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Dear Everyone, I've Been Thinking... I Feel Misrepresented

Apr 20, 2005 21:37

My birthday's entry was my 137th update. That's swell.

It's hard to believe I've almost finished my first (successful) year of college. I'm not sure I could've done it without the girlfriend. I mean.... I could have done it, I'm just not sure I would have gotten the grades I have. I would've been lazy and overslept about a dozen times. Without her ( Read more... )

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shadows_rise April 21 2005, 20:32:59 UTC

Wasn't the M1911 standard issue during Vietnam? Oh, if you know or not, is there any drastic difference between the military version (M1911) and civilian (1911)? I've often heard the .50 revolver referred to as "the handcannon." I'm partial to the Colt Single Action Army.

It's good to see someone else isn't fond of 4/20, even though if reasons are varried. I did find it amusing however that on "National Smoke Day" most people who said they were celebrating were on pills. People are stupid.

geezerhack April 21 2005, 22:17:39 UTC

The model 1911 was issued to GIs in WW2 in response to the weak ass 38 special revolver the Army had previously issued, and continued to keep even though it was unpopular. They needed a .45 caliber for stopping power. The actual prototype pistol made in 1911 by John Browning looked a little different, but the standard m1911 today really hasn't changed from the early guns. Colt and the Springfield Armory still make faithful reproductions of the M1911. Like I told Benzie, John Browning was a genius, and the M1911 is a superb firearm. Why change perfection?

shadows_rise April 21 2005, 22:37:10 UTC

I was thinking it was WW2 but I wasn't sure. The first exposure to the gun I had was through a video game that took place around the time of Vietnam and there is a portion where they talk bout the gun alot. Meh, I'm a loser I know

fakealiasname April 21 2005, 23:51:15 UTC

And yes it was still being used in the Nam. I believe it was still being used until the early 90's when it was replaced by a 9mm, although I think its still being made use of by some branches of the miliatary as a backup weapon.

geezerhack April 22 2005, 00:01:56 UTC

yeah...they replaced it with that shitty 9mm Beretta...I have no idea why... the 1911 is a superior weapon all around, and has proven itself in battle for decades.

geezerhack April 22 2005, 00:03:16 UTC

oh yeah...some guys in Nam liked the M1911 so much that they carried 2 or 3 of them in battle instead of the piece of shit unreliable M-16.

geezerhack April 21 2005, 23:58:19 UTC

nah...it's cool. You're not a loser. I think it's cool that you even recognize what the gun is, and want to learn more about it.

fakealiasname April 21 2005, 23:50:09 UTC

I heard about the .38 coming in for a while in WW2, but of course the gun was originally employed by the Army almost immediately after it came out, and was made widely popular by none other than Sgt. York during his amazing use of it during a battle in WW1 when he singlehandedly captured like 19 enemy soldiers or some such thing. All of this I'm sure you know, of course.

geezerhack April 22 2005, 00:05:52 UTC

Sgt. York was also pretty fond of the German Luger pistol, like alot of those guys were back then. They took them off the dead Germans.

That's one of my favorite movies by the way.

fakealiasname April 22 2005, 01:26:24 UTC

Indeed. I love Howard Hawks movies and I love Gary Cooper.

I just watched this documentary about Howard Hawks last night; he was talking about the main character in High Noon was a pussy because he was supposed to be a professional and he was running around from these people and in the end a woman had to take care of it. That's funny. He also said he could have 3 people in the morgue before Sam Peckinpah would have one hit the ground. (In reference to The Wild Buch's slow motion violence)

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