Recent content by Retired W4

That 11-4 is not often found around here. Plenty of BSR's, but the 11-4...not so much.

Turn around is about 2 1/2-3 months.

One more. That spot below the logo wipes off.

S&W's current re-blue of a 19-3. They applied NO rework marks.

When you are done gathering all the 57's you will have to start on the 58's. S&W made it easy for you. 4: barrel only.

I have a G.S.P. 28-2 coming home now from S&W. I will make a point of photographing it as well when it arrives.

My gun show partner took possession of the gun before I could take pictures. I'll get him to send me a couple pics today. It looks pretty good, especially concidering how bad the gun looked before I sent it off.

You have good taste in drummers. I saw Elvin, live at the Light House in 1971. I think it was Archie Shepp in the lead but I was too fascinated by Mr. Jones to remember. I grew up listening to Coltrane (Meditations, etc.) and developed a weird sense of time signature because of it. Then came...

Annoy your doctor, ask about ___________ (fill in the blank) to see if it's right for you.

I often thought of the kids in Viet Nam. I took these photos while our flight was parked by an orphanage, waiting for the pick up call, Don't remember the name of the village but it was 1970.

Amen Brother.

From the keyboard of a retired Warthawg pilot. "Hey, dad. That's hilarious. I certainly didn't mind the amenities that got us that reputation. Haha. I do think it was pretty generous to lump the navy in with the Marines. They're pretty casual when they're not underway. Ha."

For the airplane enthusiast. One of the five King Air 100's the Army owned. We had all five at NAS Dallas, 1st/158th Avn. Regt.

The Army actually had some 310's when I was at Adams Field. They had one at the Reserve Flight Facility at Norman, OK. Also, the DEA station at Adams Fld. had a 310 and a real OH-6. I would fly with the DEA pilot in the 310 when he needed some hood time. No unusual attitudes, just a couple...

Palm swell on Non-relieved Targets from the first half of the 1950's, before cokes were introduced. Note the checkering pattern does not go below the butt. (also a key feature of cokes). This example is a little more pronounced than others.