Show us your Guns!

[Oldsarge]

Marines, like Army Rangers, are essential to the conduct of modern warfare. However, upon reaching a certain age, one should no longer want to be one!

 

[Renault]

New prairie belt arrived today from Wolf Ears Equipment! This belt is pure skookum!!!!

 

[MikePotts]

awesome Bob! we need pics of it in situ !

 

[DeaconKC]

That is an incredibly good looking rig!

 

[Renault]

Mike, when I get the time I'll break out my kit and play dress up.

Thanks Deacon. I really like it.

 

[TPD166]

I was told many times "It doesn't rain in the Army."

Kind of like when I went through a combined services combat medical evacuation course, C4, up at Fort Dix some years ago, one of the younger Army enlisted instructors said " if it ain't raining, it ain't training"!!

 

[TPD166]

Very nice! What's in the holster?

New prairie belt arrived today from Wolf Ears Equipment! This belt is pure skookum!!!!

 

[safetyfast]

A good old 1911 or 1911A1 will do that to me every time too. I have to put a boobed hammer on mine.

"Boobed" hammer? Where can I get one of those? [emoji38]

 

[WH1]

One long very wet night during Desert Storm, we were told by our platoon sergeant, "You are Marines, evil little green amphibious demons from the deepest darkest pits of He!!, kicked out by Satan himself because you scared him. Its a little water, it is your friend. QUIT YOUR BITC4ING!" Of course I knew we were back in He!! when I woke up in the 2 man fighting hole and one of my boots was floating and my A Gunner was standing in knee deep water. Something like 12 years rain in less than 48 hours.

A couple of weeks later I was in the middle of a mine field in Kuwait watching the oil fires, questioning my life choices and thinking my guidance counselor might have lied to me.

 

[DeaconKC]

"Boobed" hammer? Where can I get one of those? [emoji38]

Wellllllll, I will try to find another one just for you! OOps

 

[Renault]

Very nice! What in the holster?

Colt Army Special .32 WCF ctg.

 

[TPD166]

Very nice! Just picked a Colt New Service & will be looking for a holster like that for it.

Colt Army Special .32 WCF ctg.

 

[Kirk H.]

I have got to quit going to gun shows......this followed me home today. A nickel plated pre model 10. its a 4 screw model from the early 1950's.

 

[DeaconKC]

Congrats on the "adoption" ! A Tyler T grip will be perfect on that.

 

[newsman]

One of the best guns S&W ever made - I got mine too late for a pinned barrel.

My wife carries a model 60. She can run it like a scalded cat, too.

Once upon a time one of my best buddies was pretty famous instructor and ran a three day tactical class. She fired over 1,000 rounds through that little pistol in three days and out performed many of the guys with their fancy semi-automatics.

It's one of those things you're better off paying someone to teach your wife to do. She might get irritated and have an "intentional missfire."

Anyway, at one time she was the finest wheel gun shooter I ever knew.

She looks like like a cute little nurse. But that woman has the heart of a lion.

You guys have great taste in firearms.

 

[Oldsarge]

Yeah, some of us just can't ever get over our love for wheel guns. Semi-autos have their place but give me a vintage Colt or a good K to L frame Smith and I'll just grin for a week.

 

[Kirk H.]

Congrats on the "adoption" ! A Tyler T grip will be perfect on that.

Thanks Deacon. I already have a Tyler T on order.....

 

[Renault]

Here's the Army Special;


Mfg in 1923


Oh I have one of them "New Services" layin' around here too! My rig;


This stuff has gotten to old and valuable to use. The web and leather gear that is. Someday I'll get a double loop holster for it!

 

[Stearmen]

Yeah, some of us just can't ever get over our love for wheel guns. Semi-autos have their place but give me a vintage Colt or a good K to L frame Smith and I'll just grin for a week.

Best thing about a revolver is, if you do have a misfire, you just squeeze the trigger again, problem solved!

 

[TPD166]

I broke down and ordered a double-loop for my New Service from El Paso Saddlery this weekend. They said I should get it sometime in May (but they did not say May of what year). In the meantime I will "make do" with an early George Lawrence New Service field holster I found on eBay.

This stuff has gotten to old and valuable to use. The web and leather gear that is. Someday I'll get a double loop holster for it!