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Lyrics by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gun by Colt Firearms.
The Cobra was a lighter version of the very popular Detective Special by way of the use of Aluminum Alloy instead of Steel in it's frame. This version was produced from 1972 through 1986. I've had this one since 1972 and rumour has it that it's worth a whole lot more now than when I purchased it. I'm sure that Lynyrd Skynyrd was not really thinking of this bad boy when they wrote that song.
This .38 caliber Colt "Army Special" model revolver belonged to my grandfather and came into my possession completely unexpectedly recently. According to research I conducted in the database on Colt's website, it was made in 1914. It is in excellent condition and still works; I have taken it to the firing range several times already.
My grandfather was mayor of Thornton, Texas in the late 1930s and/or early 1940s and, according to one account, may have been the town marshal at some point before that.
This concludes this series of what I like to think of as Guns as Art........To be honest, I like the way they all came out and appreciate those who commented on them in this context.
This particular model is a Colt Single Action Frontier Scout in .22 LR. Kinda goes with the previous posting. Details best seen in Large.
COLT ARMORY - Viewed from I-91 in Hartford:
The new Colt Armory carried over the most dramatic feature of the original structure, the blue onion dome with gold stars, topped by a gold orb and a rampant colt, the original symbol of the Colt Manufacturing Company. Today, a gilded fiberglass replica is used, the gilded wood original now being displayed at the Museum of Connecticut History. As for Sam Colt‘s use of the famous onion dome, a distinctive feature easily noted by drivers on I-91, there are different theories concerning its origins, ranging from its being a tribute to his early Russian business contacts, to simply being a dramatic marketing statement which no one would forget.
Three years after Colt’s death, the original armory was destroyed by fire in 1864. It was then rebuilt by Colt’s widow, Elizabeth Colt, using designs by the company’s general manager, General William B. Franklin. The new building was designed to be fireproof and also larger than its predecessor. It was also more decorative, with a design based on the styles of the Italian Renaissance.
The original Colt Armory was built in 1855 and was a central part of Samuel Colt‘s firearms-making empire. Based in the district of Hartford known as Coltsville, the armory was later joined by additional buildings, including housing for workers. The Colt mansion, Armsmear, was also built on a nearby hill, overlooking the factory complex.
Coltsville is now undergoing plans for adaptive reuse and there is support for transforming the complex into a National Park. From historicbuildingsct.com/?tag=colt
Hartford's Russian Dome
An old legend states that a Turkish Sultan gave Sam Colt the blue dome; the truth is probably that he was impressed by the Byzantine churches he saw in Russia. The colt holds part of a spear in his teeth; he balances the other part between his forelegs. The dome is one part of the building that requires the most maintenance; I am aware of three renovations over the past thirty years or so.
Made in 1978. I think of TV shows like "Cannon," "Charlie's Angles," and "The Rockford Files" when I pick up this gun. Just like about all you see today on TV are Glocks, just about all you saw on TV in the 70's were snub nose revolvers. Still fun to shoot though!
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
#Colt Lighting .22 Caliber Long Rifle tore down, about to be shipped somewhere for cleaning and maintenance #ColtLightning #ColtRifle #22Rifle #ColtFirearms #AntiqueFirearm
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Try as I might, I just couldn't hold focus on the whole subject. Yesterdays had the barrel go soft and here the grips are not quite there. The camera is 10 inches away and I have the lens stopped down all the way to F-16 which left me with a shutter speed of 1/4 second.......Whatever, it makes for an interesting image. You can also see the whole behind the scenes image just behind the cartridge cylinder, which happens to be our bedroom ceiling fan and all, plus Me. All is more apparent in large.
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
COLT ARMORY - Viewed from I-91 in Hartford:
The new Colt Armory carried over the most dramatic feature of the original structure, the blue onion dome with gold stars, topped by a gold orb and a rampant colt, the original symbol of the Colt Manufacturing Company. Today, a gilded fiberglass replica is used, the gilded wood original now being displayed at the Museum of Connecticut History. As for Sam Colt‘s use of the famous onion dome, a distinctive feature easily noted by drivers on I-91, there are different theories concerning its origins, ranging from its being a tribute to his early Russian business contacts, to simply being a dramatic marketing statement which no one would forget.
Three years after Colt’s death, the original armory was destroyed by fire in 1864. It was then rebuilt by Colt’s widow, Elizabeth Colt, using designs by the company’s general manager, General William B. Franklin. The new building was designed to be fireproof and also larger than its predecessor. It was also more decorative, with a design based on the styles of the Italian Renaissance.
The original Colt Armory was built in 1855 and was a central part of Samuel Colt‘s firearms-making empire. Based in the district of Hartford known as Coltsville, the armory was later joined by additional buildings, including housing for workers. The Colt mansion, Armsmear, was also built on a nearby hill, overlooking the factory complex.
Coltsville is now undergoing plans for adaptive reuse and there is support for transforming the complex into a National Park. From historicbuildingsct.com/?tag=colt
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Amazing deeply-etched sculpted Death Tarot Card replacement grips by @Wicked_Grips made for an outstanding birthday present for my friend's Colt 1911 Model 70 .45 caliber! Wicked Grips also made the devilishly cool skull spring cap you see pictured. You really have to check out this incredibly talented artisan, Ed Strange, & his website www.WickedGrips.com. I also love their bas-relief, stainless steel skull Glock slide plate, that I have on several pistols. I'd love to get more for a Glock 43 & Gen5 if & when they become available so they all match. I'm really hoping the deep-etched/bas-relief replacement grip concept is a success, as I'd love to incorporate this amazing look to all my guns with replaceable grips & parts (i.e., Desert Eagle). Not that I am eager to give away my secrets as to how I have such unique looking firearms, but such talent deserves recognition & a hearty endorsement. 👍💀🔫🔧
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#1911 #WickedGrips #Wicked_Grips #Colt #Colt45 #45acp #Colt1911 #ColtModel70 #CustomizedGuns #PewPewPew #45cal #45caliber #EdStrange #Ed_Strange #GunArt #ColtFirearms #ColtPistol #Gun_Art #GunPorn #2ndAmendment #GlockArt #GripArt #RockYourGlock #Gunstagram #GunRights #Gun #Guns #Grip_Art #Glock #ThePewPewLife @MarkRondeau
Somewhere in this gun's 115 year history someone decided to convert it into a 22LR target pistol. The attention to detail is incredible. Someone somewhere spent a lot of money to do this. The accuracy of this gun is unbelievable. Yep, it's a shooter. what a great piece of gun making history!
Huh, the EXIF data is stripped. Pics taken with a Sony A77 with a 16-50mm f2.8 HSM lens.
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Alf. Plane -- teaching police to shoot
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.15660
Call Number: LC-B2- 3010-14
Colt Defense Vice-President for Quality Phillip Hinckley and state Senator Beth Bye (D-West Hartford) inspect Colt M4 barreled rifle receivers during Sen. Bye's tour of Colt's New Park Avenue factory. This was Senator Bye's second meeting with Colt, which is the largest single employer in West Hartford with approximately 560 workers. Founded in 1836, Colt has been the leading supplier of small arms to the U.S. military since the Mexican-American War, and produces nearly 1,000 firearms a day. (September 13, 2011)
Historical reenactment of the 150th anniversary of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia encamping at Montpelier following their retreat from Gettysburg.
Sony DSC
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3rd September 2009. This "Onion Dome" is sitting atop the Colt Factory at Hartford, Connecticut, USA. An interesting history can be seen here ..
So yesterday I was laughed at because I forgot to bring my targets to the range. I decided instead of heading home I would improvise and I picked up an orange dot out of the trashcan and drew a black circle around it using the bottom of a soda can. Fired four rounds suppressed and then readjusted for point of shift to get on target (orange dot). Laughing replaced with the sound of silence and smirks changed to dropped jaws. As I shook my head in disappointment that all eight rounds weren't inside the orange dot.
#rangetime #blackrifle #ar15 #5.56 @coltfirearms @eotech @surefirelights