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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 18:50:00 GMT
Was at the Local Gun store today to buy some Bore cleaner and she informed me that my Glock 21 Had finally sold, i got $500.00 even for it, not bad considering i paid $525.00 for it 6 years and thousands of rounds ago :rock: Anyway, i asked her to price a Springfield Armory 1911 GI for me and she said they were back-ordered and she was having trouble getting any of the Springfield 1911's from her dealers. HOWEVER, behind the counter she had ONE Springfield 1911A1 Mil-Spec That comes with 2 Mags, a Hard case, Holster, and Double Mag Holder O___O! I looked the gun over and the slide to frame fit had Zero play in it, the slide was smooth as butter and it fit my hand better than the Standard GI. Needless to say, i HAD to have it, who woulda known id go to the gun store to buy a bottle of bore scrubber and walk out with a Springfield 1911A1 Mil-Spec for $615.00 After i take it to the range and put some rounds through it and verify that it functions properly (which im sure it will) im gonna send it off to be Nickel Plated 100% and i'm gonna put a set of genuine mother of Pearl Grips on it. Heres what shel look like when shes all done.....before and after pic
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Post by chuckinohio on Oct 8, 2011 18:54:49 GMT
Ivory grips man, IVORY..............
"Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl handled pistol" :lol:
Karma for whoever identifies the movie that quote is from.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 19:02:33 GMT
it was from "Patton" wasn't it? :lol: I thought about ivory, but my single actions all sport stag or ivory, so i thought id do Pearl on this one
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Post by Marc Kaden Ridgeway on Oct 8, 2011 19:03:31 GMT
I believe that was Patton
Arrrggghhh beat me to it
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 19:07:16 GMT
i only knew because when i was in Public Speaking class i did one of Pattons speeches for an assignment so i decided to watch the movie as "research"
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Post by Marc Kaden Ridgeway on Oct 8, 2011 19:10:38 GMT
i only knew cause I cheated and googled it
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 19:16:03 GMT
its not cheating, your Google Foo is strong. It just wasnt quite fast enough :lol:
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Post by ghost on Oct 8, 2011 19:19:48 GMT
beautiful and congrats... dunno about the nail salon upgrade though
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 19:30:44 GMT
XD None of you guys seen pulp fiction? or supernatural? everyone sports Pearl Grips on a Nickeled 911 :cry: lmao
I guess its truely the "Tacti-Cool" age, and nobody can appreciate a fine High Finished Gentlemans gun :lol: Guess ill ship it off and have mud brown duracoat added, and rails, lots and lots of tac rails :twisted: hahaha. you guys are great. always give me some good laughs +1 for the salon remark
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Oct 8, 2011 20:05:57 GMT
Yeh... I like the before pic much better then the after. I'm not a fan of shinny guns with pretty grips... I like a working mans gun. I think it looks awesome as is.
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Post by William Swiger on Oct 8, 2011 20:21:13 GMT
I like the original version without the bling. Simple, low-key and deadly.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 20:22:56 GMT
Thats why i got rid of the glock. Plain, boring, ext. :lol: However, you guys would like my Remmington 1911, 100% Stock GI model. :twisted:
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Oct 8, 2011 21:06:45 GMT
Maybe it's a Texas thing, but when I see the bling-on-bling (i.e., bright nickel or chrome with pearl or ivory grips) on a 1911, I always think of a .38 Super, getting my Mexico bandit patron on!
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 21:09:37 GMT
Springfield makes the same gun in Nickel in .38 super right from factory. i was so pissed when i found out the .45 doesnt come in nickel :lol:
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Oct 8, 2011 21:26:51 GMT
When I see a shinny pimped out gun, I think it belongs to someone who has no idea how to use it. When I see a clean, well maintained utilitarian gun... I think they man who owns that knows how to get the job done, period.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 21:39:55 GMT
Good, then my nickel one might make everyone think the same of me....except i know how to use it :lol: but in all seriousness. All my guns are Pretty much stock barebones, w/e you want to call it. And i decided it would be nice to have one Bling Bling show gun to double as a range gun for plinking, and to mix it up a little.
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Post by TattooMagic on Oct 8, 2011 22:22:27 GMT
i like it! i want to get two done like nicolas cage had in face off... and i look at a gun as deadly no matter who is haolding it or how shiney it is lol
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 22:34:39 GMT
im pairing it in a double shoulder rig with the remmington. One Bling blinged, the other stock. Face off was sweet BTW Castor Troy ftw
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Post by TattooMagic on Oct 8, 2011 23:16:50 GMT
o nice.. and yes face of was great had 2 of my fav actors in it.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 8, 2011 23:53:07 GMT
yeah, john travolta plays a hell of a bad guy
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