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Colt's .22 1911s

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    #32
    Grizzly 45
    Registered Users Posts: 15,025 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    Today,one hundered years ago the Unites States Army Board recommended the adoption of Brownings design for the replacement pistol sidearm of the armed services. Known then as the Colt model1911 .45 ACP.
    This old fellow first saw service in the US Mexican border war of 1916,and while offically retired from the US armed services listing in 1985,he is still out there in the sandpits of Iraq and Afghanistan doing what he always did best,in an "unoffical" capacity.

    Not bad for a 100 year old design,that it is still going strong,and proably will for another 100 years.:cool:

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



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    #33
    Sparks
    Registered Users Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    FISMA wrote: »
    The most bang for your buck is the Ruger MK series or the Buckmark.
    In the US, you're probably correct, but on this side of the pond, probably not because you've the import hassles adding to either your workload or your bill. Over here, pistols like the baikals are probably your best value for money in smallbore.

    There is the point though, that over here it's much more effort to get a smallbore pistol than in the US, where there's far less regulation than here. And since you're having to go to all that effort, maybe it's not so bad to spend an extra few quid to get a pistol with fewer limitations than a cheaper one might have. Just a thought.


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    #34
    rowa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭rowa


    Is that the izh 35 you are talking about sparks ? I was looking around for one of them and couldn't source one , are they still in production ?


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    #35
    Sparks
    Registered Users Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    That'd be the best baikal do in smallbore at that level allright rowa - they're still in production, but getting harder to find for some reason. The US are still importing them. There's a baikal dealer somewhere over in Galway if I remember right, he might be of help if you can find him (cue A-team theme).
    RRPC has one as a club pistol. Not the be-all and end-all, but a tad better than the lowest entry-level stuff and usually better value than the Mk2/3 rugers because of the transatlantic shipping hassle&costs.


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