"You might be a rural Texas Peace Officer if..."

[11B10]

I think the concept of the "court gun" is fantastic.

I've also been mesmerized by the "uniform" of the TX rangers. It's very distinctive, and I've heard they're big customers of Bill Wilson's.

Absolutely great picture - thanks, rojocorsa.

[11B10]

And you say you're from Dallas? Go read all of Nyeti's revolver threads and you'll see a lot of potential court guns.

Nyeti's revolvers are BBQ guns - read Tam's link.

[Chance]

And you say you're from Dallas? Go read all of Nyeti's revolver threads and you'll see a lot of potential court guns.

That's what I figured it was, I just wanted to be sure. I have a friend who knows Johnnie Aycock, who is, so far as I'm aware, the only person to be awarded the Texas Ranger Medal of Valor twice. He bought Aycock's revolver, which was beautifully engraved. I'm guess that was his "barbeque gun."

[JAD]

And sincerely, find a way to go to Waco and see the museum. If you don't think the guns there are cool we can't be friends anymore.

[ST911]

No BBQ guns, no court guns, and only majors with media warrant anything other than the normal uniform of the day. Other than a little pomp and circumstance, I've never really understood why court was so special.

[psalms144.1]

And sincerely, find a way to go to Waco and see the museum. If you don't think the guns there are cool we can't be friends anymore.

Seriously, I'm trying to convince my better half to retire in Waco, so I can be close to the TX Ranger Museum. I was lucky enough that one of my soldiers wanted to re-enlist there when I was a Company Commander at Ft. Hood - great excuse to hit the museum on government time!

[serialsolver]

LawDog on the difference between Court Guns and BBQ Guns...

Yep, tha right thar essplansit.


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[serialsolver]

And sincerely, find a way to go to Waco and see the museum. If you don't think the guns there are cool we can't be friends anymore.

And the guns on display are only a small part of the collection the museum houses. The museum rotates the ranger items but I've been told they have a huge antique arms collection. I know a retired Lt. Texas Ranger that promised me a tour of the back room. We never got together to make it happen. A huge regret of mine.


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[RoyGBiv]

And you say you're from Dallas? Go read all of Nyeti's revolver threads and you'll see a lot of potential court guns.

FYI, Dallas is far less "Texas" than most other places in Texas, except maybe Austin.
Fort Worth's motto is "Where the West Begins".

Just so I don't get in trouble, here's the proper attribution...

“Fort Worth is where the West begins and Dallas is where the East peters out.” Will Rogers

[SeriousStudent]

I do love Foat Wuth, which is how it is actually pronounced.