Article

2023-05-28 Science & Technology

This is Why The Cold M1903 Was The Pistol of Choice for the OSS

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-28 07:06|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I like Colt in the headline. It refers to a gun that has not been logged as used in a crime.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-28 07:25|| 2023-05-28 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Cold to Colt....Repaired while you waited.

Posted by magpie 2023-05-28 09:39|| 2023-05-28 09:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Bobby Peru in Wild at Heart: "Got a cold steel Smith and Wesson..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-28 10:03|| 2023-05-28 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 I have my Dad's .32 Colt Hammerless he carried as a backup during his WWII service in the Secret Service as a member of FDR's Presidential Detail. Tall guy on the left. He carried it the throughout the war and is still in excellent condition.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-05-28 12:21|| 2023-05-28 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ The Colt, not my Dad. He passed in 68!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-05-28 12:22|| 2023-05-28 12:22|| Front Page Top

23:59 Grampaw Sforza3936
22:50 Deacon Blues
22:31 Super Hose
22:19 Deacon Blues
22:00 SteveS
21:22 Enver Slager8035
21:14 Enver Slager8035
21:11 Enver Slager8035
21:09 KBK
21:05 Enver Slager8035
20:54 Frank G
20:52 Frank G
20:35 magpie
20:27 magpie
20:20 Enver Slager8035
20:20 Frank G
19:53 swksvolFF
19:44 Slavising Unineting5672
18:33 One Eyed the Bunyip2222
18:30 One Eyed the Bunyip2222
18:19 swksvolFF
18:17 swksvolFF
18:14 M. Murcek
18:10 Classer