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John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a revolutionary abolitionist in the United States, who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery for good. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. Later that year he was tried and executed for treason against the state of Virginia, murder, and conspiracy. Brown has been called "the most controversial of all 19th-century Americans."[1]

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"Bleeding Kansas"!!

srothstein wrote:well, if we can agree that the name, slide stop or slide release, really doesn't matter, why can we not agree that the name clip or magazine really doesn't matter?

Because clips and magazines are two separate and distinctly different devices with different purposes and they should not be confused.

barres wrote:

b322da wrote:

AndyC wrote: Our armorer, who we felt probably knew more about the m1911 than anyone other than John Brown

Elmo

Who is this John Brown of whom you speak?

Silly me. I thought the 1911 was designed by John Moses Browning.

Begging your pardon, JMB -- a senior moment. Add three letters to my goofy post: "ing".

To quote myself after mumbling something ununderstandable to my wife, "Awwww, you knew what I meant, anyway."

Elmo

PS John Brown was a dedicated man who willingly gave his life for his cause, one who would undoubtedly be labeled a "terrorist" today. To hark back to another active thread here, where it was asked whether terrorism can achieve its objective, it is quite arguable that John's terrorist act at Harper's Ferry resulted in his becoming a martyr who hastened the onset of the Civil War, which achieved the attainment of his cause.

One of my proudest possessions is a beautiful Sharps Carbine whose serial number indicates that it may have been, but not for sure, at Harper's Ferry during John Brown's raid. It was one of the many modified for center-fire, most likely after the Civil War.

To attempt to get back on topic, the carbine does not have a slide stop/release, unless you use a lot of imagination with respect to its falling block.