Kreyzhorse
New member
Good morning TFL.
My buddy and I were talking this weekend about old guns and I mentioned that I occasionally carry my Colt 1908 Vest Pocket product ed in 1919. The gun itself is in very good shape, 95% blueing with all the case hardening intact. The gun is beautiful, accurate and fun as hell to shoot. The gun gives me great joy.
He thinks I'm crazy for carrying it both because of it's condition and age.
That got me thinking, who else occasionally or full time carries an older gun. What do you carry and why?
I carry the Colt because of it's age. I wonder where it's been, who carried it and think of all the things through history it has been silent witness too. To me, it would a shame that my part of the gun's history would be nothing more than occasionally looking at it and even less occasionally shooting it.
My buddy and I were talking this weekend about old guns and I mentioned that I occasionally carry my Colt 1908 Vest Pocket product ed in 1919. The gun itself is in very good shape, 95% blueing with all the case hardening intact. The gun is beautiful, accurate and fun as hell to shoot. The gun gives me great joy.
He thinks I'm crazy for carrying it both because of it's condition and age.
That got me thinking, who else occasionally or full time carries an older gun. What do you carry and why?
I carry the Colt because of it's age. I wonder where it's been, who carried it and think of all the things through history it has been silent witness too. To me, it would a shame that my part of the gun's history would be nothing more than occasionally looking at it and even less occasionally shooting it.