Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Monday, September 20, 2010

1911

Animation of a .45 firing.

If you want to get a good look at the internals, first rotate the image so the barrel is pointing to the right. Play the image, then select cutaway and use the up arrow (or a mousewheel) to make the side transparent.

Not bad for a 100 year old design.

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BadTux said...

As you know, I'm a big fan of revolvers as personal defense weapons -- they're simple, idiot-proof (point the thing and pull the trigger, doh!), and reliable as bricks. No jams, no ejection failures, nada, they just work. But for automatics, the Colt 1911 is the closest thing to a revolver that I've ever encountered. Thing is pretty much as simple, reliable, and bullet-proof as an automatic can possibly be, which isn't surprising when you hear that one of the tests that was required when Browning designed it was that the thing be immersed in mud then fired -- a test which the AK-47, another classic design, also passes with flying colors, and which the new plastic guns like the M-16 and the Barretta 9mm fail big-time. Because, well, soldiers never encounter mud, right? Right?!

- Badtux the Well-armed Snarking Penguin

9/21/2010 10:28 PM

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