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12-06-2019, 01:48 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread Collectibles from my pal in The Lounge

Condolences about your best friend, but it was good that you were able to obtain some nice items to remember him by. I inherited an 1873 in 38-40...

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12-03-2019, 11:17 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread Winchester Model '92 Large Loop in The Lounge

Hondo was the only John Wayne film originally shot and exhibited in 3D. You know back when you had to wear those cardboard glasses with the red and...

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12-03-2019, 08:10 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread Winchester Model '92 Large Loop in The Lounge

I'm glad you posted those shots. Notice how much shorter the carbine barrel is in the black and white picture from "True Grit" where Wayne actually...

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12-03-2019, 03:37 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread Winchester Model '92 Large Loop in The Lounge

To add to what Kenhwind posted, I have read that although Wayne was 6'4" tall, they had to shorten the barrel/magazine on one of the modified model...

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12-02-2019, 12:50 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread So, what about Commemoratives? in The Lounge

No problem. The controversy as to whether both generations of the black powder models are real Colts, or conversely only the 2nd gens and not the 3rd...

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12-02-2019, 10:28 AM

forward_observer replied to a thread So, what about Commemoratives? in The Lounge

This comes up quite a bit and it seems that a lot of Colt collectors along with over half of the people selling the black powder Colt repops know...

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11-26-2019, 12:34 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread SCAM Does anyone recognize this ad for an engraved SAA. in The Lounge

I found this original listing, now showing sold, on Guns International. The method is pretty simply if you use Chrome with a Google account. All, I...

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11-22-2019, 03:17 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread The Official "Other" Firearms Photo Thread! in Photos Area

Showing off my newly acquired US model 1836 martial flintlock made by Robert Johnson in 1841 below my previously posted US model 1842 made by H Aston...

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11-12-2019, 10:38 PM

forward_observer replied to a thread I found my horse's pistol's older brother at the Tulsa show in The Lounge

Thanks Victorio, but don't take that cartridge information to the bank. It was told to me by another dealer at the show, so I have yet to confirm it....

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11-12-2019, 09:10 PM

forward_observer started a thread I found my horse's pistol's older brother at the Tulsa show in The Lounge

I posted about a month ago about getting a new horse pistol here: ...

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