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Seeker of Blue
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http://seekblue.com

That's 499 singers to go...

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I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning...

Couldn't resist huh?. Now if I were you I wouldn't couldn't resist either. I was at an antique store yesterday and I saw a old Singer sewing maching. I was tempted to buy it just because. It's tag said it was made in 1941, I really was tempted because it was so close to the time when the 1911's started coming out. Maybe it sounds silly but what the heck. Besides, with only 500 singers out there and lord know how many are really left a quick scribble about a sewing machine couldn't hurt. BTW it still worked. But I also saw an Old Remington Rand Typewriter and that thing was tempting too. Lots of neat history to be found if we look around a bit. I'm still hoping for a box of 1911 parts at an antique store labled "We don't know what it is" $5.00. It's nice to dream.

I saw the other pictures you posted on that singer, No words here to express what that gun means. Thanks for sharing them.

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"Slow down, you'll get a more harmonious outcome...."
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"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." - Jeff Cooper

Seeker of Blue,

Went to your web site/collection.
You know, I can only say WOW. You have done us all a service by your work!!!

kj1

On the sewing machine meentioned earlier, I inherited a piece of furniture, which had a Singer machine in it. Unfortunatelly, the machine is long gone, but that piece of furniture is sitting proudly in my living room. Here is a pciture of it:



They no longer make things like they did back then.

(Off topic, but Singer-related, sorry, some times I have to brag too and since I have no USGI pistols to brag about....)

Rgds

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John Caradimas SV1CEC
The M1911 Pistols Organization
http://www.m1911.org

It's a beautiful piece, John.

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"Slow down, you'll get a more harmonious outcome...."
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"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." - Jeff Cooper

The learning curve here is more than I'm use to. I only recently learned that Singer only made 1911's during 1941. I knew they only made 500. But for some reason I thought they made them all the way through 1945. Okay I'll admit that I'm not the brightest bulb in the lamp. It never made sense to me that they could produce 1911's so slowly and make much difference for the war effort. Okay now you have a sort of off topic Singer story to tell about a guy that loves the 1911 enough to not ask any questions. .
Laugh if you must, but I'm not going to stop looking for that 1943 Singer that seems to have gotten away. Stay tuned to my posts for continued
BONE head thoughts