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Urbane Guerrilla · 08-24-2007, 08:22 PM

A small collection of Kipling published in 1891, in an inexpensive edition, so the bindings are in a rather delicate condition. (Quit that; I bought it used!)

Next oldest is a 1911 .45 automatic, whose serial number dates it to 1917. Long hammer spur that tends to bite my hand on cycling, flat backstrap to the grip, walnut grips with battered grip screws. Dinky little sights. The only new bit in it is the firing pin retaining plate, replacing the original which had broken in half but was still holding the firing pin in place (this small part is just ahead of the hammer, which falls upon it and the tail-end of the firing pin. The broken plate was chewing the hammer up, giving it entirely too much character. The chewed hammer is still soldiering on; the piece is not a collectors' item but a shooter, as it has been reblued and the stamp that should be there on the forward frame reading "Property of U.S. Army" has been ground and polished away. Still got a lot of shots left in the old girl, though.

08-24-2007, 08:22 PM	#72
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	A small collection of Kipling published in 1891, in an inexpensive edition, so the bindings are in a rather delicate condition. (Quit that; I bought it used!) Next oldest is a 1911 .45 automatic, whose serial number dates it to 1917. Long hammer spur that tends to bite my hand on cycling, flat backstrap to the grip, walnut grips with battered grip screws. Dinky little sights. The only new bit in it is the firing pin retaining plate, replacing the original which had broken in half but was still holding the firing pin in place (this small part is just ahead of the hammer, which falls upon it and the tail-end of the firing pin. The broken plate was chewing the hammer up, giving it entirely too much character. The chewed hammer is still soldiering on; the piece is not a collectors' item but a shooter, as it has been reblued and the stamp that should be there on the forward frame reading "Property of U.S. Army" has been ground and polished away. Still got a lot of shots left in the old girl, though. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.