Tuesday, March 29, 2011

100 years

Still going strong

3 comments:

  1. If one could take the pistol pictured in this post back in time 100 years and hand it to a U.S. soldier, it would still be recognized as the 1911 pistol. For all intents and purposes, semi-automatic pistol design solidified with the advent of this gun: all a variants in some fashion.

    That is why a 100 year old design can still look modern.

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  2. "An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age." - Obi-wan Kenobi

    Words which apply equally to the 1911 as to the lightsaber, as far as I'm concerned.

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