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Get Off My Lawn |
Colt Detective Special. I wouldn't sneeze at it even today. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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| The Constable |
I would be carrying school books, I was a senior in HS. | |||
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| Big Stack |
While that sounded like a good idea, I had it in my head that the Model 13 was newer than that. Looked it up. Started production in '74.
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Colt Commander or a S&W Model 36. 十人十色 | |||
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| Freethinker |
It’s interesting to think back to those days. The “would” in the original question assumes that it would have been legal to carry then, and most places it wasn’t without a permit that was generally very difficult to impossible to get. Not only do we have much better guns and ammunition to rely on for self-defense now, but in general the laws are far less restrictive across the country than they were in 1968. There are many things that I would like to be the same as they were then, but those two aren’t among them. ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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| Husband, Father, Aggie, all around good guy!  |
A new Browning High Power and I would put away several in safe keeping for the future. Then I would buy a FN FAL rifle or several. HK Ag | |||
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Probably a 1911 in .45. High Power is a nice gun, but hollow point technology only recently brought 9mm up to the effectiveness of today. | |||
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2 1/2 Smith 19 239 .40 229 .40/.357 226 SAO Legion 220-r 45 224 SAS .40 M11-A1 P938 Mosquito H&K P7 PSP Colt Delta Elite 10mm Colt Python S&W 629-1 S&W 41 NRA Patron Member NRA Certified Pistol Instructor/RSO | |||
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My thoughts as well. Plus the hipower trigger reach is too short for me. I'd carry a 1911 in .45, perhaps a lightweight commander. | |||
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If I were back in 1968 I would probably pick a good revolver in .357, either a K or N Frame Smith & Wesson. Not only was the ammunition not as effective but semi-automatic pistols weren’t as reliable. Some of my earliest gun memories (from the early 1970s) was when my dad and uncles would go shooting. It seemed like the shooters with the semi-autos would always have problems, while the revolvers usually kept on going and going and going. | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
Sort of. It also bears that policing was different in those days, and a lot of people carried concealed guns because they didn't fear the interaction with their local cops. Hell, in those days, people mostly knew their beat cops. | |||
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You're right; I was thinking they were an early '60s release. It was 1974. Make mine a Model 19 then.
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Commander in 38 Super would be cool! 45 probably more realistic. MPrimo Sigs, Glocks, 1911s, M&Ps ... well, you get the point! | |||
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| Member |
An excellent choice. | |||
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| The Quiet Man |
1968? Restricted to ammo and equipment of the time? Model 27 if concealment wasn't a primary issue. Model 36 if it was. | |||
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| Member |
BHP with the aforementioned Super-Vel 9mm, or the old Hirtenberger sub-gun ammo. Because... Rhodesian SAS. | |||
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Mod. 36 S&W | |||
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Telecom Ronin |
A Swenson built commander loaded with super vel. | |||
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S&W 76 full auto. Hey, time travel,..going to need firepower for the T80. | |||
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| Just mobilize it |
Why I’d carry my 1968 production year Smith Model 10 of course!  | |||
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