Nushif
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I love that engraving style! So much more sightly than the curly stuff they put on guns here.
What is your fantasy BBQ gun?
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I love that engraving style! So much more sightly than the curly stuff they put on guns here.
thedrewcifur
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colt detective special with rosewood grips. or a glock 17L or browning hi power mk3 ether with tanget sights.
CraigC
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Thank you and gorgeous Python!
WNC Seabee
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I know...to each their own....but my god there are some awfully ugly guns in this thread. I get a little light headed seeing some of these perfectly beautiful guns turned into "art".
lizziedog1
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Mateba???
I was looking at all the eye candy on this thread and then I see a picture of a Mateba. This would be like going through the Sports Illustated Swimsuit Edition and finding a photo of Rosie O'Donnell in a string bikini. Neither belong.
I was looking at all the eye candy on this thread and then I see a picture of a Mateba. This would be like going through the Sports Illustated Swimsuit Edition and finding a photo of Rosie O'Donnell in a string bikini. Neither belong.
wheelgunslinger
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That's why they make Fords and Chevys, man.
I think an embellished Mateba would make a neat BBQ gun. But, so would a lot of other guns.
I wish someone would invite me to a Texas BBQ so I would have to choose.
In theory I can't even narrow it to ten.
I think an embellished Mateba would make a neat BBQ gun. But, so would a lot of other guns.
I wish someone would invite me to a Texas BBQ so I would have to choose.
In theory I can't even narrow it to ten.
mrbro
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Iggy, that's just beautiful.
SharpsDressedMan
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My lived-out fantasy: a copy of Patton's gun.
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Well, I've never been invited to a BBQ so it would be kind of a shock if I was. (LOL)
But since the OP said "fantasy" I'll pretend I know folks who do that sort of thing and they asked the wife and I over. Now if these imaginary BBQers were the semi auto types I'd probably take this Glock 20T in a custom leather belt slide to show it off more.
But if they were a revolver bunch, then this old warrior would have to be the one.
Can't imagine a wheel gun fan who wouldn't appreciate seeing a Triple Lock. (smile)
Dave
But since the OP said "fantasy" I'll pretend I know folks who do that sort of thing and they asked the wife and I over. Now if these imaginary BBQers were the semi auto types I'd probably take this Glock 20T in a custom leather belt slide to show it off more.
But if they were a revolver bunch, then this old warrior would have to be the one.
Can't imagine a wheel gun fan who wouldn't appreciate seeing a Triple Lock. (smile)
Dave
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^^^This. Never "got" the engraving thing.
Iggy--now that's what I'm talking about. Pure, simple beauty. Was it a coincidence that this was post #57, or destiny?
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Plan2Live
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Hmm, I'm not much on bling so a weapon with history is more appealing to me so.......
1. The gun that shot Osama Bin Laden, autographed of course
2. G. Gordon Liddy once told a story about a German warship that was scuttled in Uraguay. He says the steel from the ship was salvaged and some of it was reforged into Browning High Powers(?). I thought the story was interesting and have always thought owning a weapon with history like that would be cool.
3. Barney's duty weapon with credentials.
What can I say, I like history.
1. The gun that shot Osama Bin Laden, autographed of course
2. G. Gordon Liddy once told a story about a German warship that was scuttled in Uraguay. He says the steel from the ship was salvaged and some of it was reforged into Browning High Powers(?). I thought the story was interesting and have always thought owning a weapon with history like that would be cool.
3. Barney's duty weapon with credentials.
What can I say, I like history.
BCRider
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No BBQ guns to show off but I have to smile at those I've seen and the feedback from some.
I don't think it's any big secret that a fair share of gun owners lean towards having a red neck. Hell, any number of current political and politically correct issues makes my neck glow in the dark as well
But I'd like to take you back to before the days of the Arts and Crafts design movement in furniture and the Art Deco movement in architecture that gave us a lot of classic looking furniture and buildings that we are right to preserve in this day and age.
The Industrial Revolution was just winding down. But when it was in its heyday you'd have looked around and found that many of the machines and iron structures of the day had such touches as scroll work and S shaped arms where a straight I beam or simple arch would have sufficed.
Hell, my own father told me a couple of times about the plant where he apprenticed as a youth back in Scotland. It was one of the last to change over from the central steam engine and overhead shafts to individual electric motors. The fellow that was in charge of the steam engine was as big and gruff a guy as you could ever imagine by my dad's account. He was known to start his share of casual fights in the pubs just for something fun and it was the "manly" thing to do. The sort of guy that would casually punch your lights out if you were to in any way infer that he was a girlie guy.
Yet once a year during the plant's week long shutdown to service or replace the drives he would lovingly clean what little oil that was on the machine he may have missed away and wash it down with thinners and repaint the green and red then labouriously go over the whole thing replicating the gold painted filligree that he just covered up using a small pinstriping brush. Then he'd beam like a kid that just did something that made his pa proud when the management came by and complimented him on the sparkling condition of the engine. The engine and room was tarted up like a cheap bordello by today's standards. But back then the gold filigree pinstriping on such plant machines was a sign of class and culture and, just as importantly, pride in one's tools.
The scroll and flower engraving seen on a lot of these guns is a holdover from that time. In it's day it didn't say you were effeminate. Rather it was ornamentation that showed you appreciated the finer things in life and had the money to purchase such things. It spoke of the owner being of the upper class which had the taste to ornament their daily use belongings in such a manner.
I know that for some of you this may not make the guns suddenly look any better. But you may look at them in a slightly different light and at least accept them for the tie to the past that they bring to today's world.
I know that these days it's all about clean and purposeful lines. And I'm one that appreciates clean and simple a lot of the time. But the holiday trip I took to France a few years back where I saw how a simple bridge could become a work of functional art has also allowed me to appreciate guns with full coverage engraving. The tool becomes the canvas for the artist. And the better such artists "paint" the canvas with shapes that complement the guns rather than cloud the shapes.
I don't think it's any big secret that a fair share of gun owners lean towards having a red neck. Hell, any number of current political and politically correct issues makes my neck glow in the dark as well
But I'd like to take you back to before the days of the Arts and Crafts design movement in furniture and the Art Deco movement in architecture that gave us a lot of classic looking furniture and buildings that we are right to preserve in this day and age.
The Industrial Revolution was just winding down. But when it was in its heyday you'd have looked around and found that many of the machines and iron structures of the day had such touches as scroll work and S shaped arms where a straight I beam or simple arch would have sufficed.
Hell, my own father told me a couple of times about the plant where he apprenticed as a youth back in Scotland. It was one of the last to change over from the central steam engine and overhead shafts to individual electric motors. The fellow that was in charge of the steam engine was as big and gruff a guy as you could ever imagine by my dad's account. He was known to start his share of casual fights in the pubs just for something fun and it was the "manly" thing to do. The sort of guy that would casually punch your lights out if you were to in any way infer that he was a girlie guy.
Yet once a year during the plant's week long shutdown to service or replace the drives he would lovingly clean what little oil that was on the machine he may have missed away and wash it down with thinners and repaint the green and red then labouriously go over the whole thing replicating the gold painted filligree that he just covered up using a small pinstriping brush. Then he'd beam like a kid that just did something that made his pa proud when the management came by and complimented him on the sparkling condition of the engine. The engine and room was tarted up like a cheap bordello by today's standards. But back then the gold filigree pinstriping on such plant machines was a sign of class and culture and, just as importantly, pride in one's tools.
The scroll and flower engraving seen on a lot of these guns is a holdover from that time. In it's day it didn't say you were effeminate. Rather it was ornamentation that showed you appreciated the finer things in life and had the money to purchase such things. It spoke of the owner being of the upper class which had the taste to ornament their daily use belongings in such a manner.
I know that for some of you this may not make the guns suddenly look any better. But you may look at them in a slightly different light and at least accept them for the tie to the past that they bring to today's world.
I know that these days it's all about clean and purposeful lines. And I'm one that appreciates clean and simple a lot of the time. But the holiday trip I took to France a few years back where I saw how a simple bridge could become a work of functional art has also allowed me to appreciate guns with full coverage engraving. The tool becomes the canvas for the artist. And the better such artists "paint" the canvas with shapes that complement the guns rather than cloud the shapes.
bluetopper
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A Browning Medalist might be next on my list.
Thing is, I sell BBQ guns to get funds to buy new BBQ guns.
Thing is, I sell BBQ guns to get funds to buy new BBQ guns.
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Jim Watson
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Wilson stainless Classic with ink and bake engraving by Billy Bates, the local practicioner.
Not limited to BBQ, I'd shoot it in IDPA. Have to get it a leather lined Silent Thunder holster for matches, something hand tooled for show.
Not limited to BBQ, I'd shoot it in IDPA. Have to get it a leather lined Silent Thunder holster for matches, something hand tooled for show.
Took a friend shooting the other day,,spending two tours in Iraq, he knows mostly current military firearms. This was part of our menu,, After the first round from the luger he turned and said, "I can't believe we're shooting this" I ask, "ever fire a luger before?"
"no", "well here's your chance,,BTW that pistol was made in 1917, it's an artillery luger from the first world war" "The first world war??"
"no", "well here's your chance,,BTW that pistol was made in 1917, it's an artillery luger from the first world war" "The first world war??"
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CraigC
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The way some folks turn their nose up at tastefully engraved and embellished firearms has always struck me as odd. It actually comes off as a bit snobbish, in a weird sort of upside-down way. Sometimes folks are strangely arrogant about things they think they can't afford. Comes up in every discussion of things at either end of the spectrum, cheap or expensive.
SharpsDressedMan
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It might come down to this on engraved guns. Would you prefer just one, beautifully engraved gun, or 3-4 utilitarian guns of similar type, for the same money? For the man that needs or wants only one gun, he might just want it to be tasteful; a piece of art. We all spend our money in diferent ways for different reasons.
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A blued SIG P210 tastefully engraved with gold inletting.
Rail Driver
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Here's my dream gun for OC/bbq duty, along with a link to the originating site with backstory:
http://www.thunderboltguns.com/firearms.php?ContentID=189
http://www.thunderboltguns.com/firearms.php?ContentID=189
CraigC:
I think that it is so one dimensional, and has so little imagination. All the stuff
is one gendre, and, looks pretty much the same.
I hate to use Gary Reeder as an example, but, at least he comes up with some semblance of unique are on his guns:
I think I could live with this one, as long as you took the "Gary Reeder"
off it: Picture deleted, too big.
I think that it is so one dimensional, and has so little imagination. All the stuff
is one gendre, and, looks pretty much the same.
I hate to use Gary Reeder as an example, but, at least he comes up with some semblance of unique are on his guns:
I think I could live with this one, as long as you took the "Gary Reeder"
off it: Picture deleted, too big.
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BCRider
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WHOLLY BIG PICTURE THERE PROSSER!
Those Reader guns are nicely done in a few cases but the one with the $$$$$$ engraving looks too much like it's just some graffiti engraving. Engraving should FLOW over the gun much like those two blued and colour case revolvers. It doesn't need to be full coverage all the time but it should flow to follow the lines of the gun instead of just being spotted here and there.
As with all things beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While the post I wrote above may come across as being critical of anyone that supposedly can't appreciate an engraved gun that wasn't the intent. Rather it was intended to try to point out that our opinions of shape and ornamentation are carved into being by our daily exposure to the objects or devices in question. Shooters these days seldom see this level of engraving so it's not unexpected that it may be over the top for them. For others that were brought up with such engraving and similar ornamentation being more common and suggestive of the upper class we see such ornamentation differently and can appreciate what the engraving gives to the guns.
Neither is right and neither is wrong. It's just a case of personal tastes.
Those Reader guns are nicely done in a few cases but the one with the $$$$$$ engraving looks too much like it's just some graffiti engraving. Engraving should FLOW over the gun much like those two blued and colour case revolvers. It doesn't need to be full coverage all the time but it should flow to follow the lines of the gun instead of just being spotted here and there.
As with all things beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While the post I wrote above may come across as being critical of anyone that supposedly can't appreciate an engraved gun that wasn't the intent. Rather it was intended to try to point out that our opinions of shape and ornamentation are carved into being by our daily exposure to the objects or devices in question. Shooters these days seldom see this level of engraving so it's not unexpected that it may be over the top for them. For others that were brought up with such engraving and similar ornamentation being more common and suggestive of the upper class we see such ornamentation differently and can appreciate what the engraving gives to the guns.
Neither is right and neither is wrong. It's just a case of personal tastes.
CraigC
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IMHO, most folks are of the latter type. Personally, as time passes, I get to be more picky and would much rather have fewer, better guns.
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