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Baby Pictures!

I had an email exchange with Neffi yesterday, inspired by the Mulligan Day post.

Just co-inky-dink, I guess, but today I received in the mail a pair of checkered walnut grips for the Sig (replacing the too-slick plastic originals). So MD is off to a good start... better get some pork chops on the way home!

He then sent me a picture of his new baby. Which gave me an idea. Baby Pictures! Mebbe a monthly thing, where you guys send me pictures of your babies and we here at the Castle post 'em? Along with any good stories if you have 'em. If you have ugly babies, they can be anonymous - ugly in the sense that you don't want your friends and neighbors to know you have, well, y'know, guns. Of course, people like that likely don't visit here much. We can also elide s/n's from the picture for those of you who have concerns about that. And perhaps Neffi will provide pics of his MP40 other than that teaser he sent a while ago...

Anyway - to initiate the process - here's a picture of Neffi's baby, a SIG P232.

A slightly higher-res picture is available here.

Given the Armorer's tastes, this is about the only way newer civilian weapons are going to find their way onto these pages...! So - let's see if there's any interest... and remember, you don't *have* to have a digital camera - Wal Mart and other places will take your film and give you digital photos back.

For a review of the SIG by shooters, see Les Jones' post on the pistol.

Update: While my intent was to do a large post, once a month or so, the Airborne Combat Engineers jumps on the bandwagon early - but he makes a good point - if you blog, post it yourself and send me the link if you'd like.

Really like the Carnival of the Recipes... in this case, the Carnival of the Toys. Not that it's *ever* going to be as big as SWWBO's COTR!

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Cute little baby handgun from Airborne Combat Engineer on February 16, 2005 7:43 AM

Argghh! features a photo of a little baby handgun (the Sig P232 .380) somebody sent him, if you're into such things. He links to a Les Jones review. A-C-E is the place for MONSTER handguns (most of the time - Read More

ACE's "baby" from Airborne Combat Engineer on February 16, 2005 11:18 AM

John @ Argghh! is calling for posts of our babies. Rather than e-mail him photos of my baby (not my youngest, but my smallest), I'll just post them here and he can either pick them up or simply link to Read More

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Jeez--he got the walnut grips on already!
 
Neffi! It looks JUST like you! A chip off the ol' block, that one is.
 
You must have seen Young Neffi. The pistol's in a lot better shape than the Neffi I saw a picture of...
 
Y'know, Neffi - that *is* a *purty* thang... or is that like the airbrushed pictures of models - it was all photog and make-up?
 
Thanks AFSis- I was hoping for twins, but... ...and John twigged it. The piece is actually a broken-down, rusted H&R .22 I found in a swamp- amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days.
 
I see you've already caught my A-C-E post showing my "baby" (my smallest, not my youngest), John. http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2005/02/aces_baby.html#more
 
Sounds like a fun idea, John. You could do categories - handguns, shotguns, etc. I'll go rev up the camera ;-)
   
Helluva site! Can I pick some brains on this listing for info on Maxims? I am counterfitting (propane fired) the big four of WWI and need input. Got blueprints of the 08/15 and the beginnings of info on the Lewis- plus some leads on the Vickers- but the LMG-14 is a total dark hole. No, I am NOT interested in the William's Brothers interpretation of these guns, as I have seen their idea of a Lewis and it is not even close. These will be totally scratch-built, no gun parts used. Aircraft versions will be aluminum and various scales (most replica WWI birds are not full scale) whilst the WWI re-enactors (read- ground-pounders) will insist on steel. This way, real DEWATS do not get butchered so's people can play Army. Thank you for your time, Gregory F. Howard the antiquegunsmith@hotmail.com
 
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