I was at the Ranger museum in 1999, if you are a 1911 lover, and you know you are, you owe it to yourself to go there. Also have some Bonnie and Clyde weapons on display.
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I was at the Ranger museum in 1999, if you are a 1911 lover, and you know you are, you owe it to yourself to go there. Also have some Bonnie and Clyde weapons on display.
was just looking at my pics from the museum earlier today some reason its just guns go figure
I just noticed this thread and I decided it has enough great material to warranty it becomes a sticky. Keep photos coming folks.
Thanks John...I'll dig up some more pictures.
Metro Arms American Classic Commander Hard Chrome .45 acp
Ruger GP-100 6" Stainless .357
The 1911 was popular early on with the Texas Rangers as seen in this photo of Jules Baker's .45
Metro Arms American Classic Commander Hard Chrome .45 acp
Ruger GP-100 6" Stainless .357
Metro Arms American Classic Commander Hard Chrome .45 acp
Ruger GP-100 6" Stainless .357
Metro Arms American Classic Commander Hard Chrome .45 acp
Ruger GP-100 6" Stainless .357
Can't help but notice there isn't one gun in the collection that has FCS. Them rangers was common sense boys.
What is FCS?Originally Posted by USMC69
Front cocking serrations. In recent times, a lot of 1911's have been produced with cocking serrations on the back AND front of the slide. Custom and most semi-custom houses like Ed Brown, Baer, etc. will offer the option of eliminating the front serrations for custom builds.
I found it noteworthy that none of the pistols in the OP's collage appeared to have the front serrations. I don't recall whether "traditional" 1911's had the fronts or not, but I happen to be one of the "clean slide" guys that doesn't see the need for FCS. I also found it interesting that most, if not all of the pistols pictured had the mil-spec sights on them - again, I don't know if that's due to the lack of availability of adjustable/fixed "modern" rear sights and front blades, or that's the way the boys back in the day liked them. Cool pics, though.
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