Recent content by votan

what a good looking M1. it cleaned up nice.

if a colt 1917 is park'd it's an arsenal refinish. all original ones were blued.

colt 1917s in original candition have really taken off. i saw one at a show recently looking like yours for $425. the big thing is if it's mechanically sound. there aren't many people who work on the old new service action and parts can be hard to come by.

given equal condition a navy marked VM will be worth more than a non marked VM.

condition and originality are always the most important things. if you have to make excuses or there is some "story" it's red flag time. i wouldn't worry a moment about having a "combat" pistol. defending a plant here in the states was part of the war effort. besides, it's hard to document a...

i never said i thought ETs built anything nor did i say it was impossible to accomplish with the rescources at the time. in fact, i said i believe the ancient egyptians were capable of accomplishing anything they se their minds to. i said that we can't replicate these structures today and given...

scoot a 2 ton stone? how do you get it 300 feet in the air? how bout making a mud "scoot" and going over it 2.5 million times? i think it would be a bog in about 3 tries. how do we scoot an 80 ton block? 2000 tons? unlimted man power? where does everyone stand? the fact is we have NO idea how...

that's the thing. modern scientists haven't figured it out. the egyptians had the 'streaching of the cord' ceremony and they were astute observers and astronomers. but how do you move 80 ton blocks and lift them 100-200 feet in the air, position them and lower them in 2500 BC? how do you cut...

i have a degree in archaeology. there is a lot of weirdness in the ancient past that modern science can't explain. the pyramids are a popular example. we couldn't build them today. at baalbek in lebanon there is the roman temple of jupiter built on top of an earlier site that has huge 1,500 ton...

don't dooo it!!! don't even think of trading an N frame, either!

looks good. how cool are the folks who hooked you up?