Ruger45
Blackhawk
Boy I sure wish I could out bid these guys on this 1911 http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=404583106#PIC
New SR 1911
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Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
I think I would need a rich widow to adopt me (and support me in a style
i could become accustomed to) AND win the lotto, before I would tie up
that much money just to put a gun in a safe. :roll:
i could become accustomed to) AND win the lotto, before I would tie up
that much money just to put a gun in a safe. :roll:
sousana
Single-Sixer
We, as a forum should get together and buy this fine weapon.
For my part, I offer the services of my vault to store this fine handgun.
For my part, I offer the services of my vault to store this fine handgun.
revhigh said:
I agree with this. It is just too gaudy for me. It is good that they are doing this though as the proceeds are going to benefit the NRA. So lets hope everyone doesn't share my opinion & someone seriously overpays for a fancied up SR 1911.
I agree with this. It is just too gaudy for me. It is good that they are doing this though as the proceeds are going to benefit the NRA. So lets hope everyone doesn't share my opinion & someone seriously overpays for a fancied up SR 1911.[/quote]
I never understood the desire of people to want flowers and vines scratched onto their guns.
That thing is hideous.
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I love artisan guns, just can't afford them. It's art and engravers are artist.
I never understood the desire of people to want flowers and vines scratched onto their guns.
That thing is hideous.
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I love artisan guns, just can't afford them. It's art and engravers are artist.
Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
Right. :roll:modrifle3 said:
Rabon
Single-Sixer
That may be the ugliest 1911 I've ever seen. :lol:
chaindrive
Bearcat
engraving like that is like putting frilly lace on a biker's leather jacket... 
19ontheslide
Bearcat
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We don't have any engraved guns in our family collection, but I can still recognize engraving as a legitimate art form. People have been paying artisans to decorate their weapons since man first realized that sharp sticks and hard rocks work way better than bare hands to enforce policy. The gun in question might be a bit heavy-handed for my personal taste, but to my completely untrained eye it at least appears to have been well-executed. I don't think I'd mind that style of engraving on my own SR1911, but I would prefer far less coverage. I think just a few small areas, maybe the right side of the mag release, the slide just behind the serrations, maybe a small patch on each side of the dustcover, something like that. I think less is more when it comes to engraved guns, but again that's just a personal preference. But to refuse to recognize it as an art form? Nah, I disagree there. It IS art; just not to everyone's taste. Hey, I don't think what Jackson Pollack did was art, but his work still hangs in museums around the world.
Chuck 100 yd
Hunter
If I could afford that gun I could afford to shoot the heck out of it.
No safe queens here.
No safe queens here.
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Bearcat
Not my taste but I do appreciate the talent it takes to do work like that. Apparently at this point 69 people like it enough to big on it.
pjvrefugee
Single-Sixer
I could see that as my EDC! do you think it might get noticed at the conservation club?
Chuck 100 yd
Hunter
Out of 300 million + people in this country the MASTER engravers can be counted on one hand.
No it`s not for everyone but nothing seems to tickle everyone's fancy. I do appreciate the art even though I have little use for it.
No it`s not for everyone but nothing seems to tickle everyone's fancy. I do appreciate the art even though I have little use for it.
