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SteyrAUG
09-27-12, 18:06
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/09/rare-200000-bonnie-and-clyde-guns-go-up-for-auction/

http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/ht_bonnie_clyde_guns_cc_120926_wblog.jpg

RR Auction vice president Bobby Livingston told ABC News that he estimated the gun would sell for between $100,000 and $200,000, but added “the sky is the limit on artifacts that have this type of provenance.”
Moose-Knuckle
09-27-12, 20:58
I want Frank Hamer's Colt Monitor (licensed copy of the BAR) that he used to secure Bonnie and Clyde's heart beats.

The closest I will ever get to it is through the glass case at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/AKS-74/FrankHamerMonitor-2.jpg
Magic_Salad0892
09-27-12, 23:45
If I had a million dollars, I would have bought both of Bonnie Parkers pistols, and Clyde Barrow's 1911 that was on auction a month or so ago.
Artos
09-29-12, 19:18
I want Frank Hamer's Colt Monitor (licensed copy of the BAR) that he used to secure Bonnie and Clyde's heart beats.

The closest I will ever get to it is through the glass case at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/AKS-74/FrankHamerMonitor-2.jpg

'I'm Frank Hamer' is worth the read...seems to me he had a good handle on the limelight of the man who brought it to an end. Only book I've read on the subject but always impressed me an LE with solid class.
500grains
09-29-12, 21:28
I wonder when the trigger guard on a Detective Special ever got in anyone's way.
Ned Christiansen
10-01-12, 09:13
Heard on the radio this AM that Bonnie's revolver sold for about 1/2 mil to an unknown Texas collector. Also sold was "Clyde's 1911 Colt .45 revolver". Talk aboutcher rare guns eh!
chadbag
10-01-12, 11:51
I wonder when the trigger guard on a Detective Special ever got in anyone's way.

That was a modification made famous by a Colt gunsmith and salesman. His name was FitzGerald

http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/the-fitz-special/



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SteyrAUG
10-01-12, 13:06
That was a modification made famous by a Colt gunsmith and salesman. His name was FitzGerald

http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/the-fitz-special/



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Interesting.
M4Fundi
10-02-12, 01:34
I want Frank Hamer's Colt Monitor (licensed copy of the BAR) that he used to secure Bonnie and Clyde's heart beats.

The closest I will ever get to it is through the glass case at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/AKS-74/FrankHamerMonitor-2.jpg

They have a semi-auto version just like that for sale at Sportsman's Finest in Austin, TX. If I bought it I would let you carry it for me:p