[Rearden]

I have a Colt Govt. Model that’s been with me longer than my last 2 wives. It not only looks better than they do now, it still functions perfectly and shoots better than I can see these days.

I picked up a Colt Defender a year ago that I use as one of my carry pieces. After about 200 rounds through it, there ain’t enough O’s in smooth...

I carried a sidearm in Viet Nam too. You guessed it, a Colt.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I carries the 19’ in ‘Nam also. But I thought of it as the same as fixing bayonets. A last ditch effort to survive.

I relied 100% on my M-24 to do the work of getting me back home. And it did just that! I still have it. And I have taken countless Dall's Sheep, Mulies, White Tail, Elk, Caribou, Wolverine, Bear, Wolf, Moose and countless varmints since. (It's currently chambered in 7x57 Ackley Improved in a Heart #6 barrel.) And of course it has the old Mc Millan stock, bedded in Epoxy and Silicone.