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Gunmaker to craft pistols from chunk of prehistoric meteorite found in Africa nearly 200 years ago
Daily Mail ^
| 12/27/15
| Ollie Gillman
Posted on 12/28/2015 2:55:14 AM PST by Libloather
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Stocking stuffer.
To: Libloather
I just heard about this on my podcast tonight.
PRICEY!!
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:56:43 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -Charlton Heston)
To: Libloather
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:04:07 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: Libloather
Mmmmmmmmmmmm............Cabot Guns! Lovely 1911 pistols, Made in Pittsburgh.
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:17:59 AM PST
by
petro45acp
(Better mental health screening GOPe? Really? They had that in the soviet union...for dissidents!)
To: Libloather
Some day, there may be plenty of meteorites!
==8-O
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:19:27 AM PST
by
Does so
(Europeans had better start "overstaying their visas" in the USA. ==8-O)
To: Libloather
Nickle iron Meteors large enough to make a pistol already costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. I assume one would have to melt, or at least forge the metal to make it maleable enough to form the pieces, Losing the meteor look and feel. I suppose you could just machine the gun from the hunk of meteoric metal. But would it look like a meteor? Or be strong enough? Just grips left in a meteoric shape would remain more valuable
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:30:37 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Libloather
I want mine made from a Kryptonite meteorite. That way, when my guys empty their guns on Superman’s chest, and they throw the empty gun at him in frustration, it may do some good.
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:39:56 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Libloather
Only addition the model needs, is to be fitted with, is a CT laser. You keep the meteorite.
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:47:43 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
12/28/2015 4:06:42 AM PST
by
Bratch
To: Libloather
Maybe they won’t jam like every other 1911 that tries to feed anything other than ogive ball ammo and not has had the barrel throated.
Flame away like a meteorite in the atmosphere!
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posted on
12/28/2015 4:59:46 AM PST
by
MikeSteelBe
(Radical Muslims want to behead you, moderateate Muslims want to watch and cheer.)
To: MikeSteelBe
if you can’t use it right, don’t use it
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:02:37 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
To: Libloather
Cabot makes some very, very high end 1911s.
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:07:04 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: MikeSteelBe
Our Kimbers eat everything we have fed it right out of the box.
L
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:08:42 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Lurker
My kimber eats anything too, I can’t count the stoppages I’ve had with zero fingers.
I’ve used several types of 45s, but kimber for me takes the cake. Anyone accepting less is just trying to save money and are not realizing it needs to go bang every time, not just some of the time.
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:18:41 AM PST
by
Bulwyf
To: Libloather
I have a slab of a meteorite in a bezel I wear on a chain. It too was discovered in Africa in the 19th century, but I believe it was around 1870.
You can see striations of nickel crystals within the iron. Very interesting.
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:18:55 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: Bulwyf
Really nice guns, those Kimbers. Not cheap but well worth it.
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:27:57 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: MikeSteelBe
Maybe they won't jam like every other 1911 that tries to feed anything other than ogive ball ammo...Perhaps you have a limp wrist.
A proven cause for many jamming situations found in some persons that attempt to operate the 1911.
What can I say?
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:30:22 AM PST
by
OldSmaj
(Nearly 8 years of obamafail. How much more must we endure? It is not too late for impeachment!)
To: Libloather
meh....still waiting for my phaser
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:36:21 AM PST
by
xp38
To: xp38
Funny I don’t see a trigger on that phaser and didn’t know that they would be making them out of plastic in the 23rd century especially with knobs stripped from 20th century electronic devices...lol
To: Lurker
Yes, they aren’t cheap, but not too bad. You can go buy a norinco or another knockoff for half the price, but then you’re getting garbage. Might as well dish out for something proper that will outlast it’s owner if cared for.
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posted on
12/28/2015 5:48:21 AM PST
by
Bulwyf
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