>>>>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/01/obama-administration-reverses-course-forbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/
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>>>>Yep - those Garands with the high capacity clip... uh... ummm.... yeah.
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>>>>I can see folks holding up the liquor store or hijacking a plane with a Garand... uh.. duhhh.. When they really want to be sneaky they'll haul out the 03A3 Springfield..
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>>>>Right up there with the assult weapons ban - ban weapons that look scary.
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>>>My favorite:
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>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_92
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>>>(or the Taurus PT92) It's a semi-automatic. I guess the administration will make those illegal as well? You still have to pull the trigger every time you fire. So what is considered a "high capacity" magazine? 15 rounds? 40 rounds? This is just ridiculous. Besides, when someone who cannot own a gun tries to apply for one, the types of guns most often denied are semiautomatic pistols with short barrels and of medium caliber, not the M1 carbine or garand....
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>>I've always been a fan of the old reliable Colt government model 1911. I have one that was originally my grandfathers' when he was in the service. I've updated it with a target trigger, sights, shock-buff, and a vented barrel. Parkerized it too. Very accurate and pretty slick looking too!
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>>My favorite rifle was an FN-LAR (I'll give Belgium credit for doing something right). I had one for years and it was so accurate we started to think it was haunted. I wound up selling it when I needed cash :(
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>>Of course then they were banned because they looked scary.
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>Another vote for the elegance of the 1911. As automatics go, its a beauty.
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>My favorite wheel gun - not for beauty - that would be the 1848 3rd model Dragoon of which I own only a shooting replica - is the Colt Python. I had one with custom grips ( I have *really* large hands and that is always a problem for me in web to fingertip length) in .357 mag I used for competition and carry and it just felt right.

Are you into black powder shooting? I've been thinking about getting into it.