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    1. OD*

      Wheel Gun Show-N-Tell

      Very nice, congrats!
    2. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      Using rubber bands use to be a popular way of disabling a grip safety. It actually severed two purposes, deactivated the GS, and held the pistol firmly in the waste band if carrying Mexican. Michael Mann even used it in "Crime Story."
    3. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      You're quite welcome. And a sweet carry piece it is. :cheers:
    4. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      Two are Colt inspectors, the third one is the Verified Proof marking.
    5. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      Armand Swenson was a famous custom smith, those are his safeties, but he may or may not have built your pistol.
    6. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      What stampings are you referring to?
    7. OD*

      Original vs. Cover

    8. OD*

      Question for the 1911 guys?

      Yes sir, that's what I understood. We were discussing the Model 1911, which already utilized the grip safety. The Department of War requested a safety after the testing in 1905/06 as you stated, which became the Model 1907 U.S. Military Trials pistol. Browning first used what he called the...
    9. OD*

      Question for the 1911 guys?

      I did, they were called the Detonics Combat Master
    10. OD*

      Question for the 1911 guys?

      No, the pistol had a grip safety from the Model 1907 onward, what the Calvary requested became the slide lock/thumb safety. Model 1907 Model 1910 Model 1911
    11. OD*

      Holcomb ‘frustrated’ with absurd vaccine-refusal reasons

    12. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      Nicely done, sir. :rockwoot:
    13. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      Do you know who did the customization, & do you retain the original parts?
    14. OD*

      My Wife Passed Away

      Terribly sorry to read about this, you and your family have my deepest condolences.
    15. OD*

      AR-15 and M-16 Show And Tell

      Now that's cool.
    16. OD*

      Your first license to carry, what state and what first carry piece.

      With a permit, 1980, when Indiana became a shall issue state. Gun was a Interarms Silver Cup. Like this one
    17. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      Thank you sir. Kinda neat, basically new roll-mark and a Series 80 frame without the plunger & trigger bar levers.
    18. OD*

      1911 Show-N-Tell

      Would you happen to have a link to that pistol, and do you know what makes it different than the Series 70 reproductions that have been on the market since 2002?
    19. OD*

      Wheel Gun Show-N-Tell

      That is a beauty!
    20. OD*

      Wheel Gun Show-N-Tell

      WOW!
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