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TexasRifleman Joined May 2006 Posts 1999 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 11/18/2007 10:25:57 AM EST [Last Edit: TexasRifleman] Post yours! ETA: Please don't reply unless it's with a motivation poster or picture. The inane discussion bores me. Thanks. take heed the above - sgb

gashog99 Joined Sep 2007 Posts 304 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 11/18/2007 11:03:45 AM EST [#1]

Valkyre Joined Jun 2002 Posts 1512 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 11/18/2007 11:21:22 AM EST [Last Edit: Valkyre] [#2] eta: That's John Dean "Jeff" Cooper, USMC Ret, RIP. He's the father of the "Modern Technique" of the pistol, and founded the American Pistol Institute, which later became Gunsite. He was also one of the founders of IPSC. Just in case you didn't know...

45stops-em-quick

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Posted: 11/18/2007 12:47:01 PM EST

[#3]

Originally Posted By Valkyre:
i5.tinypic.com/6lmf23a.jpg

Don't forget to credit Col. Cooper for that one.

A 230 grain hardball beats a major league fastball no matter who's pitching.

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Posted: 11/18/2007 1:03:23 PM EST

[#4]

Originally Posted By 45stops-em-quick:

Originally Posted By Valkyre:
i5.tinypic.com/6lmf23a.jpg

Don't forget to credit Col. Cooper for that one.

I would have thought the period picture of him beside his quote would be credit enough.

Sua Sponte, De Oppresso Liber

gashog99 Joined Sep 2007 Posts 305 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 11/18/2007 1:38:49 PM EST [#5]

TexasRifleman Armed Joined May 2006 Posts 2323 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 1/6/2008 10:14:15 PM EST [Last Edit: TexasRifleman] [#6]
	NASA mounts 10mm guns to all their spaceshuttles to take out Soviet satellites. - Swindle1984

TexasRifleman Armed Joined May 2006 Posts 2324 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 1/6/2008 10:19:54 PM EST [Last Edit: TexasRifleman] [#7]
	NASA mounts 10mm guns to all their spaceshuttles to take out Soviet satellites. - Swindle1984

SGB Tallahassee Joined May 2001 Posts 18810 EE 100% (56) FL, USA	Posted: 1/7/2008 1:43:41 AM EST [Last Edit: SGB] [#8] Keep em coming.
	"The 1911 was the design given by God to us through John M. Browning that represents the epitome of what a killing tool needs to be. It was true in 1911 and is true now."—Colonel Robert J. Coates, USMC

mattjedi Joined Feb 2001 Posts 524 EE 0% (0) ME, USA	Posted: 1/7/2008 6:57:54 AM EST [#9]

dislexiclawyer Joined Dec 2007 Posts 19 EE 100% (75) MO, USA	Posted: 1/7/2008 1:27:42 PM EST [#10]

POOR_MAN Snakes On The Internet Joined Apr 2004 Posts 11182 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 1/7/2008 11:27:37 PM EST [#11]
	If you say the U.S. government is responsible for 9/11 and end up with your head ripped off and shoved up your ass, it will be no conspiracy who did it. It was Fred Thompson. ~ Unknown wise man.

thedoctors308 Carbine > Shotgun Joined Nov 2004 Posts 21883 EE 100% (14) MD, USA	Posted: 1/7/2008 11:34:34 PM EST [Last Edit: thedoctors308] [#12] ...
	Browning Hi Power: Sidearm of the Free World I drink like a fish. I drink all the time. I wish i was drinking now. ~ Badfish724 "The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason." ~ Thomas Paine

SBCZILLA Resident skull dragger. Joined Nov 2004 Posts 1179 EE 100% (2) LA, USA	Posted: 1/8/2008 2:10:03 AM EST [#13] Here is one I made a while back
	"The heritage of the free northern men lives on in blood." Guns, Girls, Metal, and Motorsports.

Xapmat Yippy Skippy! Joined Dec 2005 Posts 102 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 1/8/2008 9:48:34 AM EST [#14]
	Ethics are annoying. I avoid them on principle.

hellbound I <3 Corbon DPX Joined Mar 2006 Posts 2779 EE 100% (63) PA, USA	Posted: 1/8/2008 9:52:51 AM EST [#15] these are awesome! (aka tag for my own)
	cowards don't lose... they just never win.

jevonniespapi Joined Oct 2006 Posts 113 EE 100% (15) TX, USA	Posted: 1/9/2008 9:25:12 PM EST [#16] great thread!

Colt653 Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas Joined Feb 2001 Posts 3674 EE 100% (22) USA	Posted: 1/9/2008 9:48:27 PM EST [Last Edit: SGB] [#17] [REMOVED] - Inappropriate to the Forum and Thread - funny though SGB
	NRA Life Member USPSA-IPSC 6.8 SPC is Cool "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

Colt653 Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas Joined Feb 2001 Posts 3675 EE 100% (22) USA	Posted: 1/9/2008 10:01:11 PM EST [Last Edit: Colt653] [#18]
	NRA Life Member USPSA-IPSC 6.8 SPC is Cool "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

K9-Bob Member Joined Jul 2004 Posts 747 EE 100% (45) IL, USA	Posted: 1/9/2008 10:37:13 PM EST [Last Edit: K9-Bob] [#19]
	Remember the first rule of gunfighting... "have a gun." --- Jeff Cooper

GhostRing Member Joined Sep 2004 Posts 7692 EE 100% (57) OR, USA	Posted: 1/10/2008 4:17:41 AM EST [#20]

POOR_MAN Snakes On The Internet Joined Apr 2004 Posts 11198 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 1/10/2008 8:09:00 PM EST [Last Edit: SGB] [#21] [REMOVED] - Inappropriate to the Forum and Thread - funny though SGB
	If you say the U.S. government is responsible for 9/11 and end up with your head ripped off and shoved up your ass, it will be no conspiracy who did it. It was Fred Thompson. ~ Unknown wise man.

CaptSchofield Canon Cocker 105 and 155mm quailified Joined Mar 2005 Posts 1746 EE 0% (0) IN, USA	Posted: 1/10/2008 8:19:05 PM EST [#22] tag
	Another load from the floor of the 10th U.S. Cavalry stables NRA life member and proud of it! a KNOW code Amateur Extra! .-- --- ----- .--.

bigbore Joined Jul 2001 Posts 13631 EE 100% (670) OH, USA	Posted: 1/12/2008 8:44:13 PM EST [#23]
	That's a nice group from the bench. Now lets see you hit a grapefruit at 50yds offhand.

Hawken50

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Posted: 1/12/2008 8:49:28 PM EST

[Last Edit: Hawken50] [#24]

Originally Posted By Xapmat:

www.xapmat.com/albums/misc/aaf.jpg

"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of skunks."

CURRENT SCORE-
ARFCOM=1, SKUNKS=1

TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2461 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 8:32:56 AM EST [#25]
	"There's always free cheese in a mouse trap." - Longbaugh

TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2462 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 8:39:56 AM EST [#26]
	"There's always free cheese in a mouse trap." - Longbaugh

Punani

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Posted: 2/25/2008 8:50:46 AM EST

[#27]

Originally Posted By Xapmat:
www.xapmat.com/albums/misc/aaf.jpg

"Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night, only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" -George Orwell

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fsk1290 I'm A LOT cooler than you Joined Oct 2006 Posts 5549 EE 100% (11) FL, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 1:17:48 PM EST [#28] I shot my first 1911 this weekend. Now I know why you guys make these posters. I'm in love.
	Proud member "Ranstad's Militia, The Fantastic Bastards" Supreme Allied Sharkling Commander, Southeast Command I'll try to be nicer if you'll stop being an idiot.

TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2467 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 3:20:40 PM EST [#29] So make one!
	"People, can't you see there are guns here? GET OUT! " -Parker

TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2469 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 3:33:51 PM EST [#30]
	"People, can't you see there are guns here? GET OUT! " -Parker

fsk1290

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Posted: 2/25/2008 3:42:35 PM EST

[#31]

Originally Posted By TexasRifleman:
So make one!

Yes sir.

Proud member "Ranstad's Militia, The Fantastic Bastards"

Supreme Allied Sharkling Commander, Southeast Command

I'll try to be nicer if you'll stop being an idiot.

SGB Tallahassee Joined May 2001 Posts 19703 EE 100% (56) FL, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 4:06:08 PM EST [#32]
	"The 1911 was the design given by God to us through John M. Browning that represents the epitome of what a killing tool needs to be. It was true in 1911 and is true now."—Colonel Robert J. Coates, USMC

TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2471 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 9:28:00 PM EST [Last Edit: TexasRifleman] [#33] Originally Posted By fsk1290: Originally Posted By TexasRifleman: So make one! Yes sir. i111.photobucket.com/albums/n123/fsk1290/AR-15/motivator2882673.jpg Nice work.
	"Cant you people see there are guns here? GET OUT! " -Parker

Eukatae

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Posted: 2/25/2008 9:34:08 PM EST

[#34]

Originally Posted By TexasRifleman:
pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL460/2196333/6204779/126146461.jpg

Love this comic strip.

TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2472 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 9:45:45 PM EST [#35] Penny Arcade is funny.
	"Cant you people see there are guns here? GET OUT! " -Parker

fsk1290 I'm A LOT cooler than you Joined Oct 2006 Posts 5566 EE 100% (11) FL, USA	Posted: 2/25/2008 10:58:01 PM EST [#36] All of a sudden, this thread kicks booty.
	Proud member "Ranstad's Militia, The Fantastic Bastards" Supreme Allied Sharkling Commander, Southeast Command I'll try to be nicer if you'll stop being an idiot.

Mr-Shatters

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Posted: 2/26/2008 2:22:27 AM EST

[#37]

Originally Posted By TexasRifleman:
i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh131/seven_sixtwo/Motivational%20Posters/cockedandlockedwaytouseit.jpg

Hey TR- is this your 1911? Those look suspiciously like some sexy Koa stocks. Any idea?

Combat_Jack

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Posted: 2/26/2008 2:33:13 AM EST

[#38]

Originally Posted By thedoctors308:
i10.photobucket.com/albums/a103/thedoctors308/wedealinlead.jpg

IIRC, the 1911 is a Series 80 that belongs to Combat_Jack.

It's a 1969 commercial model. Pre series 70.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

raygixxer89

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Posted: 2/26/2008 6:01:24 AM EST

[#39]

Originally Posted By TexasRifleman:
Penny Arcade is funny.

i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh131/seven_sixtwo/Motivational%20Posters/1911InIraq97years.jpg

Is that a Commander?!

Mick610

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Posted: 2/26/2008 7:01:17 AM EST

[#40]

Originally Posted By Valkyre:
i5.tinypic.com/6lmf23a.jpg

eta:

That's John Dean "Jeff" Cooper, USMC Ret, RIP.

He's the father of the "Modern Technique" of the pistol, and founded the American Pistol Institute, which later became Gunsite. He was also one of the founders of IPSC.

Just in case you didn't know...

I'm glad we modified our two hand grip!!!

Lumpy196

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Posted: 2/26/2008 7:24:55 AM EST

[#41]

Originally Posted By Mr-Shatters:

Hey TR- is this your 1911? Those look suspiciously like some sexy Koa stocks. Any idea?

Originally Posted By raygixxer89:

Is that a Commander?!

Go read

If you put in a call to 911 of man with a gun, then go stand in your front yard with a gun you might be a redneck. - SGB

TexasRifleman

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Posted: 2/26/2008 8:35:29 AM EST

[#42]

Originally Posted By Mr-Shatters:

Originally Posted By TexasRifleman:
i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh131/seven_sixtwo/Motivational%20Posters/cockedandlockedwaytouseit.jpg

Hey TR- is this your 1911? Those look suspiciously like some sexy Koa stocks. Any idea?

Nope, found it on the 'net. No idea whose pistol it is.

"Cant you people see there are guns here? GET OUT! "
-Parker

Lumpy196 just left your mom's house Joined Aug 2002 Posts 31485 EE 100% (39) AZ, USA	Posted: 2/26/2008 8:38:35 AM EST [#43] See the link I posted above...
	If you put in a call to 911 of man with a gun, then go stand in your front yard with a gun you might be a redneck. - SGB

Punani

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Posted: 2/26/2008 8:45:52 AM EST

[#44]

Originally Posted By Lumpy196:

Originally Posted By Mr-Shatters:

Hey TR- is this your 1911? Those look suspiciously like some sexy Koa stocks. Any idea?

Originally Posted By raygixxer89:

Is that a Commander?!

Go read

Thanks for that link, interesting read!

"Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night, only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" -George Orwell

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TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2475 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/26/2008 8:52:22 AM EST [#45]
	"Cant you people see there are guns here? GET OUT! " -Parker

suprmatch Joined Jun 2006 Posts 462 EE 100% (118) PA, USA	Posted: 2/26/2008 10:36:08 AM EST [#46] I love these. Is there any place to buy a poster like some listed?

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ALBOB2

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Posted: 2/26/2008 1:30:07 PM EST

[#49]

Originally Posted By dislexiclawyer:
passtheammo.com/images/wallpapers/45acp.jpg

My wife, the owner of TWO .45 ACP 1911's would kick somebody's ass if they ever said that to her face. Then she'd probably shoot them with one of the aforementioned pistols.

TexasRifleman Zombie Hunter Joined May 2006 Posts 2476 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/26/2008 1:59:34 PM EST [#50] ALBOB, sounds like your wife is a real woman!
	"Cant you people see there are guns here? GET OUT! " -Parker

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