Idiot Scratch
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Let me get my baby pictures.
He must have been a slow learner!
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I've seen some 'idiot scratch'ed guns but never one as bad as this. It's even scratched on the slide. Sorry it had to happen to a 1916 vintage Sprignfield Armory M 1911. Can anyone top this for ugly?
That's terrible, just horrible. Goes way past ugly.
I know you are ashamed of that. Bet you put it up out of sight when company comes, don't you? I don't blame you.
Tell you what. Seeing as how a good many folks think I'm an idiot, send that ol' thing to me. It'll suit my lifestyle just fine. I'll figure out something to use it for, and you'll never have to look at it again.
GyMac
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I saw a Luger with a red dot sight mounted on it.
I think that puts the OP's complaint in a more realistic perspective.
The "Idiot Scratch" was fairly common when I was "Employed" by Uncle Sam. Mostly with 1911s that recruits were being taught to field strip 1911s..
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Grayfox
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Those scratches are so common, I thought they came from the factory that way. 
Besides, that ain't ugly, that's character.
Besides, that ain't ugly, that's character.
Targets Guy
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So far so good.
331 rounds down range.
331 rounds down range.
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LEO918
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Installation of the slide stop does take a certain "touch", but once you have it you're good to go.
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I have a couple of 1911's. I know how to reassemble without scratching, but my Combat Elite does have a very slight scratch from one time I was reassembling.
I shoot my guns a lot, and to me, the "idiot scratch" is not a big deal.
As for a gun that was actually issued to the armed forces, well, who knows the history. There may have been a time when the pristine finish of a Government issued sidearm was that last thing the soldier cared about!
I try not to abuse my guns, but they will get scratches, dings, and so on. Guns are nice to look at, but they are more fun to handle and shoot often.
I shoot my guns a lot, and to me, the "idiot scratch" is not a big deal.
As for a gun that was actually issued to the armed forces, well, who knows the history. There may have been a time when the pristine finish of a Government issued sidearm was that last thing the soldier cared about!
I try not to abuse my guns, but they will get scratches, dings, and so on. Guns are nice to look at, but they are more fun to handle and shoot often.
DocB
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I actually put a small nick on one about ten years ago and I'm a fairly high-end gun smith. It came from the factory so packed full of brown grease it wouldn't function. I had no choice but to tear it into pieces. Fortunately it was my gun.
Vulcan Bob
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Yeah I hate to see it too! I bought a pristine Satin Nickel pre 80 series Colt Combat Commander a few years ago. Except for the "idiot scratch"! Don't show it much any more as I always get the "nice idiot scratch" comment, when I tell em that I bought it that way I get a, oh sure you did.
Arik
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I don't really care about them or even notice them really. To me they are all ment to be used.....a lot! However I try not to put that scratch into my 1911 only because of the stigma it carries when trading in or selling. Any other scratch and it's oh well it is used after all. But that particular scratch somehow means that the gun was used as a boomerang for remotely detonating land mines
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Comrad
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That's terrible, how can you stand owning it. Please send it to me right away I hate to see you suffering.
We fail to understand that the "idiot" may have been
in a trench somewhere on the Western Front during WWI.
Things may have been a bit hectic...you know, like,
bullets buzzin around, mustard gas that sort of thing.
in a trench somewhere on the Western Front during WWI.
Things may have been a bit hectic...you know, like,
bullets buzzin around, mustard gas that sort of thing.
