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A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'
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A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'
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Must of been before the S&W 460 or the S&W 500 came out!
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The one I rember was that a Ranger was packing a 1911 cocked and locked and someone asked if it was dangerous to carry it with the hammer back. He looked em in the eye and said, yup!
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My favorite Ranger quote is from Ranger Captain William J. McDonald. The story survives in many versions, but in all an impending riot leads to a call for Rangers. Ranger McDonald arrives, and when asked where are the others, he answers "there's only one riot."
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Originally posted by Vulcan Bob:
The one I rember was that a Ranger was packing a 1911 cocked and locked and someone asked if it was dangerous to carry it with the hammer back. He looked em in the eye and said, yup!
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Not to step on your post, but the way I heard it years ago was, when asked if the cocked and locked 1911 wasn't dangerous the reply was: "If it wasn't dangerous I wouldn't carry it!"
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Wasn't it a Texas Ranger who when asked "Are you carrying that gun because you expect trouble?" Replied: "No Maam, if I was expecting trouble I would be carrying a rifle."
If it wasn't a Ranger, it should have been !
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Vulcan Bob:
The one I rember was that a Ranger was packing a 1911 cocked and locked and someone asked if it was dangerous to carry it with the hammer back. He looked em in the eye and said, yup!
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Not to step on your post, but the way I heard it years ago was, when asked if the cocked and locked 1911 wasn't dangerous the reply was: "If it wasn't dangerous I wouldn't carry it!"
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I heard that one as well. In the version I heard the grip safety and been modified so that it didn't function.
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The Ranger with the modified Colt 1911 was
Ranger Charlie Miller.
He carried the 1911 on half-cock with a piece
of leather tired around the grip safety to de-activate it.
He carried the gun Mexican carry close to the front of his trousers.
When confronted by a new DPS range officer he asked..."Ranger Miller isn't that gun dangerous"
Miller replyed "Hell yes son, or I would not be wearin it"
Some of the better quotes came from persons about the Rangers.
John Wesley Hardin comes ro mind when the Rangers arrested him on a train in Florida.
Soon as he spotted the Rangers he yelled "Texas, By God" and was quickly arrested.
My fav is when Capt McDonald was sent to quell a riot in Brownsville Texas...Black soldiers were stationed there and they got crossways with the citizenship and lit-up a few.
After McDonald raided the soldiers camp a black soldier was interviewd by a reporter...
The soldier stated "Capt McDonald would charge hell with a bucket of water"...
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