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Saturday, February 06, 2010

I should get snowbound more often: Pocket Autos, Part One at The Arms Room.

Anonymous said...: As to the H&R (and the Savage), eccentric is a very kind description of their awkward appearance and feel.

But then, I am one who believes that the aesthetics, ergonomics, and economics of that 1903 are unequalled in a "pocket" pistol to this day; truly a work of erotic art.

For any who have not held and handled one (fondled is more apt), do it. Elsie Pea, my ass.

AT; 9:40 PM, February 06, 2010
Anonymous said...: BTW, lovely writeup Tam...good on that snowstorm. Please pardon the ommission in my prior comment. AT; 9:44 PM, February 06, 2010
libertyman said...: Are those .32s yours? Did you find a nice Savage? They are beautifully made, and relatively cheap. Not a single screw in the 1907 , an amazing bit of machining and design.; 7:07 AM, February 07, 2010
Tam said...: The Savage is my roommate's, actually, but I hope to get one of my own before the year is out.

Actually, there are only two screws between those three guns; one each holding the grip panels on the H&R and Colt.

The Savage is a neat little pistol, but the design is a mite baroque to someone used to the elegant simplicity of a JMB piece; both the Savage and the colt, however, seem as austere as Shaker furniture when compared to the baroque monstrosity that is the Webley/H&R.; 7:43 AM, February 07, 2010

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