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  1. .45 colt 1911

    In May 1963 my dad, a WWI 2 twice wounded Vet, took me to Fishman's Pawn Shop in Springfield, Ill and told me to pick out a pistol for my 22nd Birthday. I debated between a Lugar and a .45 and my dad told me his .45 in the war never jammed or failed once so I took the .45. Dad knew Mr. Fishman from way back and when he discovered it was my birthday present on my way to Vietnam he marked it down to $45.00. It was "tightened up" by a USMC Armorer in Vietnam and then in Okinawa I had ...
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