Show us your ? Post a pic!

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Ty

Discussion Starter · Jul 8, 2001

As some of you may know we had the NRA national in my neck of the woods this weekend. I did some trading this weekend and out went the 46 Colt in came a very nice 1943 Colt with matching numbers. I have detaile the gun in my gallery section on coolgunsite.com everything you need to educate your self prior to the purchase. So here is a pic, so how about yall posting som of yours? Please limit to USGI guns I am very interested to see what our group has out there. Sam=.455?, DSK=your latest? Red=1916? Love to see the prizes shared!

Cheers
Ty

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SamColtFan

· #2 · Jul 8, 2001

Hi Ty,
So how does one post pictures on this site? The Lend Lease Remington that I wrote to you about is a 45 ACP.
Thanks,
Sam

Ty

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 8, 2001

Here is the FAQ post that explains how to post a pic.
http://www.1911forum.com/ubb/Forum11/HTML/000003.html

Cheers
Ty

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dsk

· #4 · Jul 8, 2001

Here's my latest toy, also a '43 Colt. Only a few thousand numbers past Ty's as well. Holster is a WW2 Graton & Knight, web belt is Vietnam-era, and the mag pouch dates back to 1918.

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Redzone

· #5 · Jul 9, 2001

I'll get a picture real soon guys. Moneys all tied up at current. But I sure like seeing your guys gems. I feel so left out not being able to post photos
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45nut

· #6 · Jul 9, 2001

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Sorry guys, I haven't been getting around to the forums often. Not exactly U.S.G.I., but here's a pic or two (hopefully)of a 1918 Colt in .455 Eley...

Ty is my "inspiration", good Lord willing, and the money don't run out; I'll have as many of these beauties as he has!

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Ty

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jul 10, 2001

well its UKGI, close enough!
Like it!
Cheers
ty

45nut

· #8 · Jul 10, 2001

Dana-
That is a very nice pic of your Colt. How do you get such a clear shot where all the details--grip checkering, etc are so clear and without any reflection? I would like to take some much better pics of my Eley but I don't know how.

Thank you in advance ~nutty

dsk

· #9 · Jul 10, 2001

Lighting is everything, any professional photographer will tell you that. That and having a good camera. I have a Canon S-10 digital, and the default resolution is 1600x1200. At that resolution it's easy to shrink it down to 640x480 and get a high pixel count.

Regarding the light, it's a matter of practice and learning how sensitive your equipment is. For example, I have a real hard time taking pictures of my polished guns because the light reflects off of them, creating a glare. What you want is bright ambient light, not focused light in an otherwise dark environment. You also want to avoid intense light like bright sunlight. Under cover on a sunny day is best, such as what I used in the photo above.

45nut

· #10 · Jul 10, 2001

BTT...LETS SEE SOME MORE PICS...

Dana, thanks for the tips.....

Actually I don't have a camera yet, but the pics above were taken using a friend's Sony Mavica, which I'm told is a good camera? We tried to employ a lot of ambient light with what lights we had to work with inside the house, but you can see what we wound up with! I'll definitely keep experimenting--I guess that's the key to learning how to get really good shots--and try some outdoors as well.

Thanks again.
Sam

P J

· #11 · Jul 10, 2001

Hi guys. I'm new here, and have a picture I can post, but don't know how to do it. I read the instructions on the proper code to post an image, but not sure where to host my picture file.

Thanks!

Boomer

· #12 · Jul 10, 2001

Here's my Union Switch & Signal M1911A1, obviously circa 1943.

As a railroad employee myself, the fact that this pistol was produced by a predominant supplier of railroad equipment makes it all the more interesting to me. I see the Union Switch & Signal name all the time at work.

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Ty

Discussion Starter · #13 · Jul 10, 2001

PJ- Send me the pic I will host it on my site and send you the link to insert in the code.
Cheers
Ty

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Ty

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jul 10, 2001

ok, twist my arm....

Here is my 44 Rem Rand!

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Ty

Discussion Starter · #15 · Jul 11, 2001

Boomer- Welcome to the forum, you might want to remove that before DSK sees it as he has been wanting a US&S pretty bad!

Thanks for sharing!
Cheers
Ty

dsk

· #16 · Jul 11, 2001

That's okay guys, I've pretty much blown my wad for guns this summer. Nice US&S, though.

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Tony Gattuso

· #17 · Jul 13, 2001

It's not USgi but is sure looks and feels like one.....

Ok I gave up trying to get a picture link to work so here is a URL with severl photos IF yahoo is up and running.

Two of these guns are M1927s. One has been worked over and one is stock and just arrived from JLD about a month ago.
http://www.geocities.com/agattuso/weapons.html
Tony G

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gyp_c

· #18 · Jul 14, 2001

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Tony Gattuso

· #19 · Jul 18, 2001

ok let's try it THIS way....

this picture thing makes my head hurt....

From Ty: Tony I moved the pic down to my server so we can share this fine looking 1911...Cheers
Ty

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dsk

· #20 · Jul 19, 2001

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Nice, uh...Photopoint .45 ya got there, Tony.

Well, by now I was supposed to have pics of a newly-acquired Ithaca to show off to everybody, but the package storks can't seem to find it. If it doesn't show up by the end of this week I'm going to be pretty upset.

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