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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Dec 17, 2012 - 10:38pm PT
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what's the deal? why didn't he melt down some cheap ass ar?
it's a frickin wheel gun. and a nice one.
one of the great design objects of american mass production. like a bel-air or a telecaster.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
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You simply cannot punish an object, but you can create an art form.
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Ljohnson
Social climber
The land of ice, snow and rocks
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Dec 17, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
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I was horrified at first, then I realized it was a .44.
Now that Swedish girl are on topic- this might be my favorite thread on the Taco
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 17, 2012 - 10:47pm PT
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klk,
it used to be a nice one.
Even flat Swedish women are preferable to flat guns.
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Dec 17, 2012 - 10:51pm PT
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Thanks Jim,
As an ER nurse and the Grandfather of some Kindergarten aged children, you took away some of the grief...
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Dec 17, 2012 - 11:01pm PT
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"Made my Day"
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 18, 2012 - 01:22am PT
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Too bad about the Smith and Wesson.
I'd advocate doing that to the shooter before I'd ruin a nice pistol.
I agree, except dead guys aren't as fun to squish.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Dec 18, 2012 - 01:25am PT
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I guess I won't be going to him to smooth up the trigger on my Ruger.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 18, 2012 - 01:46am PT
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thanks Jim, and your friend
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 03:00am PT
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http://www.luftex.com/aldexter.htm
It is thought, that Al was the first artist to use the phrase 'Honky Tonk' in 1937 in his song, Honky Tonk Blues. This was a term used for beer-drinking music, often raucous and rollicking, although sometimes lonely and sad.--from the link above about Al Dexter, writer of Pistol Packin' Mama
There has been a tremendous amount of human creativity devoted to developing weaponry.--Tom Cochrane, among others
I personally enjoyed the sh#t out of the Harrah's Antique Fyre Armes exhibit in Reno on their mezzanine. It's gotta be gone now.
Haven't been in Reno in years. Have the stoplights gotten any slower? Have the quick-draw artists gotten any faster?
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Dec 18, 2012 - 04:18am PT
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how do the Swede's do relative to horrific first person shooter video games and experimental psychotropic drugs for children?
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 18, 2012 - 08:56am PT
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Jim,
As you know I've been a serious collector of fine art all my adult life.
I've also loved guns since I was about 14, but never had any use for the semi-automatic type. I'm fond of high quality single shot guns.
Listening to NPR this morning, there are a number of hard core
Republican governors, from Western states, who are reconsidering the need for assault type-multiclip weapons. I think we have finally reached a tipping point. Only a nut hunts deer with that type of weapon.
I remember way back, when I was about 16. I went to this rifle-range, at a club where there was quite a gathering. They had a running deer target, on a track, some 200 yards out. A group of ten shooters would chip in a buck a piece. The winner would win the pot.
I was the only guy with a single shot rifle, an( 8mm Mauser), with iron sights. I was also the youngest shooter. All the other guys proceeded to blaze away with their big clips and telescopic sights, unloading their magazines. One nutcase got so excited half his rounds hit the dirt right in front of him. I wouldn't want to be in the woods with that guy!
I got up and shot only twice, taking my time. Guess who took the money.
The guy who was 16.
If we could revert back to the days of long ago, when guns were works of art, there wouldn't be these mass killings.
I bet your friend wouldn't put these guns in the oven-price $100,000.
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 10:06am PT
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Nohea--"More guns however does mean less crime"
Show us the statistics that support this claim.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 10:16am PT
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What was your source, Ron? The above graph states UN/Washington Post.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 18, 2012 - 10:33am PT
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Dave, Canada has a pretty high gun ownership rate and they're not killing
each other. Half the houses in Switzerland have military automatic weapons
in them and they're not killing each other. There must be another factor, or two.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 10:41am PT
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Switzerland has a limited army. The guns are a part of the militia that serves in place of an army. Switzerland has far more rules and regulations regarding firearms than we do.
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