The CZickness XLII looking towards the FGE

[patience0830]

Saw Spencer, WV today. Road looked like this. You could hide my pickup in that sinkhole in the road

 

[gmcttr]

I wouldn't be too thrilled to drive on the other side to get around it.

 

[churchmouse]

They make grips that that have a slot cut for ambidextrious safeties. No need to trim the tab.

You can carve out the grip to clear the safety as we.

 

[churchmouse]

If I remember correctly, they were a CKW selection.

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The work on the melt shows well here.

 

[churchmouse]

If I remember correctly, they were a CKW selection.

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She buys my grips.

 

[patience0830]

She buys my grips.

And loves you in spite of all that.

She usually has real good aesthetic sense. Not sure how she slipped up and got you in the deal. Thinking you musta been cuter at one time.

 

[patience0830]

Kilt it

 

[churchmouse]

Ugh.

 

[wingrider1800]

And loves you in spite of all that.

She usually has real good aesthetic sense. Not sure how she slipped up and got you in the deal. Thinking you musta been cuter at one time.

I thought it was the unicorn. Any man with a unicorn has to be a catch.

 

[88E30M50]

Morning folks!

I spent the day yesterday heading up to Chiraq to pick my MIL up from OHare. It was a beautiful day for a drive but OHare sucks donkey balls. What a crap airport. It sure makes you appreciate Indy's airport.

 

[88E30M50]

And loves you in spite of all that.

She usually has real good aesthetic sense. Not sure how she slipped up and got you in the deal. Thinking you musta been cuter at one time.

CM's unicorn picture was from their first date. What women could resist a unicorn wrangler?

 

[mcapo]

Morning folks!

I spent the day yesterday heading up to Chiraq to pick my MIL up from OHare. It was a beautiful day for a drive but OHare sucks donkey balls. What a crap airport. It sure makes you appreciate Indy's airport.

We could have pantless hiway’d her….OK. That sounds wrong.

Anyway, glad you survived that exodus.

Indy’s airport makes you appreciate Fort Wayne’s. Lol.

Twenty years ago we used to go to Chiraq often but not since and no desire.

 

[patience0830]

Morning folks!

I spent the day yesterday heading up to Chiraq to pick my MIL up from OHare. It was a beautiful day for a drive but OHare sucks donkey balls. What a crap airport. It sure makes you appreciate Indy's airport.

Condolences.

 

[88E30M50]

It’s amazing to drive around Chiraq and see massive amounts of construction in the same places we saw it years ago but you never seem to run on good roads. It’s like they spend years just pushing dirt back and forth up there.

 

[88E30M50]

I was just looking at a 1913 built 1911 on GB. The poor thing has been hard chromed and the slide cut for aftermarket sights. There is a part of me that wants to bring it home even though it would always generate a ‘Why?’ when I brought it to a shoot.

 

[drillsgt]

I was just looking at a 1913 built 1911 on GB. The poor thing has been hard chromed and the slide cut for aftermarket sights. There is a part of me that wants to bring it home even though it would always generate a ‘Why?’ when I brought it to a shoot.

It costs less than 40.00 to get the chrome stripped and then you could refurbish it.

 

[bcannon]

Morn'n fellow CZickos

 

[Leadeye]

Tough to see those old guns hacked up like that, but you could probably replace the sights without too much trouble back to standard and just have a shiny gun from 1913.

My odd 1911 is a "Black Army" from 1918 that was nickle plated long ago and has no government stamp. I thought it was ground off even though there was no sign of it and no loss of metal evident when I checked it with a micrometer.

 

[wtburnette]

Morning all...

 

[JEBland]

Good morning, Folks.

I guess I'm a bit of a philistine, but I never minded the "de-antiquing" of guns (or anything for that matter). If we're willing to hack up and chrome plate/cerakote and swap sights and grips on new guns, why not old ones? I agree about Bubba-ing guns, but if it's done well, I don't mind that people tweak their guns their way. To me, the "it's history" argument never held much water - if mine or yours or anyone's grandpa wouldn't've felt bad about making adjustments, why should we feel bad about doing it now. That said, I think that LeadEye's and others' restoration projects are very beautiful and I enjoy reading about those old guns.