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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 9666670, member: 301"]the semi auto is a loss.......classic target shooter </p><p><br /></p><p>the 99 was popular , good gun for the money !</p><p><br /></p><p>too bad about the 1903........</p><p>criminals u say...!!</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to lawful owners, many gangsters of the pre-World War II era favored the Model 1903 and Model 1908 because they were relatively small and easily concealed. It is said that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone" rel="nofollow">Al Capone</a>kept one in his coat pocket and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde#Bonnie_Parker" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde#Bonnie_Parker" rel="nofollow">Bonnie Parker</a> used one to break <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde#Clyde_Barrow" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde#Clyde_Barrow" rel="nofollow">Clyde Barrow</a> out of jail after smuggling it into the jail by taping it to her thigh. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_robbery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_robbery" rel="nofollow">Bank robber</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger" rel="nofollow">John Dillinger</a> was carrying this model of pistol when he was shot by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" rel="nofollow">FBI</a> agents outside the Biograph theater on July 22, 1934, and another famous bank robber, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton" rel="nofollow">Willie Sutton</a>, had one when he was captured by police in Brooklyn on February 18, 1952.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Model_1903_Pocket_Hammerless#cite_note-Ayoob2012-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Model_1903_Pocket_Hammerless#cite_note-Ayoob2012-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Family huh.......what can ya do ??<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 9666670, member: 301"]the semi auto is a loss.......classic target shooter the 99 was popular , good gun for the money ! too bad about the 1903........ criminals u say...!! In addition to lawful owners, many gangsters of the pre-World War II era favored the Model 1903 and Model 1908 because they were relatively small and easily concealed. It is said that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone']Al Capone[/URL]kept one in his coat pocket and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde#Bonnie_Parker']Bonnie Parker[/URL] used one to break [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde#Clyde_Barrow']Clyde Barrow[/URL] out of jail after smuggling it into the jail by taping it to her thigh. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_robbery']Bank robber[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger']John Dillinger[/URL] was carrying this model of pistol when he was shot by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation']FBI[/URL] agents outside the Biograph theater on July 22, 1934, and another famous bank robber, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton']Willie Sutton[/URL], had one when he was captured by police in Brooklyn on February 18, 1952.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Model_1903_Pocket_Hammerless#cite_note-Ayoob2012-3'][3][/URL] Family huh.......what can ya do ??:inpain:[/QUOTE]
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