TrickyNicky

Yup. All of it. This feels like the idea was executed by an MBA type executive who would be just as at home (or maybe more) running like a cereal company or chain of gyms or something. Public: We want A. Colt: But you're buying B. Public: Because you stopped making A, we want A. We'll pay for more A. Colt: Have some B. Public:

Shut up and render unto Ceaser.

KY and sizing lube are NOT cross compatible. In either direction.

I'm not holding out great hope that this will get me spending wheel gun dollars over S&W or Ruger anytime soon. FortKnox mentioned rock island revolvers. Ihate to say it, but they look more like a Colt than this Colt does IMO. I'll reserve final judgment until I at least dry fire one a few times, but so far this is disappointing, and it could have been the best thing since sliced cake.

I used balistol semi exclusively for a few years, but that had less to do with the merits of the product than it did a late night drunken purchase of the ultra mega sample pack they sell on amazon supplemented with a coupleathree spray bottles as souvenirs from smoky mountain knife works. That said I like the product fine and do believe it is seconded only by wd40 in usefulness around the house, and then only by a margin. I have a bunch of stuff in the big 303 can including but limited to hoppes, balistol, clp, ultra elite hoppes, remoil, rubbing alcohol, choke grease, military grease, etc. I'm particularly loyal to none of it, it all does what I want, but hoppes smells the best.

She was my favorite Princess. Buttercup was first, but Leia was the best. RIP

I need to recheck my emails, I only know about the GP100 and the .357 red hawk? I want to see a factory bain and davis convertible, but I won't hold my breath.

I don't really have anything to say here, I just thought we all might enjoy this again...

I thought I saw him on here not too long ago. Hope he is on the mend if medical issues are a factor. Mike is good people.

George does great leather work, holler at him and you wont be disappointed. He's got a few orders ahead of yours just now though

When are coming back? We need more pics!

Sorry for your loss, sounds like your grandpa was a hell of a man. Leave the Colt as it is, it looks near perfect from what I can see.

My parents watch the Hallmark ones. I watched what felt like one 17 hour mind number. Come to find out it was actually 2 different movies and only lasted about 4 hours. I managed to suppress most of the memories so far, but cheap gin, diet mountain dew and children's cough syrup will only numb pain for so long. I do seem to recall a few things, Shirley MacLaine and some other lady were angels, but people could see the other lady, but not Shirley. Some dude kissed the other one, which was gross since she died pretty early on in the movie and way before they locked tongues anyway. Shirley said she spies on her still living husband and uses angel powers to keep the women in his apartment building away from him. She wants to see him lonely. He probably pushed her down the stairs. I love the holidays.

that $30 C&R is starting to get expensive now huh? They have a way of doing that.

It's a race hole for air cooling the system and prevents drag created by microvacuums allowing for maximum cyclic rate. It also lets water drain.

Nice! I haven't played a Starfield but I really do like my MIJ Tokai. Super, SUPER guitars. The Japanese really know their way around a guitar for sure. I sold my les paul custom after buying the tokai. It's a better built guitar, plain and simple. I wouldn't worry about a laminated body too much if it sounds good. Lots of great tunes got recorded with Gibsons from the same time period where they were building laminated Les Pauls as well.

Man, I hadnt checked TGO and went out and bought a new cell phone. First sight I logged onto was here and I was making a real idiot of myself in hindsight at the store. "Wow, just look how different everything looks on this phone!" "The colors are more vibrant and the whole layout looks different!" It wasn't until I got home and logged in on the computer that it dawned on me.

It used to get a bit rowdy around here apparently. Our warehouse staff moved to a different location and took the party with them, but I was here for one year of it. Drinking, smoking, all kinds of general merriment last year that I had to watch but not partake in being up at the front of the store. This year rumor has it we are getting Popeyes chicken, so while it wont be as fun as watching drunkards arm wrestling over the last slice of pizza, at least it'll be chicken.

This thread needs more pics...

That's the one.

We rock

I almost forgot the most important part! get some pics up in our guitar players thread in the backstage.

How's the trigger?

Wow. For $400 you stole it. I built a guitar using one of those in a different color as a base and paid more for just the body and hardware. The Aztec gold is one of my favorite finishes too. The 'fat 50's pickups' are a nice little upgrade from the norm IMO, that means they are made to sound like vintage spec pickups from the late 50's. Honestly it's mostly marketing hype IMO, but there are better pickups than others out there and yours are very good, they are the main reason I went with the body I bought. I would second the notion of getting the guitar checked out and setup. It's not rocket science to do it yourself, but especially on a strat with a tremolo, there are a lot of little factors involved in achieving a good setup. I would at least recommend a copy of any of Dan Erlewines books so you can learn how all the parts relate to each other and talk turkey with your tech a little easier. I also second the little roland amps, they are great. I used to have a little roland of my own and while I have 'nicer' stuff now, it was really great to grab and throw in a trunk and bang around town. Most important of all is to have fun and hang in there. EVERYONE has a hard time in the beginning, and the beginning lasts years. It's a life long learning process that is a total blast.