[pcl]

slap to wake someone who has slept through the alarm.

While is understand you point, I had some buddies ( along time ago) whom you would not want to slap awake....not on your life.

My first M1911 was purchased through the NRA/CMP when I was 18. I don't remember the exact price, put it was something ourageous, something like $35.

[m1911]

No, not many people like to be slapped awake. But if the house is on fire... Of course, this is an area where the fire is harder to see, and the threat is less immediate.

Damn, I envy that deal! Mine cost me 400 before the new barrel, but as soon as I saw it I turned into the worst negotiator possible - I KNEW I was going to buy it. CMP was kind enough to supply me with an M-1 a couple months ago. Springfield, Nov '44. Of course that cost me as much as the 1911, so my wife is wondering what the next WWII ordnance is going to be.