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    Interesting WW2 fact...

    Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR's fifth cousin.
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    Clips vs. Magazines, Engines vs. Motors, Hoppe's, etc.

    A lot of racing people I know often refer to their engine as a motor. It always sounded funny to me, but they know far more about cars and engines than I do. As for Hoppe's there is no question. I've used it for fifty years and have never heard it pronounced as one syllable.
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    The best < $20 I ever spent!

    Two unrelated transactions back in the seventies: An Ithica 1911A1 in very good shape. $10 An 03/A3 in great shape $10. In the "old days" if people in the neighborhood knew you liked guns they tended to come your way.
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    Article in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy

    This article, like the Lott study a few years ago are very useful to show to fence sitters. They will do no good against hard core anti-gun people, but the others can be moved in the right direction.
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    Gun Safe Storage

    I don't think you want to drill holes through your fire protection.
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    Anyone here have a custom gun?

    OK I'll try the pics again. I'll be darned, it worked. I'll leave it to you folks to figure which is the 1911, and which is the smolt.
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    Anyone here have a custom gun?

    Saxon, Who put the S&W sight on your 1911? I have one that is done a little differently. It was done by Davis in Sacramento Ca. back in the late 80's. I also have a Smolt, which is an N frame S&W with a Colt python barrel. If I can figure out how to post pics I will do so.
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    If all your guns had to come from one manufacturer...

    I would pick Colt. You could have 1911's, various revolvers in both single and double action, and an AR-15. Shotguns could be a problem.
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    Cheapest / Most Expensive

    I've been given several guns for free, but the least I have paid for one was a very nice Springfield 03A3 for $10. Even thirty years ago that was a great deal. The most expensive that I can recall is a Colt SAA for $1000.
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    XP 100 in 458 win mag?

    Back in the late seventies or early eighties a gunsmith in SoCal was tinkering w/XP-100's He made one for my wife in .243win, the recoil was not to bad, but it didn't shoot very well. She had it redone in .223. Still has it. He also tried .458win mag. He settled on a 2" case (I don't recall the...
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    Who Here Owns A WORKING Firearm That Is > 100 Years Old

    The ones I can think of without working too hard at it are: Mauser 71/84 and a couple of Trapdoor Springfields. Probably the Sauer and Sons driling also.
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    Which is better-looking to you?

    #2 for both the flutes and the grips.
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    What is the last gun that you bought?

    A Smith & Wesson 629-1 with the 8 3/8 inch barrel.
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