Sam Colt and the Law of Self-Preservation

American Thinker ^ | December 29, 2012 | Glenn Fairman

[Carriage Hill]

I’m guessing we could hold our own in a gunfight.

[Tupelo]

If your Colt shoots as well as my Smith, I know we could.

[Carriage Hill]

Those 1911s are sweet! (I like my 2 1911 Kimbers, too.)

[Carriage Hill]

All original; about 1,500 rnds thru it over the years.

[Carriage Hill]

Thanks. Only thing I regret is not getting any of the original .357 SpeedLoaders for it. They’re impossible to find, except in crappy plastic now, and sold-out if you can even locate some. Any suggestions?

[Eaker]

I unloaded my special ammo from my .357 and put them in my one speed loader then went to a shoot out of town.

I still can't find the damn thing and this isn't the ridiculous canoe accident crap.

If you find any of the good ones remember me. ;<)

[Texas56]

I have my late father’s off-duty pistol which is a Colt 38. My daughter keeps it with her at college for protection. She is a pretty good shot with it.

I just bought another Colt 38 at a gun show. It is almost identical to my father’s 38.

[Carriage Hill]

HKS reputedly makes some nice units, but I’d want to try them out on my unit, personally:

http://www.hksspeedloaders.com/Index.html

I’m still poking around...

[45semi]

Freep this poll, I didnt want to make a original post so the libtards could see it!
The poll is a bar right under the picture.

[Eaker]

Rather than looking anytime soon I’ll stay back and let a few more million people buy guns next week.

[RitchieAprile]

from the looks of that cylinder you must a) never fire it or b) just had a new blue done. what a swell piece!

[Carriage Hill]

I’m staying away from any stores for another couple weeks. I’m “extremely well-supplied” on ammo & mags, from 10yrs of cumulative purchases. I can wait until the crowds wane.

[Gritty]

I went by the gun counter on my local Wally World today.

The gun rack was partially empty, with only a few hunting shotguns, a couple of bolt action rifles, and several .22 rifles in stock. A grim looking customer was carefully filling out the required paperwork to buy at least one of the remaining and there were three other customers quietly waiting in line for their turn.

The ammo was almost completely cleaned out. There were 8 or 10 boxes of 30-06, a half dozen of .308, a single box of .44 magnum, and little else except a few scattered boxes of odd calibers. No .22 of any amount. Shotgun ammo was gone except for about a dozen boxes of small birdshot.

Basically, the place was almost cleaned out to the bare walls. I have never seen the inventory this low and I go by regularly.

[Eaker]

Myself as well.

[RitchieAprile]

only purchase I need is some of the surplus French 7.5x54
that recently landed, to feed the MAS49/56.

[Carriage Hill]

Actually, that’s the original bluing and it’s got an easy 1,500 rnds thru it. I just take extremely good care of all my equipment. They did good quality production work back then, too. It’s in pristine condition.

[Marcella]

I have a Colt 38 special that is years old but don’t know how old since it belonged to my husband. In perfect condition in drawer by my bed. First bullet is bird shot, the rest hollow points.

[Carriage Hill]

This?

http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&brand=OQ&prodID=OQPP71&prodTitle=7%205x54%20French%20MAS%20FMJ%20139gr%2020BX

[Carriage Hill]

http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/prvi-7-5x54-french-mas-139gr-fmj-20rds.html

[Tijeras_Slim]

I think we ought to post a Revolver Porn thread soon... I’ll start uploading pics of my collection.

Eaker, I missed wishing you and yours (The Mom), a Merry Christmas.