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sootedupCyndi » 11 Jan 2024, 3:00 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:00 pm

no-just pretty- no story behind a  gun like that for me? i don't know much about guns?
altho my drinking buddy bought us a propane lighter gun for our new heater today
You hold it down and pull the trigger. cyndi.. poof the flame came out...
then he grabbed it outta my hand? you should NOT play with guns Cyndi? lolol and off he ran.

             Here's one for ya

Kobia2 » 11 Jan 2024, 3:06 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:06 pm

             Here's one for ya

 

sootedupCyndi » 11 Jan 2024, 3:00 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:00 pm

no-just pretty- no story behind a  gun like that for me? i don't know much about guns?
altho my drinking buddy bought us a propane lighter gun for our new heater today
You hold it down and pull the trigger. cyndi.. poof the flame came out...
then he grabbed it outta my hand? you should NOT play with guns Cyndi? lolol and off he ran.

You've got some interesting friends and entertaining stories.  Well, that's not my gun, and I can't say for sure anything about it, but I'm going to give you a story to go with it anyway.

• The owner of that gun was a professional gambler.  In 1876, west of St. Louis, the gun's owner was playing poker with several members of the Hermonos gang. Willy Beauregard Hermonos laid down his cards, showing: Ace of Spades, Ace of Hearts, and three 10's.  Willy then threw down his cards, which also had an Ace of Spades, and caught 'ol Willy red-handed cheating.  So, he shot Willy dead right there and proved to the others Willy was the cheater.  

LOL - could have happened that way - guns don't lie!!!
 
 

Kobia2 » 11 Jan 2024, 3:06 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:06 pm

             Here's one for ya

Lord, that's fugly!  Try and explain that to a Jury.
 

Kobia2 » 11 Jan 2024, 3:04 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:04 pm

            I'm enjoying this Gun Thread, but for some reason it isn't showing in the list with the rest of the topic threads... Any ideas why? 

I hit the "peanut gallery" button when I created it.  Also, I pinned it to the top for awhile. Not sure if either of those have any bearing on your not seeing it.
 

Skans » 11 Jan 2024, 3:17 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:17 pm

I hit the "peanut gallery" button when I created it.  Also, I pinned it to the top for awhile. Not sure if either of those have any bearing on your not seeing it.

It reminds me of a womans weapon-  My antigue  Singer sewing machine...
It was so beautiful and ornate- i gave it away... to some one who went nuts over it-
It was converted over to electric- nasty father built a wood base... some times you have to let things go?  
of course if  were a man - who was old and ornate- i wouldn't let him go    

  
 
 

sootedupCyndi » 11 Jan 2024, 3:26 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:26 pm

It reminds me of a womans weapon-  My antigue  Singer sewing machine...
It was so beautiful and ornate- i gave it away... to some one who went nuts over it-
It was converted over to electric- nasty father built a wood base... some times you have to let things go?  
of course if  were a man - who was old and ornate- i wouldn't let him go    

Wow!  That is a beautiful old Singer sewing machine.  I have never seen one that ornate or in such good condition. The wood base actually looks nicely crafted. Singer made a limited run of guns - they are not nearly as pretty as that sewing machine, but they are the "holy grail" of 1911 collectors:


 

Skans » 11 Jan 2024, 3:16 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:16 pm

Lord, that's fugly!  Try and explain that to a Jury.

          That little Pink Pocket Pistol might be easier to explain than this Gay Pride Glock..... 
    One can only imagine the Flamingo Warrior whos packing this piece. 

      

       
 

Kobia2 » 11 Jan 2024, 4:33 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 4:33 pm

          That little Pink Pocket Pistol might be easier to explain than this Gay Pride Glock..... 
    One can only imagine the Flamingo Warrior whos packing this piece. 

      

       

Who comes up with this stuff?  There's a reason guns are black.  Black guns don't offend people, they just kill 'em.
 

Skans » 11 Jan 2024, 4:37 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 4:37 pm

Who comes up with this stuff?  There's a reason guns are black.  Black guns don't offend people, they just kill 'em.

HA!
I bet that will be a collector gun and worth a ton some day
As a reminder of how weird our era was.
We'll be dead.
 

Skans » 11 Jan 2024, 2:52 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 2:52 pm

What about this one, Cyndi, (not mine), I think it is trying to tell us a story....


 

That looks cool but I'm wondering about the story, when you see the cards, it's only 2 aces, not 4, was that a winning hand or a losing one and whose hand was it, of the owner of the gun?


 
 

Jantje_Smit » 12 Jan 2024, 2:09 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2024, 2:09 am

That looks cool but I'm wondering about the story, when you see the cards, it's only 2 aces, not 4, was that a winning hand or a losing one and whose hand was it, of the owner of the gun?

              The hand is a pair of Aces & 8s, known as the "Dead Man's Hand".... This was reportedly the Hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot & killed .... Below the Cards you see the Initials W B H (Wild Bill Hickok) with a Cross and the Year 1876 which was when he was killed..... So it was definitely a Losing Hand. 

 

Kobia2 » 12 Jan 2024, 2:27 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2024, 2:27 am

              The hand is a pair of Aces & 8s, known as the "Dead Man's Hand".... This was reportedly the Hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot & killed .... Below the Cards you see the Initials W B H (Wild Bill Hickok) with a Cross and the Year 1876 which was when he was killed..... So it was definitely a Losing Hand. 

 

Oh, I didn't know that, the "Dead Man's Hand", I googled the story, that is definitely a losing hand...

 


 
 

Jantje_Smit » 12 Jan 2024, 2:09 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2024, 2:09 am

That looks cool but I'm wondering about the story, when you see the cards, it's only 2 aces, not 4, was that a winning hand or a losing one and whose hand was it, of the owner of the gun?

Good questions.  I would say that was the gun owner's hand.  And, yes, it was a winning hand.  It's not just 2 aces but also a pair of 8's.  Now, the real question is "why is there a grave marker next to this hand?" - - well, that's the story I was trying to tell.  I say someone cheated and got BANG BANG BANG!!!
 
 

Kobia2 » 12 Jan 2024, 2:27 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2024, 2:27 am

              The hand is a pair of Aces & 8s, known as the "Dead Man's Hand".... This was reportedly the Hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot & killed .... Below the Cards you see the Initials W B H (Wild Bill Hickok) with a Cross and the Year 1876 which was when he was killed..... So it was definitely a Losing Hand. 

OH, SNAP!!!  Brilliant deductive reasoning there, Kobia.  Gotta give you some greenies for that. 

I had to go and read the story about that.  Fascinating!!!  So, the hand had nothing to do with WBH getting shot in the back of the head.  It just happened to be the hand he was holding when a player he beat the night before came up on him and shot him point blank in the back of the head.  The real story is much better than the one I made up.
 
 

sootedupCyndi » 11 Jan 2024, 3:26 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2024, 3:26 pm

It reminds me of a womans weapon-  My antigue  Singer sewing machine...
It was so beautiful and ornate- i gave it away... to some one who went nuts over it-
It was converted over to electric- nasty father built a wood base... some times you have to let things go?  
of course if  were a man - who was old and ornate- i wouldn't let him go    

        That really brought back memories..... 
My grandma (Dad's side) was a seamstress and had her workshop / studio set up in the basement of my grandparents home on Long Island.. She had several sewing machines, including a couple that looked much like this.. She was well known and in demand amongst fashion designers & clothing manufacturers....  They would bring her their Sketches and  Models, and she'd make the original dresses used in the Fashion Shows, or as the prototype for manufacturers to base production on & photograph and put in catalogs.. She custom made dresses / wedding dresses for many celebrities from the 1930s through the 1970s...    She also hand sewed the Bathing Suits for the USA Olympic Swim Team on 2 or 3 occasions... 
 

Kobia2 » 12 Jan 2024, 10:05 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2024, 10:05 am

        That really brought back memories..... 
My grandma (Dad's side) was a seamstress and had her workshop / studio set up in the basement of my grandparents home on Long Island.. She had several sewing machines, including a couple that looked much like this.. She was well known and in demand amongst fashion designers & clothing manufacturers....  They would bring her their Sketches and  Models, and she'd make the original dresses used in the Fashion Shows, or as the prototype for manufacturers to base production on & photograph and put in catalogs.. She custom made dresses / wedding dresses for many celebrities from the 1930s through the 1970s...    She also hand sewed the Bathing Suits for the USA Olympic Swim Team on 2 or 3 occasions... 

LOL. I know. My grandmother too. She sewed fancy ice skating costumes.. everything.. she lived out on long island. HOOT That's where I come from. No one sews anymore!
 

Skans » 12 Jan 2024, 8:57 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2024, 8:57 am

OH, SNAP!!!  Brilliant deductive reasoning there, Kobia.  Gotta give you some greenies for that. 

I had to go and read the story about that.  Fascinating!!!  So, the hand had nothing to do with WBH getting shot in the back of the head.  It just happened to be the hand he was holding when a player he beat the night before came up on him and shot him point blank in the back of the head.  The real story is much better than the one I made up.

         Hickok and his Gunfighting exploits & duels were legendary... He was of Rockstar fame in his heyday ---- but was a broken, near penniless shadow of himself at the time he was killed... Love those Old West Characters, and the Firearms connected to them... Great Americana 

         This Gun is one of the pair of Ivory handled Colt Model 1851 Revolvers HIckok famously carried... He wore the pair tucked in his Belt (no Holster) with the Handles facing Forward because he was a Cross Draw shooter.... 




 
 

Kobia2 » 12 Jan 2024, 10:28 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2024, 10:28 am

         Hickok and his Gunfighting exploits & duels were legendary... He was of Rockstar fame in his heyday ---- but was a broken, near penniless shadow of himself at the time he was killed... Love those Old West Characters, and the Firearms connected to them... Great Americana 

         This Gun is one of the pair of Ivory handled Colt Model 1851 Revolvers HIckok famously carried... He wore the pair tucked in his Belt (no Holster) with the Handles facing Forward because he was a Cross Draw shooter.... 

Old Colt Dragoon - pre-cartridge black powder pistol.  Nothing fancy about it, just a solid shooting piece of iron for the day.  I'm a bit surprised he opted for this over the Remington NMA 1858


I was surprised to read WBH only lived to be 39 years old.  What a rough life!

POM » 08 Jan 2024, 4:38 pm » wrote: ↑

08 Jan 2024, 4:38 pm

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