I don't understand the whining. Don't buy one!

Where else can you find a gun that was part of history at a decent price? Yes, $1000 is a lot of money. Imagine if they went straight to the highest bidder so they could sell them on Gunbroker for $2000 each?

If I wanted one, which I don't, I gladly give $1000 for a piece of history.

Many of us vets qualified and/or carried them on duty. Is a $1000 to much to ask to bring those long past memories back?
I don't think so.

Years ago I met a WWII vet at a gun range. In his 80's, hands shaking badly, gun wavering from one side to the other. He could still hit his target at 7 yards with the Colt he brought after the war. He let me shoot it. It rattled. The sights stunk. The bluing worn. But when the gun barked, it did so loudly, reliably, and accurately.

That old man was proud to have it and proud he could still shoot it.

Now translate that to a still living vet or one of their sons or daughters that remember "ole slab sides" and now have a chance to own one.

It's not always about the money.

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