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**Seaward**

If you do for some reason end up going with a 1911, realize that they're quite addictive and you will probably end up spending either a lot of time or a lot of money on them. I say 'them' because you will own more than one eventually. I don't even want to think about the cash I'm throwing into a bare-bones Springfield Mil-Spec to turn it into something quite close to the old M45.

**AustonT**

Now that I'm looking I've found a bunch of used guns locally. I'm eyeing an auction for an Erma. Which is pretty much the only ppk I'm willing to own other than a true Walther 22.

**KalashnikovMarine**

www.armslist.com

Go nuts Auston.

**AustonT**

I stay away from arms list and gunbroker. Everybody wants full retail for thier worn out beater.

**KalashnikovMarine**

http://blogs.suntimes.com/politics/2012/12/big_win_for_gun-rights_groups_federal_appeals_court_tosses_state_ban_on_carrying_concealed_weapons.html

Chalk one up in the win column for Firearms Legislation!

**whembly**

Dude... I want THIS! The INVISIBILITY CLOAK!
http://www.hyperstealth.com/

Wonder if I can put this on my Car... o.O

Is it realz? Or photoshopped?

**azazel the cat**

I think that's the blind that takes real-time video of the area behind it, and displays it on a screen on the front.

**AustonT**

It's real. I saw it on a legit news source this morning. No details though thier just bragging.

**Captain Fantastic**

Seaward wrote:
If you do for some reason end up going with a 1911, realize that they're quite addictive and you will probably end up spending either a lot of time or a lot of money on them. I say 'them' because you will own more than one eventually. I don't even want to think about the cash I'm throwing into a bare-bones Springfield Mil-Spec to turn it into something quite close to the old M45.

Old m45? No offense, but that doesn't really mean anything. It's like saying your building a "hacker" computer. The m45 was just a designation for old 1911A1 frames with various additions on them, including enhanced sights, a series 80 trigger (iirc), a grip and a upswept beavertail grip safety, for use with MEUSOC units. Later on, they scraped the old Colt frames and just started converting commercial 1911s, which isn't nearly as cool. Having said that, among the various M45s I've seen, the ones that look like this are really cool.

The new "m45" is kind of silly. Why is it brown? If for some reason it gets dropped in the sand, it's not going to be impossible, but it's going to require a fair bit of effort to find. The grips are ugly, and offer nothing extraordinary.

**Seaward**

Captain Fantastic wrote:
Old m45? No offense, but that doesn't really mean anything.

Sure it does, just depends on which parts list you're using. I'm basing most of mine off the last configuration before the Railgun 'won' the replacement trials.