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SoupOrMan wrote:That was actually .380. Princip's real problem was that he didn't have the proper tags for Inbred Austrian Archduke.
So why all the hate on old Franz on this thread? The ironic thing about the Serbs killing him was that he was actually an advocate for the Slavs in the Empire and was planning on federalizing the empire so that each area had local governance.

It is entirely possible he would have ended up being a crappy Emperor (like his uncle) - but WW1 was certainly not his fault. (He was also a dove relative to relations with Serbia and Russia.)
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Langenator wrote: Is the trigger stock Springfield? One of the things I want to replace is the Delta's smooth and rounded trigger.
Dammit. Forgot to mention that part. It's a

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First Shirt wrote: I mean, really, how many 2-inch .38 Spcls does a grandma need?
All of them? :twisted:
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Vonz90 wrote:
SoupOrMan wrote:That was actually .380. Princip's real problem was that he didn't have the proper tags for Inbred Austrian Archduke.
So why all the hate on old Franz on this thread? The ironic thing about the Serbs killing him was that he was actually an advocate for the Slavs in the Empire and was planning on federalizing the empire so that each area had local governance.

It is entirely possible he would have ended up being a crappy Emperor (like his uncle) - but WW1 was certainly not his fault. (He was also a dove relative to relations with Serbia and Russia.)
No hate for him, just that royalty wasn't in season. (As for World War I, you can pretty much blame the Serbian government for that.)
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So beautiful it hurts.
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Jered wrote:Somehow this ended up in my house...

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No jokes about powdering balls. :lol:

Sweet piece man, very jealous!!
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ShooterScott wrote:Sweet piece man, very jealous!!
Welcome. Pull up a chair, stay a while. :D
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ShooterScott wrote:
Sweet piece man, very jealous!!
Glad you like it.

Clint Eastwood made me a fan of 1858s.
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Jered wrote:
Clint Eastwood made me a fan of 1858s.
I was under the impression that "The man with no name" used 1851 Navy conversions.
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FelixEstrella wrote:
I was under the impression that "The man with no name" used 1851 Navy conversions.
In Pale Rider he carried an 1858 cartridge conversion
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