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the blue MK10 i picked up off NES in January, found a sibling last week. for my old eyes, the sight radius is awesome!
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the blue MK10 i picked up off NES in January, found a sibling last week. for my old eyes, the sight radius is awesome!
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the blue MK10 i picked up off NES in January, found a sibling last week. for my old eyes, the sight radius is awesome!
Neat guns.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Does this make me a fudd?
45colt.
45colt.
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warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Both
ccm75
NES Member
Ain't it purty?
Not a firearm but I'm too proud not to share it.
2015 all-new Ford F-150 Lariat SuperCrew. 3.5 liter Ecoboost turbocharged v6. Max tow package.
Ordered it Labor Day weekend. So far VERY happy with it.
Sweet!
45collector
NES Member
found through a post, as new polished 75b
Wow that's a nice one.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Lol... Guess I'll need dies now.
I want to get a revolver now . Not sure what's good but cheap.
Not cheap, really, but it's hard to go wrong with a Blackhawk convertible with 45lC and 45ACP cylinders. They're a ton of fun. You can get stupid power out of the 45lC with some of the Blackhawk only loads.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Hmm I like your thinking. And I like the grip better lol. If I could use moon clips and 45acp it be better lol. What do they go for ?
If I went with a colt style I would want it to look more cowboyish then the ruger .
45collector
NES Member
A sweet find...
I pulled this shoulder holster out of the used holsters/ pouches box at the LGS this past weekend and found that it fits a full size 1911 perfectly. Bought it for $10 and tried doing some research on it to figure out who made it. No luck so I posted it on the 1911 forum to see if anyone knew. Last night a fella from Australia of all places responds that he knows who made the holster and had actually spoken with him on the phone many years ago in trade-related conversations (he himself works in leather holsters). The holster was made by W.F. Ohlemeyer who patented the design in 1945. The most interesting part of the design is that the holster itself pivots from the vertical position to the horizontal position after the thumb strap is released. I rarely ever shoulder carry but this rig caught my eye and I'd never seen that feature in a shoulder holster before. It's in excellent shape for its age (I believe they were only made from 1945 until sometime in the early 50's) and is very well made. There are some stains up by the neck area that are blackish/reddish. Even with all the adjustments maxed out, it's still a little too small for me so I sent Langlois Andy a message to see if he could make me up a few extension straps to fit this thing. I could find no markings whatsoever so it may be that this is an early make before it was patented. Either that or its a very well done knockoff but I am guessing judging by the age of it that this is a real deal rarity. The only thing I could find on it as far as a value was one that sold on ebay 8 years ago for $140. After learning what it is and seeing how rare a find it is I wouldn't even sell it for twice that. Me likey.
And here is the original patent drawings from 1946. (The Australian guy was nice enough to provide the link)
http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/US2396118-1.png
I pulled this shoulder holster out of the used holsters/ pouches box at the LGS this past weekend and found that it fits a full size 1911 perfectly. Bought it for $10 and tried doing some research on it to figure out who made it. No luck so I posted it on the 1911 forum to see if anyone knew. Last night a fella from Australia of all places responds that he knows who made the holster and had actually spoken with him on the phone many years ago in trade-related conversations (he himself works in leather holsters). The holster was made by W.F. Ohlemeyer who patented the design in 1945. The most interesting part of the design is that the holster itself pivots from the vertical position to the horizontal position after the thumb strap is released. I rarely ever shoulder carry but this rig caught my eye and I'd never seen that feature in a shoulder holster before. It's in excellent shape for its age (I believe they were only made from 1945 until sometime in the early 50's) and is very well made. There are some stains up by the neck area that are blackish/reddish. Even with all the adjustments maxed out, it's still a little too small for me so I sent Langlois Andy a message to see if he could make me up a few extension straps to fit this thing. I could find no markings whatsoever so it may be that this is an early make before it was patented. Either that or its a very well done knockoff but I am guessing judging by the age of it that this is a real deal rarity. The only thing I could find on it as far as a value was one that sold on ebay 8 years ago for $140. After learning what it is and seeing how rare a find it is I wouldn't even sell it for twice that. Me likey.
And here is the original patent drawings from 1946. (The Australian guy was nice enough to provide the link)
http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/US2396118-1.png
NHCraigT
NES Member
Very nice.
The kewlest part is that you now have the almost-70-year-old patent-drawing for that very holster. The details are identical.
Congrats on the find.
Parker Duofold
NES Member
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
I see gold and white.
Parker Duofold
NES Member
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Outstanding find; the "fella from Australia" is the guy who designed the NATO M9 holster, and who led R&D at Bianchi for years. I'd say that if he says you scored, you scored big!
45collector
NES Member
Yup and works for high noon holsters now. He said he's going to email me a photo of a patent marked holster just like mine.
And today, I picked up a nice mate for that old holster...
Colt Commercial Gov't model made in 1964. I've been looking for an affordable one of these for many years. Honest blue wear, mechanically tight and very nice bore.
Very cool story! Nice holster and pistol. Enjoy them!
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Will be test firing soon.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Will be test firing soon.
Nice, you certainly have talent bro. One of these days you have got to open up your own shop. I'd give you some business. There might be local gunsmith that assemble AK's (yes I know that's not an AK)....I don't know of any, you could probably make a living just doing builds.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
That's the plan . I have a friend that knows more about running a biz and where trying to figure out how to pay rent waiting for all the legal stuff.
Plus a FFl is helping me outwith getting one for my personal shop ..... Figuring out paper work etc
Lol nope I got a magpul one Im gonna toss on after I test fire and paint.
Btw it's buffer less . I'm working on folding mech .
