Cholla Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 https://www.foxnews.com/tech/pistols-meteorite-auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 WOWZERS!! I think I'm in LUST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catlow4697 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 You wouldn't like them because they aren't snubbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I imagine the barrels, chambers and bolt components are made from metals with known strengths and springs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 My goodness, talk about legendary hardware! I was told years ago -- I was in maybe eighth grade, and the source was dubious, but never let the facts get in the way of a good story -- that when Jim Bowie had his famous fighting knife made, the smith forged in a meteorite, and when he presented the blade to Bowie, he said "This contains a little bit of Heaven and a little bit of Hell!" I'd have to agree that springs and barrels were likely made of known alloys. It was interesting to read the description of cutting the meteorite prior to forging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 I don't know how they made them. I thought all of the meteorite material was used to make Captain America's shield with none left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 17 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I imagine the barrels, chambers and bolt components are made from metals with known strengths and springs Looks to me like the slide stop, thumb safety and grip safeties are made with conventional material as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wapaloosie73 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Howdy, What those need is Mastodon grips. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Chili Ron said: Howdy, What those need is Mastodon grips. Best CR ... and a caveman like me to own one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I thought these were auctioned a couple of years ago? They must be up for sale again... From 2016: https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2016/06/01/revealed-cabots-4-5-million-meteorite-iron-1911s/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I thought these were auctioned a couple of years ago? They must be up for sale again... From 2016: https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2016/06/01/revealed-cabots-4-5-million-meteorite-iron-1911s/ Those were Cabots. These were custom-made by gunsmith Lou Biondo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 6 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Those were Cabots. These were custom-made by gunsmith Lou Biondo. They look the same to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 6 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: They look the same to me. They look close enough to be half-brothers. It's crazy to find meteorites large enough to be able to do this and to find buyers crazy enough to buy them. Good on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Well, call me crazy but I’d rather have a meteorite than a gun made out of a meteorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I’d rather have an Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 11 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I’d rather have an Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator. Unfortunately Moonbeam has prohibited everyone except aliens from possessing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 7/6/2019 at 12:01 PM, Utah Bob #35998 said: Well, call me crazy but I’d rather have a meteorite than a gun made out of a meteorite. I agree. As much as I like 1911s I'd never pay that much for something I can't even use, plus I have a thing for space rocks and volcanic rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 If you think about it hard enough, wouldn't just about any 1911 that's made of material native to this planet have 4 billion year old components? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 25 minutes ago, El Hombre Sin Nombre said: If you think about it hard enough, wouldn't just about any 1911 that's made of material native to this planet have 4 billion year old components? If you think about it even harder, those components were already several billion years old when they became native to this planet. As a matter of fact, you and I are quite literally 13.8 billion years old. Forty Rod may be even older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Eye Jim Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Different ones from the Cabots. Cabot seems to always make mirror pairs when they do special one offs like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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