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Posted: **Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:35 am**

Great pistol, congrats on your first .45 it will probably not be your last, they are great fun to shoot!

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:49 pm**

thanks to everyone for the flying ashtray pictures

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:11 pm**

Jumping Frog wrote:
patterson wrote:that's why .45acp hollowpoints are called flying ashtrays

C-dub wrote:I've heard the ashtray thing before, but never understood it since they don't expand until they hit something.
Pictures worth 1000 words?

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Now I see it.

BTW, IIRC, the Tommy Gun weights about the same as a Garand. Not sure if there would be much difference in the weight of the ammo. 30-06 ammo isn't light either, but the Tommy Gun guys probably carried more with them because of the rate of fire.

Posted: **Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:36 pm**

THAT is a nice looking firearm!!

Joe

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