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Posted: 6/1/2024 12:53:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: Just finishing up at the Texas Ranger Museum. I took a picture of every 1911 there. You guys want a pic dump?  Sure do! |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 12:54:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: Just finishing up at the Texas Ranger Museum. I took a picture of every 1911 there. You guys want a pic dump? 
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Posted: 6/1/2024 1:17:26 PM EDT
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Absolutely
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:32:06 PM EDT
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Hell yes we do!
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:45:26 PM EDT
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I don't know how much I can fit in each part so here it comes.
First up, the oddballs A pair of Sig 1911s  Attached File Attached FileA Springfield that's done up nice with a TR serial number  Attached FileA Staccato P that was sadly poorly lit  Attached FileHi Power  Attached FileNow for the Colts... |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:46:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:48:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:49:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:52:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:54:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:55:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2024 2:58:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 11boomboom]
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Okay, last ones.
 Attached File Attached FileThat's every single 1911 on display at The Texas Ranger Museum in Waco, TX. Here's a few more non-1911s and I hope you guys enjoy the photos!  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 3:20:42 PM EDT
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Hot damn that was a party, thanks!!
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Posted: 6/1/2024 3:22:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fordtough25: Hot damn that was a party, thanks!!  You're welcome! I love going there. I think this is my 4th or 5th trip. My goal today was check out every 1911 they had. I forgot they had some amazing Bonnie and Clyde relics. |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 3:34:07 PM EDT
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Thanks! They added quite a few since I last visited in the mid 80's.
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Posted: 6/1/2024 3:44:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 11boomboom]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Thugbuster: Thanks! They added quite a few since I last visited in the mid 80's. You're welcome! I'm sure. I've only been going there for the last 6 years or so. I live about 30 minutes away. I find their displays in the theater area tend to rotate out, but the other exhibits tend to stay the same. They have some neat guns from the 1870s and on. Even a Larue .308 AR-10 build they made for the Rangers. |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 4:46:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: You're welcome! I love going there. I think this is my 4th or 5th trip. My goal today was check out every 1911 they had. I forgot they had some amazing Bonnie and Clyde relics. All that Bonnie and Clyde stuff is fascinating, I’d love to go there and spend hours. |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 4:48:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fordtough25: All that Bonnie and Clyde stuff is fascinating, I’d love to go there and spend hours. They have some of Bonnie and Clyde's shotguns and some BARs that belonged to the ambush. |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 4:55:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 11boomboom]
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Pulled out "Ol Reliable" after today. I'm missing my baby.
 Attached FileI can't believe I'm only a few range trips from 10k rounds through it lol. Not. One. Malfunction. |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 8:56:36 PM EDT
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Thank you for the pics.
A lot more Gold Cups than I thought there would be. Some say not to carry a Gold Cup because the wide trigger might make it easier to fire an unintentional round under stress or the Eliason rear sight is fragile. I think Skeeter said to replace the roll pin with a solid pin for durability. |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 9:11:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GingerShanks]
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I have my Grandpa’s Series 70 NMGC. It’s an Heirloom to me that is rarely shot, but anytime I do that damn pin walks 3/4 of the way out.
Edit- @11boomboom Thanks for the photo dump. That was excellent! |
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Posted: 6/1/2024 11:48:00 PM EDT
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My goal is to go to the ranger museum this year for my birthday. First pistol I learned to shoot was a 1911. That was the platform I ran for many years in my youth. I got caught up in the high capacity options that drove me away from the 1911 for quite awhile. But this year I’m going to go back to carrying a 1911 when I’m not at work. I will feel just fine with a 1911 and a couple spare mags for my edc. I also really want a ww2 gi style 1911 cut for a rmr at some point. I think that would be a fun range toy. Old meets new
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Posted: 6/2/2024 10:49:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 11boomboom]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By steve88GT: Thank you for the pics. A lot more Gold Cups than I thought there would be. Some say not to carry a Gold Cup because the wide trigger might make it easier to fire an unintentional round under stress or the Eliason rear sight is fragile. I think Skeeter said to replace the roll pin with a solid pin for durability. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By steve88GT: Thank you for the pics. A lot more Gold Cups than I thought there would be. Some say not to carry a Gold Cup because the wide trigger might make it easier to fire an unintentional round under stress or the Eliason rear sight is fragile. I think Skeeter said to replace the roll pin with a solid pin for durability. You're welcome! I was also surprised at the number of Gold Cups. Originally Posted By DriftingArmed: My goal is to go to the ranger museum this year for my birthday. First pistol I learned to shoot was a 1911. That was the platform I ran for many years in my youth. I got caught up in the high capacity options that drove me away from the 1911 for quite awhile. But this year I’m going to go back to carrying a 1911 when I’m not at work. I will feel just fine with a 1911 and a couple spare mags for my edc. I also really want a ww2 gi style 1911 cut for a rmr at some point. I think that would be a fun range toy. Old meets new It's a cool museum, but keep in mind it's not very large. It'll occupy a few hours and fill a morning. If you're in Waco, I also recommend you check out the Dr Pepper Museum as it's right down the road from the Texas Ranger Museum. Those two combined could fill a day in Waco. |
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Posted: 6/2/2024 11:31:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: Pulled out "Ol Reliable" after today. I'm missing my baby. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/523928/Springfield_Lightweight_Operator_9k_Roun-3229430.JPG I can't believe I'm only a few range trips from 10k rounds through it lol. Not. One. Malfunction. Nice Iirc the only failures my lw champion has had are related to oversized reloads. |
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Posted: 6/2/2024 6:23:25 PM EDT
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God I need an overly engraved 1911 to OC all day without giving a shit. That’s the dream
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Posted: 6/2/2024 6:24:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By steviesterno16: God I need an overly engraved 1911 to OC all day without giving a shit. That’s the dream Right? The crazy thing about a lot of those engraved guns is they were their daily carry.
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Posted: 6/2/2024 6:43:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: Right? The crazy thing about a lot of those engraved guns is they were their daily carry. I get it. I carry a 1911 like 10% of the time but 100% of that time it’s wearing ivory |
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Posted: 6/3/2024 11:29:20 AM EDT
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All the Texas ranger guns just commemorative ? Actually carried on duty?
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Posted: 6/3/2024 11:35:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 11boomboom]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pennsylvaniaboy: All the Texas ranger guns just commemorative ? Actually carried on duty? Some are commemorative. I think I saw a half dozen guns that were labeled commemorative. Far more of them were specifically labeled as carried by the individual Rangers. They also display recent retirees and company commanders' carry guns. |
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Posted: 6/3/2024 3:24:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dissident]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/523928/20240601_112558_jpg-3229270.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/523928/20240601_112524_jpg-3229271.JPG. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/523928/20240601_112518_jpg-3229272.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/523928/20240601_112511_jpg-3229273.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/523928/20240601_112451_jpg-3229275.JPG Major Billy Mims is one of those guys you really don't want to be interviewed or questioned by. |
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Posted: 6/3/2024 3:44:35 PM EDT
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A lot of super 38 guns in the mix!!
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Posted: 6/3/2024 4:09:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2024 4:20:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By King_Mud: https://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/cmp-tisas-m1911a1-pistol/ I thought that was pretty neat |
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Posted: 6/3/2024 4:40:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bradd_D: That's going to get someone's panties in a wad. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bradd_D: Originally Posted By King_Mud: https://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/cmp-tisas-m1911a1-pistol/ I thought that was pretty neat 
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Posted: 6/3/2024 5:00:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By King_Mud: https://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/cmp-tisas-m1911a1-pistol/ I thought that was pretty neat Watch it come out closer to original that colts reproduction Why Colt doesn’t make those by the truckload I’ll never know. They will have different serial #s than the old ones it’s not like they will ruin the market. |
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Posted: 6/3/2024 6:47:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2024 7:16:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fordtough25: Watch it come out closer to original that colts reproduction Why Colt doesn’t make those by the truckload I’ll never know. They will have different serial #s than the old ones it’s not like they will ruin the market. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fordtough25: Originally Posted By King_Mud: https://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/cmp-tisas-m1911a1-pistol/ I thought that was pretty neat Watch it come out closer to original that colts reproduction Why Colt doesn’t make those by the truckload I’ll never know. They will have different serial #s than the old ones it’s not like they will ruin the market. Yep. Any non-surplus 1911s sold by CMP should be an American-made base model wearing the Pony, not the janky Turk-made Tisas GIs. |
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Posted: 6/3/2024 7:20:56 PM EDT
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Maybe they want to sell guns that have thumb safeties that work properly and sights that don't look like this.
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Posted: 6/3/2024 8:01:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 11boomboom]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bradd_D: Maybe they want to sell guns that have thumb safeties that work properly and sights that don't look like this. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2261/IMG_1061_JPG-3231459.JPG Or quality finishes, either. There hasn't been a single Colt 1911 I've handled that ever felt like it was worth more than $600. ETA: I take it back. I handled two nice Colts today.  Attached FileThis is the nicest Colt I've ever handled.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 12:17:32 AM EDT
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Holy moly…this thread just keeps on delivering!
One day, I need to go check out that Ranger museum in Waco! It’s giving me ideas about all those Colts I have stashed back home… |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 7:54:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: m4nut]
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Upon purchasing/trading into my 2015 Operator, I decided to make this pistol a defense gun, a fighting gun, with a no nonsense approach.
It came to me somewhat started, with the internals all changed to Wilson components. I ordered a new recoil spring, chrome silicon Wilson 16#, and new FP spring. I ditched the wood Springfield grips for a set of thin LOK Bogies, golf ball style grips. A Nighthawk custom one piece magwell completes the grip. I've ordered an Ed Brown safety, the pin style, but at this point it's back ordered. It passed the 10-8 Extractor test, but just barely, so it needed a bit of tension added. It'll just about eject into a 5 gallon bucket every time at this point. Long and the short of it at this point is that the pistol runs really well, has great accuracy, and is exactly what I was looking for in a full size. I'm still on the fence about checkering the front strap, only because I don't want to have the frame refinished. Anyone know if that aluma-black stuff works, because I don't want the frame cera-coated,, and re-anodizing is quite expensive. I'm fine with the grip tape, as it works just fine, albeit ghetto.  Attached FileHave decided to set up the carry gun, an RO elite in the same manner, except for the grips, as the golf balls do grab at clothing.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 8:59:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m4nut: Upon purchasing/trading into my 2015 Operator, I decided to make this pistol a defense gun, a fighting gun, with a no nonsense approach. It came to me somewhat started, with the internals all changed to Wilson components. I ordered a new recoil spring, chrome silicon Wilson 16#, and new FP spring. I ditched the wood Springfield grips for a set of thin LOK Bogies, golf ball style grips. A Nighthawk custom one piece magwell completes the grip. I've ordered an Ed Brown safety, the pin style, but at this point it's back ordered. It passed the 10-8 Extractor test, but just barely, so it needed a bit of tension added. It'll just about eject into a 5 gallon bucket every time at this point. Long and the short of it at this point is that the pistol runs really well, has great accuracy, and is exactly what I was looking for in a full size. I'm still on the fence about checkering the front strap, only because I don't want to have the frame refinished. Anyone know if that aluma-black stuff works, because I don't want the frame cera-coated,, and re-anodizing is quite expensive. I'm fine with the grip tape, as it works just fine, albeit ghetto. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/20054/IMG_20240607_161925852_jpg-3235576.JPG Have decided to set up the carry gun, an RO elite in the same manner, except for the grips, as the golf balls do grab at clothing. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/20054/IMG_20240607_161856033_jpg-3235577.JPG https://www.ebay.com/itm/305540938659?itmmeta=01HZVYRSH8NNR7ETC6EEAENYGE&hash=item4723a8bba3:g:7TEAAOSwCxRmMW0j&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0CiXFWD78hniwqe9eC9Nl0eKfPTxwFoS3X9S6RFfTYZhXjXpECqZkRU7i8iykRSJBf7%2BWFu047b6hJRWkmeSU28lIkqvIfSFYW%2BdiN9%2B475dPM%2FV2oKzdg1DXDPT8pnmNt%2FhFEKuQdQYySwHGFqlHzeUDISDVtS850A30qm7b2blstuw8piEVvoSo10MeuF1B3RbTefAl%2FaJ3Gu5ydmD3NjPK7iCvCCZHQZqyqZsg8uaMJozuSbBTCFilzQew5Rj75nRu5j5xAhxRUzKPx0vwQ4%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9iY4_7-Yw |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 9:06:46 AM EDT
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I got out shooting yesterday before work and did some accuracy work and then some drills that had me sprinting 10-15 yards between targets and steel. Shooting 5- 25 yards.
I was shooting from concealment with my lw champion and I was continuously pleasantly surprised with that guns accuracy. |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 9:10:58 AM EDT
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Sprinting.
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Posted: 6/8/2024 9:44:01 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GunnyG]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m4nut: . . . Anyone know if that aluma-black stuff works, because I don't want the frame cera-coated . . I tried AlumaBlack on an Ed Brown short aluminum 1911 trigger, and am not impressed. While I did manage to get a sufficient coating to effectively darken the material, it added enough to the external dimensions that it wouldn't fit in the frame, and it was only a superficial coating, as I didn't need to work very hard to remove the oxidation, even by hand-rubbbing. Ultimately, all I achieved was to change the appearance from a bright white natural aluminum to a frosty slightly darker frosted appearance. I ended up finding and installing an OEM short black serrated trigger.  |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 10:42:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/8/2024 11:15:56 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AK-12]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By steviesterno16: Kinda with this had a rail and I’m also kinda glad it doesn’t? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/455820/IMG_7139_jpeg-3235674.JPG So when is your Quantico estimated to arrive? |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 11:18:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By steviesterno16: Kinda with this had a rail and I’m also kinda glad it doesn’t? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/455820/IMG_7139_jpeg-3235674.JPG I need a non-railed 1911. You should get a similar one with a rail. |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 12:06:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By steviesterno16: Kinda with this had a rail and I'm also kinda glad it doesn't? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/455820/IMG_7139_jpeg-3235674.JPG My next full size will be a non rail. Something really elegant about them. |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 1:11:03 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By AK-12: So when is your Quantico estimated to arrive? haven't ordered one but on the fence about it  Originally Posted By 11boomboom: I need a non-railed 1911. You should get a similar one with a rail. I want one with a rail. I am slowly coming to peace with the idea that a go-to belt or HD gun should have a mounted light. Not convinced it's needed for carry, especially since I'm usually asleep before dark. Originally Posted By m4nut: My next full size will be a non rail. Something really elegant about them. You're not wrong. |
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