[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.

[pcl]

The M1 is my second most favorite firearm. Through four years of College I cleaned, carried and sometimes slept with a M1. There really is not other rifle like it. It gave our WWII and Korea soldiers the firepower that helped win the war. And it made a damn good club when you needed it, unlike todays "assualt rifle."

We used to break our M1s down, put them in laundry bags, carry them off campus and go hunting (after installing a firing pin).

I have a couple of Springfield M1s in my gun safe. They are by babies.