Al Capone 1911 - New in the box from Turnbull

[gb6491]

Saw this and thought it might be of interest to some folks here (pricey, but pretty cool,...well at least IMO:)):
http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/al-capone-1911-new-in-the-box-from-doug-turnbull-new-gun-review/
Regards,
Greg

[mr surveyor]

I just read the GA email tonight myself. That looks like a really nice offering in the 1918 model. I would love to have one, but I would love more to have eyesight that was correctable enough to see the original style tiny blade front sight. The $1900 per copy is a bit much, but it's probably worth it.

[berettabone]

Nice looking, but you'd have to watch out for hammer bite.............

[Bawanna]

I'd smile ear to ear every time that beautiful thing bit me.

[DeaconKC]

Sweet, nobody does it better than Turnbull for "period" guns.

[Ghostsoldier]

That is a beaut!

Rob

[muggsy]

I had one just like it made in 1913. I gave it to my #1 son. No bawanna, I'm not going to adopt you.

[Bawanna]

I had one just like it made in 1913. I gave it to my #1 son. No bawanna, I'm not going to adopt you.

But Daddy! Why don't you luv me no mo?

I knew you never liked me, never did, never will.

I got to fondle a 1913 last Thanksgiving. Got to give it a good detail cleaning, first cause it was dirty and again after I drooled all over it.
Sure like to call it my own, just leaked history all over everything.

[JohnR]

I got to handle a "period" 1911 last weekend, along with a military .38 revolver, Thompson, and a Garand. At Ft. Clinch on Amelia Island they had a veterans day shebang with weapons from the Revolution to today. Gatling gun too.

The 1911 was a typical armorer's Frankengun, parts and pieces. They took out the firing pins from all of them so you could rack the slide and pull the trigger.

[VN Vet]

I think that bite is what made Capone so good at being mean.

[Ghostsoldier]

I got to handle a "period" 1911 last weekend, along with a military .38 revolver, Thompson, and a Garand. At Ft. Clinch on Amelia Island they had a veterans day shebang with weapons from the Revolution to today. Gatling gun too.

The 1911 was a typical armorer's Frankengun, parts and pieces. They took out the firing pins from all of them so you could rack the slide and pull the trigger.

That was probably my crew, the Camp Blanding Historical WW2 Museum. I usually work that event, manning the tables and doing the blank firing demo (when the park allows them to have it)...I had other plans this last weekend, though, and missed out. I've been a volunteer with them going on 12 years now, living only about 7 miles from the museum; we also do a big Memorial Day shindig there at Clinch every year, too.

I can vouch that most of the display weapons we have will live fire (excepting that 1911 and the revolvers), having carried the Thompson and the BAR in many living history battles, much to the chagrin of my aching back and feet, lol. As a matter of fact, that FA M1A1 Thompson is what give me the desire to own my own, albeit semi-auto, version. :cool:

Rob

[Longitude Zero]

Nice looker. But the claim of most accurate not so much.