Merry Christmas to me...

Well to make a long story short cause its Xmas eve....
Local LGS...Lay Away...


Merry Christmas to all...

Armored farmer said:

That looks like the one I saw Santa carrying!

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Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas...

bannockburn said:

Paul R Zartman

Way to go, starting the holiday off right with that beautiful nickel plated Colt Government!!!

Here's hoping it shoots as great as it looks!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

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Thank you and Merry Christmas, although, its a highly polished stainless done by the Colt Custom Shop in '85, one of the first thousand Colt made as their first Stainless 1911s... very happy, I didn't know it was on my Grail List till I saw it

GooseGestapo said:

Quote armedFarmer: like one I saw Santa carrying...


At first I had a problem “processing” the troubling imagery of Santa Clause carrying a M1911!
Why in the world would Santa “need” a “Horse” pistol?

Then, it dawned on me! What if a reindeer tripped and broke a leg trying to clear a chimney?
( or running over grand maw, I’ve been reminded!).

Well, I guess we’ll be having “Reindeer” for Christmas dinner!

Now what kind of carry rig would Santa wear ?
Maybe an M4 shoulder holster like a fighter pilot!?
Or a patent leather white Sam Brown? Hmmmm....

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Strong side im sure...

redneck2 said:

That’s beautiful. Are those still made new or pre-owned? Love the extra grips. I would assume vintage. I haven’t bought a pistol in years

When I worked at the LGS we had a guy that brought in a gorgeous pistol from the 50’s that had never been even lifted out of the presentation box. The owner had bought it and put it on a closet shelf. Sat there for over fifty years. When we pulled it out of the box, the bottom side against the velvet was very heavily pitted

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redneck2 said:

Love the extra grips.

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So do I, close inspection and they have grain...very happy with the purchase, but will be a bit before I can afford to bring it home and give it the nest it deserves...

Soooo... heres the long story...
I have been purposely evading the local LGS's for a while now...every time I go there there's some lonely revolver that needs rescued...don't need anymore of these foster adolescents...and its been great, living life with a little cash in the pocket to spend on the cool things in my life...wife, dog, 2nd cousin and such.
During this time off from expensive hobby of buying " 2nd and 3rd hand guns" i found a new hobby... CFDA... I had the primers and guns, all I needed was some brass and wax bullets... cheap...cool... im happy. First match i made it into the Magnificent Seven
Of course then... I found SASS again... I had the pistols, primers, lead, shotgun, shells reloading stuff...."but no lever action pistol caliber rifle"... which lead me down this trail of no return...AGAIN... found a 92 lever action for sale on another board, perfect for a starter gun in SASS, he accepted my offer... So... I had to go to the local LGS to inform them of a rife coming my way, legalities and such, after that all of the above happened....
Now I'm gonna have to win all the SASS matches for the next 5 years to pay off my inability to say NO....
Paul

Bfh_auto said:

Very nice. I hope you enjoy it.

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I will, thank you and Merry Christmas...