Learned something new today...I didn't know about the Colt Monitor until a friend sent me this trailer, noting its appearance. Cool bit of history. Looks like I'll give the movie a chance.
And the Monitor...
Learned something new today...I didn't know about the Colt Monitor until a friend sent me this trailer, noting its appearance. Cool bit of history. Looks like I'll give the movie a chance.
And the Monitor...
Last edited by JSGlock34; 02-21-2019 at 09:31 PM.
"When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man."
The scene with the Monitor seems to capture the essence of the Cutts compensator.
3/15/2016
Originally Posted by JSGlock34
This is a good read by Stephen Hunter.:
https://www.americanrifleman.org/art...-men-the-guns/
Looks good. I’ll have to watch that.
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This is going to make me want to double down on finding a beater model 11 to turn into a whippet gun.
I first learned what a Colt Monitor was in the excellent novel G-Man, by Stephen Hunter. I got very interested in it and bought an expensive book on the BAR by Collector Grade Publications titled "Rock In A Hard Place."
I thought I was over it after reading the book and realizing how mechanically complex it was, among many other reasons.
After seeing it in the promo for Highwaymen, that interest has returned in spades. After watching the video from Forgotten Weapons and seeing that detent that would screw with the operation of the safety.
I think a bit over 150 of them were produced, and when they do come on the market they command a hefty price. Here is a link to one that sold for $115K: https://www.rockislandauction.com/de...D1yBCz2q39_v9s
Last edited by Ed L; 02-22-2019 at 08:55 AM.
I can see it now...
A nice glass case with felt lining, holding a Colt Monitor, Colt M1921 Thompson, an Auto-5 Whippet gun, and an SBR Winchester 1910 in .401 with some of those very rare 15rnd magazines.
Perhaps with a few vintage 1911's and a Colt M1917 to round it out..
...and this is why people like me buy Powerball tickets despite having passed 100 level Algebra courses.
I was unaware of the Monitor, my first reaction was wait a minute, I thought they used BARs. Learning occurred watching the Forgotten Weapons episode!
The movie looks promising. I was ready to chime in with a diatribe about PC use of a female governor but I thought maybe I would do a little digging first. Once again, learning occurred. Bonnie and Clyde were killed in May of '34. Miriam Ferguson served as Governor of Texas from '33 to '35 (her second term). So now I can enjoy the movie knowing it is historically correct, at least in that regard.
Don't forget the Remington Model 81 in .35 with the 15 round magazine:
The first indication a bad guy should have that I'm dangerous is when his
disembodied soul is looking down at his own corpse wondering what happened.
Probably need a Super .38 Colt too.
The first indication a bad guy should have that I'm dangerous is when his
disembodied soul is looking down at his own corpse wondering what happened.
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