My grandfather had a Singer 1911. His M1 carbine was Rock-Ola. Classics!
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My grandfather had a Singer 1911. His M1 carbine was Rock-Ola. Classics!
That's because Taco Bell won the franchise wars and "all restaurants are Taco Bell". There is a second version of the movie distributed in Europe where the images have been edited and new dialog dubbed depicting Pizza Hut as the winner of the franchise wars. Yes, really.Museum in the future in the movie "Demolition Man" where high society is a night out at Taco Bell
If those things happened he wouldn't have the gun back without a lawsuit to recover it, so I'm still of the same mind.Unless he used it to commit suicide or shoot mom or something. Maybe it has bad memories.
good lord... that’s a beauty. $505.
When we cleaned put my grandparents house, we searched high and low for his pistol. I dont know what it was, because nobody else in the know was interested in guns. My dad told me that eventually my brother found it up in the lampshade on his bedside night table. Scary thought for someone who loved in the house for several years with dementia.I would give my left and right nut to know what happened to my Dad's 1911.
After he passed I looked high and low and could not locate his guns, including the the 1911 and K-17 S&W .22 revolver I loved so much.
That's just more proof it was carried by a GI.Awesome!
Oh the classic slide-stop-booger-mark.
Singer made a grand total of 500 1911 pistols (out of 2.7 million made for the government). Seems every thread on a gun forum about gi 1911s or post on a gun related FB page on the government 1911 has someone that has a father or grandfather that owned or was issued a singer 1911. I mean.....what are the oddsMy grandfather had a Singer 1911. His M1 carbine was Rock-Ola. Classics!
Taco bell and pizza hut are the part of the same company......as well as KFC. So it makes sense that the advertising dollars paid to the producers would be interchangeable between those restaurant chains.That's because Taco Bell won the franchise wars and "all restaurants are Taco Bell". There is a second version of the movie distributed in Europe where the images have been edited and new dialog dubbed depicting Pizza Hut as the winner of the franchise wars. Yes, really.
Never saw the Singer. Did see the M1 carbine and it definitely was a Rock Ola. Grandpa was a habitual gun-trader who sometimes sold guns to raise cash for other stuff, including a Wellcraft CC. He had a nice artillery model Luger in .30 Luger but we could not find it after we settled his estate. Damned shame. Thing was pristine and included the wood stock/case. Would be worth some $$$!Singer made a grand total of 500 1911 pistols (out of 2.7 million made for the government). Seems every thread on a gun forum about gi 1911s or post on a gun related FB page on the government 1911 has someone that has a father or grandfather that owned or was issued a singer 1911. I mean.....what are the odds
I actually open these GI related 1911 pages just to scroll through to find the replies that "yeah my grandpa had a singer". This thread didn't disappoint. Based on my searching through gun forum threads for these comments all 500 singers have been accounted for ......plus an additional 100 or so.
A true singer would go for upwards of $100k today.Never saw the Singer. Did see the M1 carbine and it definitely was a Rock Ola. Grandpa was a habitual gun-trader who sometimes sold guns to raise cash for other stuff, including a Wellcraft CC. He had a nice artillery model Luger in .30 Luger but we could not find it after we settled his estate. Damned shame. Thing was pristine and included the wood stock/case. Would be worth some $$$!
How about $501? (Hey, gotta do "The Price is Right" strategy!)
I wonder if it was a true 100% Singer or a cannibalized parts gun. Army and USMC 1911s were rebuilt many times over before the M9 was adopted in the 1980s. A cannibalized parts gun with a Singer slide probably wouldn't be worth much to a collector. Grandpa went through a lot of guns in his life. My first centerfire rifle, a .45-70 caliber Marlin "Zane Grey Century" was one of them.A true singer would go for upwards of $100k today.
Singer made a grand total of 500 1911 pistols (out of 2.7 million made for the government). Seems every thread on a gun forum about gi 1911s or post on a gun related FB page on the government 1911 has someone that has a father or grandfather that owned or was issued a singer 1911. I mean.....what are the odds
I wonder if it was a true 100% Singer or a cannibalized parts gun. Army and USMC 1911s were rebuilt many times over before the M9 was adopted in the 1980s. A cannibalized parts gun with a Singer slide probably wouldn't be worth much to a collector. Grandpa went through a lot of guns in his life. My first centerfire rifle, a .45-70 caliber Marlin "Zane Grey Century" was one of them.
I’ll throw in a porcelain sink to sweeten the deal$511 and a florbert parlor rifle
Precisely.The same percentage of people I've met who were 'SEALs', RECON, SF and were at Fallujah.