Davy Crockett's rifle in the Alamo?

[arcticap]

OK - I give up. What is a "Stobor"?

Stobors were wild predators that lived on Haruun Kal....the homeworld of the famed Jedi Master Mace Windu.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stobor

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Haruun_Kal

 

[Hawkeye748]

Mykeal said:

There are organizations which require people participating in their events remove all traces of manufacturer's marks and other identifying features so as to make the items appear to be as authentic as possible.

I looked at the law and think that what they are doing is illegal. A aggressive prosecutor could make a case against the folks removing the MFG. marks, particularly if they are imports. Those removing the Italian proofs, MFG's names, etc. better be careful, particularly with this new administration. I read the law as those are required import marks for firearms, not covered with the Antique Firearms exemptions. Their whole defense will rely on a judge's interpretation of those provisions. My question to them is: Do you really want to risk freedom and many $$$$$ to hide something you cannot see or read unless you are 2 feet away.

With the RICO laws, any organization that advocates its members violating the law might face serious trouble. I don't think they would try to stretch them that far but who knows.

If they move the maker's name to a spot that is not externally visable, they would probably be okay.

 

[mec]

That rifle has been at the Alamo for a long time along with an ordinary hunting knife that was supposed to be crockett's. at one time, the card with the rifle said that it had belonged to crockett but that a subsequent owner had converted it to percussion in the 1880s.

The Fowler Bowie is also in the alamo. It was presented to a Captain Fowler of the United states mounted rifles in the 1830s. He carried it until his death in 1843. Like the other early Bowies, this one was patterned after a spanish hunting knife. the hand guard was supposedly added after somebody ruined his fingers on an earlier type that looked pretty much like a butcher knife.

Searles was based in New Orleans and was one of the Bowie Brother's favorite knife makers.

 

[Oro]

OK - I give up. What is a "Stobor"?

That used to bother me in his sig line, too. I looked it up a year ago. It is from Heinlein. It is a metaphor for imagined danger (it's also robots spelled backwards, so read into that what you will).

I'm telling you, Skynet is for real. It is going to get us all...

The StarWars reference noted above is a reference to the original Heinlein, not the origin of the term.

 

[send2r]

i dont know if he used this at the alamo or not , but...




http://www.caywoodguns.com/davy_crockett_replica.htm

 

[reverendfranz]

nevermind

 

[Gadzooks Mike]

So was John Wayne's coonskin cap still there? The one he wore in the movie used to be in a glass case at the Alamo back in the 70's. Guy had a rather large head or that was one poofed out coon having a big hair day.