jlwilson
Pre-takeoff checklist
For those that like 'gun porn', here's some good shots :wink2:
http://www.wilsoncombat.com/uniquegallery/unique/index.html
http://www.wilsoncombat.com/uniquegallery/unique/index.html
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Anthony
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Oh my word. Pure works of art. I'm saving my pennies for a Wilson Combat 1911.
In case others don't know, these are the best made firearms in the world. Pictures are worth 1,000 words.
Very nice Joyce. Thanks!
In case others don't know, these are the best made firearms in the world. Pictures are worth 1,000 words.
Very nice Joyce. Thanks!
gkainz
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Oh wow - what a gorgeous slideshow! 
Art VanDelay
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I looked at the wilsons but prefered and ended up buying an STI instead.
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I like that centennial edition. I'm sure I could get in lots of trouble for spending that much coin. Beautiful work.
Anthony
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Ted,
Wilsons are custom made firearms with a lot of hand finishing. They are very high end, with a price tag to match. They are VERY well thought of in the firearm world, especially the 1911's. You get what you pay for.
Wilson Combat, Les Baer and Ed Brown seem to be the upper strata of the custom 1911 market.
Wilsons are custom made firearms with a lot of hand finishing. They are very high end, with a price tag to match. They are VERY well thought of in the firearm world, especially the 1911's. You get what you pay for.
Wilson Combat, Les Baer and Ed Brown seem to be the upper strata of the custom 1911 market.
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They certainly look beautiful and if their form, fit, and function are anything like the looks, I can understand the price tag and am sure it is well worth the cost.
Unfortunately, my firearm budget is pretty low, so I'll have to drool for now.
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Unfortunately, my firearm budget is pretty low, so I'll have to drool for now.
There's the reason for a POA special...
jlwilson
Pre-takeoff checklist
I can probably talk our sales manager into the 'friends of Joyce' discount :wink2:but they don't let me do much with the gunshop. I just happened to find this section on the website and thought you all might enjoy the pictures. I get to see some of the specialty guns produced but not many of them. Keeping it somewhat aviation related, I got to fly Bill and our Sales Manager, John, down to Llano to present one of the Texas Ranger guns in person a year of so ago.
a year of so ago.
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Joyce,
Glad to see many of your 1911's don't have front slide serrations. I just don't like them. Guess I am a traditionalist. Its not that I won't buy a gun with them, I just perfer not to have them.
Glad to see many of your 1911's don't have front slide serrations. I just don't like them. Guess I am a traditionalist. Its not that I won't buy a gun with them, I just perfer not to have them.
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I'll say those things are so pretty it almost needs a disclaimer stating you have to be 18 or older to view the content.Oh wow - what a gorgeous slideshow!
But it also made me mad. When my father in law passed away one of his friends stole a few of his collectible guns. I had my eye on the 45 cal 1911 that he had. Or at least I would have liked to have seen it stay in the family instead of being auctioned off with many of the other guns. But the rat bastard "Friend" took it and we could never track him down.
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I hope that the cutting and pasting of this email I got is not going to cause anyone any problems. If it is, it can be deleted. I didn't know how else to get it here. There are some mighty nice looking guns in here, and maybe some suggestions on how to be able to afford them.
Photos of a Mexican Drug Lord's home after being Raided....
WOW, NO WONDER WE ARE LOSING THIS WAR...
Home of a Mexican Drug Lord being raided
Yes, That is cash piled on that table in the background!
Just a small collection of guns - these people are not really dangerous at all.....
Yes, that is real gold on these guns!
Gold and Titanium 45 Calibre semi automatic pistols - they found 16 like this
Go and kill in the name of the Lord my son! There was a matched pair of these found.
357 Magnum semi automatic with solid gold grips.
This guy had a better gun collection than most legitimate museums do
Just a quaint little villa in the hills - Drug money bought it all!
Man-made cave and hot tub inside the home
A collection of exotic animals - which were cared for in the grandest fashion by the way
8 Lions were on the property
A very rare Tiger
The back yard pool
Exotic art collection - some of which was illegal to own - some stolen
More guns than you could ever imagine!
This pile of cash before it was counted was estimated to be approximately 18 Billion Dollars!
After it was counted it turned out to be a little more than 22 Billion Dollars!
From another angle
Guns were hidden all over the house, along with ample ammo, just in case of trouble.
Stacks of cash were found in every nook and cranny...
This case is filled with 100 dollar Bills estimated to be 1/2 a million dollars and no
doubt headed out to make another drug by perhaps from the Columbians.
18 plastic bins filled with 100 dollar bills were found...
Another cabinet stack tight with cash - all 100's.
More 100's
Each of these stacks of 100's holds 250,000 (a quarter of a million dollars)!
They also had millions in Columbian money and Mexican Pesos although they preferred
American dollars for the most part.
There were even stacks of Chinese Yuan found in one closet.
More Gold machine guns and pistols - most were never fired, just held for collection value.
They just burned it all down!
The money and valuables found in this one house alone, would be enough to pay for health insurance for every man woman and child in the USA for 12 years!
There are believed to be approximately 27 more of these houses in Mexico alone,
not to mention the ones in other countries who are enriching themselves in the drug trade. These people have so much money, they make the Arab oil sheiks look like welfare recipients.
Their money can buy the best politicians, the best cops, the best judges, whatever they need they just throw down stacks of cash and it is theirs!
This is why the drug problem is so difficult to fight.
The Drug Enforcement Agency estimates that 90% of this money came from purchasers in the USA and without that market the business of the Drug Cartels would collapse. Mexico is not the problem, it's the USA that is the problem!
Photos of a Mexican Drug Lord's home after being Raided....
WOW, NO WONDER WE ARE LOSING THIS WAR...
Home of a Mexican Drug Lord being raided
Yes, That is cash piled on that table in the background!
Just a small collection of guns - these people are not really dangerous at all.....
Yes, that is real gold on these guns!
Gold and Titanium 45 Calibre semi automatic pistols - they found 16 like this
Go and kill in the name of the Lord my son! There was a matched pair of these found.
357 Magnum semi automatic with solid gold grips.
This guy had a better gun collection than most legitimate museums do
Just a quaint little villa in the hills - Drug money bought it all!
Man-made cave and hot tub inside the home
A collection of exotic animals - which were cared for in the grandest fashion by the way
8 Lions were on the property
A very rare Tiger
The back yard pool
Exotic art collection - some of which was illegal to own - some stolen
More guns than you could ever imagine!
This pile of cash before it was counted was estimated to be approximately 18 Billion Dollars!
After it was counted it turned out to be a little more than 22 Billion Dollars!
From another angle
Guns were hidden all over the house, along with ample ammo, just in case of trouble.
Stacks of cash were found in every nook and cranny...
This case is filled with 100 dollar Bills estimated to be 1/2 a million dollars and no
doubt headed out to make another drug by perhaps from the Columbians.
18 plastic bins filled with 100 dollar bills were found...
Another cabinet stack tight with cash - all 100's.
More 100's
Each of these stacks of 100's holds 250,000 (a quarter of a million dollars)!
They also had millions in Columbian money and Mexican Pesos although they preferred
American dollars for the most part.
There were even stacks of Chinese Yuan found in one closet.
More Gold machine guns and pistols - most were never fired, just held for collection value.
They just burned it all down!
The money and valuables found in this one house alone, would be enough to pay for health insurance for every man woman and child in the USA for 12 years!
There are believed to be approximately 27 more of these houses in Mexico alone,
not to mention the ones in other countries who are enriching themselves in the drug trade. These people have so much money, they make the Arab oil sheiks look like welfare recipients.
Their money can buy the best politicians, the best cops, the best judges, whatever they need they just throw down stacks of cash and it is theirs!
This is why the drug problem is so difficult to fight.
The Drug Enforcement Agency estimates that 90% of this money came from purchasers in the USA and without that market the business of the Drug Cartels would collapse. Mexico is not the problem, it's the USA that is the problem!
JOhnH
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Sorry, but it appears to have lost the point. When I posted it there were pictures there. I double checked after posting, but they seem to have since disappeared.
There were some pictures of some really beautiful looking, and some really mean looking guns. I thought it fit in well with the original post. The fact that they were interspersed among what was probably billions of dollars drug-dealer cash was an aside.
I wanted to post a link so it wouldn't take so much room but I didn't have the link. But I thought the whole thing was interesting so I took a risk and posted the whole thing. My apologies.
There were some pictures of some really beautiful looking, and some really mean looking guns. I thought it fit in well with the original post. The fact that they were interspersed among what was probably billions of dollars drug-dealer cash was an aside.
I wanted to post a link so it wouldn't take so much room but I didn't have the link. But I thought the whole thing was interesting so I took a risk and posted the whole thing. My apologies.
gkainz
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I've seen that email, too, John, and I do see how you felt it related - some unbelievably beautiful weapons there.
The reason the pictures appeared for you is that your paste included links to your mail server for the photos. Go up to your original post and click Quote to see the hmtl code.
The reason the pictures appeared for you is that your paste included links to your mail server for the photos. Go up to your original post and click Quote to see the hmtl code.