of a 7.5" barrel Ruger .44 magnum in the wooden presentation box. I use to shoot it quite a bit but gave it to my son as they built a limited number of the first year pistols making them very collectable. Found him 1969 .357 Ruger with a 6.5" barrel best I remember and he shoots it fairly often. Ruger no longer offers any half cock guns due to safety concerns. I always thought the safety was between your ears but guess not. One other thing... Bond Arms were built in Texas and I saw them at the Fort Worth gun shows all the time around the beginning of the Clinton AR ban. Very nice man along with his two young daughters doing their homework. I think they were homeschoolers but not sure. His brother later bought out the company and that's when they started building some big bore calibers. Prices went up higher than used S&W 645 .45 caliber and the surplus FBI's short lived 10mm. I did buy a 645 and my son sill has it but parts are no longer available si it is seldom fired. I should have bought one or more of those FBI 10mm guns as they really went up in price as Texas wild Hog hunters loved them. Oh Well, live and learn!
ReplyDeletethey get to that kind of heft, me, i would rather be packing a solid working 38 snubby with +P wadcutters, 5 boolits tops 2 always
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