What is your favorite idiotic story from the OLD board?

[rlc_hntr]

I enjoyed the story about a "David Buhn" 1911 pistol traveling east to west and slowly becoming a better conditioned firearm as it traveled west. I called this story "Fantastic Voyage." This story was from around June of 1999.
Please enjoy!
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Gentlemen,
I wish to relate to you a most fantastic voyage. While attending a Gun show in March or early April of this year, I and a small group of collectors were attending a Show in South Florida. We often meet at these shows and spend the mourning buying and searching for collectible firearms. We know most of the dealers and their same old, tired stuff. On this day, we were called over to a table of a vendor that we, all know well, and are buddies with. Today he had a "special" commercial grade early 1911 to show us. We all took turns holding and viewing the piece. It was a Commercial Colt manufactured in 1912 with a low three digit serial number (# C 899). It was still Blued and in 75%-80% condition. The slide was blued as well; however, it was discolored on the top and along the left and right upper rear of the slide only. This discoloring looked as if the bluing was faded and browning. The pattern of the discoloration appeared as if some one had grabbed the slide and had pulled it back from the top. They may have left their oily, sweaty hand prints on the slide, never to wipe it off before it was stored in the humidity of South Florida. This is only a guess, never the less, the slides finish was in poor shape, but, the frame was not affected. The slide itself was not rusted and the marking were as crisp and untouched as the day it had left the factory. The discoloration was quiet noticeable, even from a distance. The vendor wanted $2500.00 for the piece and we all declined. But, we remembered the piece because of its low serial number (# C 899) and the Pinto Pony colored slide. Our vendor friend did not sell the 1911 and traveled to the Houston Gun show in May to set up a table and sell his wares. At the show he met a well known Expert/Dealer. This dealer is nationally known for dealing in 1911's and 1911A1's and hails from Long Beach, California. This Expert/Dealer purchased/traded for the piece (# C 899) and took it back to California. The gun seems to get better and better as it travels west. I got an E mail from two guys in our small group, today. It turns out that the Colt 1911 (# C 899) is up for sale in the Expert/Dealer's latest catalog of "COLLECTABLE FIREARMS". I understand the condition of (# C 899) is listed as 97% ORIGINAL Colt blue and is NOW up for sale for approximately $ 6000.00. If this canonized firearm were to continue its westward voyage to Hawaii, it may become 100% “MINT" and unfired. My other collecting friend said, " If (# C899) were to ever reach Midway Island, It would then obtain its original Kraft box and be listed for $10, 000.00 “CAVEAT EMPTOR"

[1-12 INF (M)]

Does anyone have the Pedersen Device story? I'd like to read that one.

"Well, I guess it's for training or something. Dunno. Do you think it's worth fifty bucks?"

[tanker trash]

"Danish" anyone?

[Rick Cummelin]

I dunno if this was idiotic but it was still entertaining. The fake or real cartouche wars got pretty interesting

And pretty infuriating too. The cartouche wars on CSP really split the folks into two camps. One camp supporting those people who knowingly sold fake cartouches, and the other camp, like myself, who had a total disdain for fakers and purveyors of fakes. Actually, the cartouche wars pretty much destroyed my enjoyment of the CSP forums, and I seldom bothered to even lurk there, let alone post much after they were over and an uneasy truce declared.

[Ron H.]

"Cast vs. forged" was always good for a squabble, as was, "Are the Polytech and Norinco M14s any good?" Another that I particularly liked was when someone who'd never shot a match in his life would come up with some variation of, "I could beat those guys if they weren't allowed to use their [whatever object that he doesn't have]."

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

[Terry_B]

how about the guy who thought the stain on his receiver was probably blood from the original owner getting shot or some such nonsense. I suggested dropping it at a homicide scene so the CSI people people would find it and trace the blood stain to the original soldier.

[TDH]

Now THAT IS odd.Only Gloria or one of the "monitors" could delete a post.

My question would be WHY ?? Unless 9 thousand four hunnert and ninety eleven guys blew the bandwidth trying to track down the poster to offer him fifty-five bucks for the rifle and a nickel a round for the ammo.

I actually MISS a good flame war once in a while.Sorta livens things up a bit.That dude who can't spell was usually good at initiating them(snicker,snicker,snicker).Gloria's"naughty language" was another fun thing.IF your vocabulary was up to it ;you could REALLY have some fun slagging some fool with dazzlingly outrageous verbal brickbats.A small example would be to quote that Old Parisian Taxi Driver slur that goes"mes compliments a mademoiselle votre mere"(my compliments to your UN-married mother) in other words he is an illegitimate child(i.e., a bas*ard) or to refer to someone as a "microcephalic" or perhaps a congenital idiot etc.One could have a LOT of fun with that silly program and send a legion of guys to google or scrambling to find their Webster's(IF indeed they owned one).Only problem was that the programme was sporadic and very VERY poorly written.

Ah well,"sic transit gloria mundi"(Latin)JR

I always found that this would confound most.

Excuse me sir. It's not one of my particular idiosyncrasies to make detremental statements about the legality of ones parental heritage but I certainly hope that when you return home this evening your mother crawls from beneath the porch and bites you.

[TDH]

I dunno if this was idiotic but it was still entertaining. The fake or real cartouche wars got pretty interesting

Those I don't miss.

[shooterm1]

who cares? its like missing an old car or that gun you should'na sold ...

its done, finished, - OVER - , and its probably a damn good thing too.

Like entropy, old age and socialism - rust eventually consumes everything that's worth having.

but now poking fun at certain people / well that's still worthwhile ...

[TdK]

I'll never forget the Cherry Picking brouhaha after the last Anniston gathering, there were some cherry late 3millions that were snapped up by a select few that were only missing the lockbar sights.

About 2 years later a couple of them magically appeared on the CSP Shopper (with Lockbars) for 3.5 times the original purchase price. The person who put the rifle up for sale was trying to run for the GCA board of directors.

He got called out by a guy named Jack Burns who promptly let every one know exactly what the hell was going on and much hilarity ensued.

Sometimes I miss those days but not usually.

It's nice to see some old friends back on here since the move!