A Nurse with a Gun
Labels: Guns I should have bought, M1911's, Mil-Surps
posted by Xavier at 3:19 PM
Xavier is a Registered Nurse who specialized in complex wound care. He has practiced for over fourteen years in his community. He often provided nursing service in areas where law enforcement refused to enter without back-up. Xavier now works in surgery. Xavier has been an avid shooter for over 30 years. He strongly supports the 2nd Amendment, opposes gun control of any sort, and carries a weapon 24 hours a day. Xavier is known on various internet gun forums as XavierBreath. He is married with three children, and is moderated by an apathetic one eyed cat, a goofy Golden Retriever, and a stalwart German Shepherd Dog. One day, he hopes to be deserving of them all.
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The Four Rules
1. All firearms are always loaded
2. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot
4. Be sure of your target and what lies beyond it
The Five Rules of Concealed Carry
1. Your concealed handgun is for protection of life only.
2. Know exactly when you can use your gun.
3. If you can run away -- RUN!
4. Display your gun, be prepared to go to jail.
5. Don't let your emotions get the best of you.
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9 Comments:
What year was that ad? (need to set the controls on the wayback machine...)
Hey, I can remember when you could go to W.T. Grant variety stores and buy artillary Lugers for 90 bucks!
I'm guessing around 1975 Rick.
If I send you some hi-res digital photos of a 1917-built original Colt 1911 (NOT an A1), could you give me a ballpark estimate of its worth? Candlestick rather than Yellowstone?
Kevin,
I'm far from an expert, but I will be happy to try.
Take some well lit and clear photos, both sides, and one of the magazine itself.
Be aware that prices vary widely depending on who is in the room wanting the gun. Often Gun Broker or Auction Arms can give you a decent guesstimate.
Wow. $40. I'd be good for about a dozen, myself.
My Father-in-law is retired USAF, around age 70. When we talk guns, he usually tells me when there were surplus 1911's by the crateload being unloaded on base. Then he makes me physically ill when he says the Supply SGT. usually had some difficultly "getting rid" of them for $5.
If I could turn back time, I'da sent him in with enough to buy at least one full crate (if not two). And don't even get me started on the Carbines. It's just sickening.
tweaker
I never thought I'd see the day of the $1,000 GI M1 carbine...
Rick and Zave' - -
I'd have to put the era of that ad at about 1959. I SEEM to recall seeing it in the American Rifleman while I was still in high school, but certainly well before I turned 21 (1964.) Another tipoff is the , " . . . a $74.50 value." By the time I was 21, the retail price had crept up somewhere above $100.
Also, around 1972, I sold an ANIB (unfired) Commercial Government Model for $115, and this was considerably below retail.
Not arguing, Sir - - Just an old curmudgeon providing some personal recollection. ;)
JPG
Thanks JP. I hold your memory to be more accurate than my own.
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