how much do you like the 1911?

[m25operator]

82k is unbelievable, BikerRN, welcome to our forum and well said, I wonder what JMB would have done with polymer if it had been available?

[philw]

I wonder what JMB would have done with polymer if it had been available?

good point...

lol bet it would not look like a Glock though   

[fightingquaker13]

good point...

lol bet it would not look like a Glock though  

Bet it would. Not to get all Randian here, but JMB was definately a "form follows function" kind of guy. The Squareback? The M2? The BAR? Even (for the time) the 1911 or Hi-power? None of them won any beauty contests. They just worked. People thought they were pretty only after they were impressed by the performance. I honestly belive that JMB and Gaston Glock would have gotten along like a house on fire, and designed a pretty cool gun on a cocktail napkin over a beer or 8.
FQ13

[m25operator]

Now let's go down the yellow brick road, an M2, Bar, 1911 ( which has already been done, double stack )  or high power in polymer, I have held a Bar, damn, very heavy and  not balanced, off a bipod ok, but off the shoulder, sorrry, your a better man than I am Gunga din. M2's even in polymer, your not going to pull a predator, Jesse Ventura hip shot, no sir, drop it from 250lbs to 150, still going to take a very strong man. JMB did develope a FA lever action with string, pretty cool, look it up.

[tombogan03884]

M 25, You are way off on the weight of the M-2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun

Weight    38 kg (83.78 lb)
58 kg (127.87 lb) with tripod and T&E

Even the water cooled  .30 was not that heavy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Browning_machine_gun

Weight    103 lb (47 kg) (gun, tripod, water, and ammunition)

Maxim designs , with their "toggle" action were a bit heavier but still under 150 pounds.

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[BAC]

The bidding seems to have stalled.  It's currently at $82,575.

[Solus]

The bidding seems to have stalled.  It's currently at $82,575.

I was tempted to put in a bid figuring I'd be out bid quickly and then be able to say I bid on a 82K pistol.....but chickened out...

Wondering if the last bidder did the same thing and is now gonna sweat bullets for two weeks.

[tt11758]

How much do I like the 1911?  It's the gun I bet my life on every day.

How much do I like THAT 1911?  Not that much.

Apparently Larry Potterfield likes the 1911, too, based upon his concealed carry test Wednesday night.