50 Years ago
http://gunsmagazine.com/handgunning-50-years-ago/
I had been thinking about this off and on in the last few months. Today we've got so many plastic fantastics that pretty much copy each another. We used to get along just fine with fewer choices. A .45 was a 1911. You either had a Colt or a Smith revolver. Nowadays the younger set seems to think a person is unarmed if they carry a revolver. I'd rather carry a fixed sight .45LC S&W than Glock, but S&W doesn't listen to me.(The 69 in .45LC?)
You crotchety old Luddite!
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 16:32 (3051 days ago) @ Drago
You sound like me...
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Nice article. Thanks for the link. NT
by Bryan Pettet , Ft Worth, TX, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 20:02 (3051 days ago) @ Drago
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S&W 69 in .45ACP?
ya know...
the closest to that would be a Charter Arms Bulldog in .45ACP... and they actually make them... I might seriously consider them... Charter Arms isn.t too bad a gun... GRIN
S&W 69 in .45ACP?
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, Don.
I wish Smith had made the Model 22 in .45LC along with .45ACP. That or a Model 58 style in LC. But I'm a "crotchety old Luddite" who doesn't understand marketing.
Get a Heritage 45 Colt send it with hunert dollar bill to TK
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 15:21 (3050 days ago) @ Drago
Customs; 45ACP with moon clips and 45 colt on the rims... I did it to a 45 Colt Mountain Gun, worked great. ![[image]](images/uploaded/20160720202053578fdd2567bbc.jpg)
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Rob,
Can I borrow a hunert dollers?
Your single, have a cushy gubbmint job...
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, July 21, 2016, 10:38 (3050 days ago) @ Drago
while I am out here on my own hook saving money 70 dollars at a time, whilst supporting 5 families
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Your single, have a cushy gubbmint job...
So I guess that's a "no"? 
;-)
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, July 21, 2016, 18:19 (3049 days ago) @ Drago
come over I'll buy you dinner.
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Deal!;-)
Rob, thats a a nice looking sixgun! thanks for posting
by Fivegunner , LOWELL Mi., Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 18:06 (3050 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
Great way to spend money. 
Get a Heritage 45 Colt send it with hunert dollar bill to TK
that's nice but I've been hankerin for a K-frame / L-frame size 5-shooter in .45ACP.. that's why I specified a S&W 69 in .45acp...
and with your idea... I wonder if he could take a M69 and rechamber to .45acp or would the cylinder walls be too thin or the cylinder too small to make it work...
if Charter Arm's can make a 5-shot Bulldog in .45acp then it would seem like S&W could do the same with a M69 size 5-shooter...
would be nice...
meh, get an XDs in 45 ACp... better made they work and carry
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, July 21, 2016, 11:53 (3050 days ago) @ D. Sikes
like a J frame.
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We have a Shield .45acp coming in tomorrow.
Should run about $430. If it works well, I see XDs sales slumping a bit.
Otony
45 Shield check the magazines... see if they will fully load
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, July 21, 2016, 14:16 (3050 days ago) @ Otony
some of the local 45 Shields quit at 5 rounds...
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