http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/grou...rc=gr%26.view=t

Okay I don't know if this is right but somehow it seems that the picture comes up.

1911SS
The screen that I get asks for an ID and password.
JP

oops sorry. I'm guessing I did it wrong.

Ya, it takes you to a Yahoo Site, so you have to register with Yahoo ... but it's the same thing as having Yahoo mail, etc.
Good looking layout of the picture besides the firearm itself.

http://www.hunt101.com/showphoto.php?photo=185418 okay I've gone a different route. This is FrankenRand with some other stuff.

Great shot. It popped right up that time, and even had a good shot of a blade marked M3. I have owned quite a few M3's over the years, but the one I still regret selling was a bladed marked and dated Kinfolks in the M6 sheath. Some 25 or 30 years ago I bought it at a garage sale for $5 and when a collector offered $75 I though he was crazy. Would still love to have that one back.

great I'm starting to get the hang of it. Those M-3's aren't too hard to find but they are getting tough to pay for. They are starting to really get pricy. My Grandmother on her death bed sold me the one in the picture. Just kidding I can't resist somtimes. I'm trying to get a decent collection of WW II items before they go much higher. Building up this Rand has really peaked my interest in these things. I'm finding that I like my Remington but I'm not going to be totally happy until I get an origional. You know one that you don't shoot too much. I'm working on it. Believe me there will be a picture of it the moment I am successful.

The guard marked M3's are fairly common; the blade marked are getting hard to find, and the blade marked and dated are near impossible. The M6 sheaths have certainly become had to find also.

Now that leads to another level, I'm not sure which one I have. It doesn't have a date on it. It's got the flaming bomb stamp on the handle. There are all sorts of armory numbers that have been applied and painted over and new numbers over them. Awhile back I would have thought the right thing to do would be clean it up and repaint it but now I know better. I've found out all sorts of interesting things. Like I use to call it rust now it's patina. With the little bit of knowledge that I have now I can talk myself into damn near anything, so the hunt continues.

Great pistol. Now if you wanted to show us the picture in your message, all you had to do, is right-click on the address bar of your browser, and copy it (like you did to show the URL to us). Then come back to your post and add [img]the_URL[/img] and presto.

Glad you made it.

Rgds

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