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The Apache pocket pistol - What a cool little gadget
Notoriouslyconservative.com ^ | 04 22 09 | James R. Rummel

Posted on 04/22/2009 9:23:20 AM PDT by Notoriously Conservative

The Apache pocket pistol has an almost mythical reputation amongst those of us who are interested in antique firearms. This is almost certainly due to the fact that the weapon looks really cool.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: apache; banglist; guns

1 posted on 04/22/2009 9:23:21 AM PDT by Notoriously Conservative
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To: Notoriously Conservative

Multipurpose weapon there. Brass knuckles, gun, knife. Does it come with a bottle opener?


2 posted on 04/22/2009 9:27:11 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: al_c

It slices, dices, bruises, and inflicts gaping wounds. Get yours today for just 4 easy payments of $23.76!


3 posted on 04/22/2009 9:28:14 AM PDT by Notoriously Conservative (http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com)
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To: Notoriously Conservative

Enough to make TSA agents foul their trousers on the spot!


4 posted on 04/22/2009 9:31:08 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Defending RINOs is the same as defending Liberals.)
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To: Notoriously Conservative
With all due respect to antique firearms: This one looks like something that only a "New Orleans pimp would carry." (With apologies to General Patton)

Regards,

5 posted on 04/22/2009 9:31:34 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: Notoriously Conservative
It's much smaller than I thought it would be, and the ammo doesn't sound too safe.
I'll keep my Gerber folder.
6 posted on 04/22/2009 9:31:35 AM PDT by smokingfrog (I get my kicks - with 5.56!)
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To: Notoriously Conservative

Does it come in black so that it looks really scary to libs?


7 posted on 04/22/2009 9:31:55 AM PDT by Gator113 (I'm a PROUD RIGHT WING EXTREMIST.... Obama has failed, IMPEACH Obama NOW....)
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To: All

Why does Switzerland need an army?


8 posted on 04/22/2009 9:33:19 AM PDT by McGruff (I guess it all depends upon what the meaning of "bow" is.)
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To: McGruff

To defend against wild goats in the Alps.


9 posted on 04/22/2009 9:39:01 AM PDT by Notoriously Conservative (http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com)
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To: Notoriously Conservative
http://www.horstheld.com/0-blades.htm

BLADES AND BARRELS
six centuries of combination weapons
by H. GORDON FROST

This is the complete reference on the history of
combination weapons over the past six centuries.
The inside jacket reads “Blades and Barrels is the
first full scale study ever written about man's
attempt to combine an edged weapon with a firearm.
Tracing the development of combination weapons from
the hand cannon through the center fire ignition
systems, this book fills a long recognized gap in
firearms literature.”

The book covers knife pistols, cutlass pistols, mace
pistols, axe pistols and war hammer pistols.
In depth studies of companies such as Unwin & Rodgers,
Harrington & Richardson, Frank Wesson, Colt, Boden and
Dolne.
Contains 400 photographs from private and museum
collections, the author spent over 20 years researching
and compiling this information.
Copyright 1972.
The book is out of print, a very rare and important
reference.

***
Plus many hand gun with blades at the URL.

10 posted on 04/22/2009 9:40:23 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: Notoriously Conservative

Cue The Wild Wild West theme song Please


11 posted on 04/22/2009 9:41:27 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Notoriously Conservative
The basic design would be pretty effective if it was of hefty enough size, but that simply wasn't the case. This thing is pretty small, measuring when all folded up a little more than 1.5 inches across (4 centimeters). You had better have little bitty fingers or else you won't be able to use the weapon as a knuckle duster.

Don't forget. At the time, the average height of an adult male was probably in the middle 5 foot range.

12 posted on 04/22/2009 9:41:37 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Kartographer
How about Newly from Gunsmoke? Wasn't he a gunsmith?
13 posted on 04/22/2009 9:59:24 AM PDT by wally_bert (Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair! Star Wreck In The Pirkinning......)
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To: Notoriously Conservative

Are they African Goats or European Goats?


14 posted on 04/22/2009 10:02:41 AM PDT by gigster
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To: Notoriously Conservative
Reminds me of an ad I saw in a recent gun magazine.

Has a 1911 pictured with a - are you sitting down? - kbar knife mouned on it like a bayonet! BWAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Bang, bang, bang, squish!

15 posted on 04/22/2009 10:04:27 AM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: grobdriver
Like htis? (Yeah, it's not an 1911)


16 posted on 04/22/2009 10:11:57 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice
Like htis? (Yeah, it's not an 1911)

Well, no.

In the picture I saw the red X was a little larger...

17 posted on 04/22/2009 10:18:00 AM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: Kartographer



18 posted on 04/22/2009 10:28:59 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Nepolean fries the idea powder)
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To: Notoriously Conservative
Or like what a lot of AR15 noobs brag about, how much accessories they have on their cool black rifle.
19 posted on 04/22/2009 10:36:16 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: Notoriously Conservative

And cranky Germans. I love the (perhaps mythical) story about how the Germans were trying to intimidate the Swiss with the fact that their army alone was twice as big as the entire Swiss population. The Swiss said “Hmmm. Then we’ll have to shoot twice.”


20 posted on 04/22/2009 2:14:54 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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