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This one isn't mine but I have a P01 with the factory wood Coco grips. The grain in this gun's grips is prettier than mine but otherwise they're similar.
I have two to offer. The first is my Whitney. It's so swoopy and goofy looking, it's beautiful. To me, anyway....
The second is my father's P08. 100% matching numbers with the original two (yes, both of them!) matching magazines. This picture doesn't do it justice, condition-wise. It's way better than it looks here.
msgttbar: You're right about the Studebaker. It's one of my favorites.
Naval rifles are not autoloading, to my knowledge. It would be cool to see a brass cartidge that size though!
I don't know what to say about all those fancy, filigreed pistols of such austentatious ornamentation. I didn't know ladies carried such big guns! It violates my understated aesthetic, which is more in line with those who point out the utilitarian and somehow pleasing lines of the Browning HiPower (though I can't go as far as the CZ52). Linear, yet graceful, whereas the Whitney is curvaceous yet understated. Those ornamental pistols look like something a corpulent aristocrat would have carried into the field for him by a servant to kill captive game. Insignias engraved or stamped in the metal or carved into some rich wood grips at least have a little more authenticity; I've been thinking about finding a real Eisenhower silver dollar to embed into the stock of my Garand and laquer over. Those pearl-handled jobs look like something a St Louis pimp would carry (to quote Patton?).
There was a custom 1911 posted a while back. It had a lot of fluting and I recall the bushing was very nicely done. Can't remember who did it. Oh yeah, the frontstrap and grip safety had some awesome checkering. Anyone remember this?
What better reason to become a gun owner? Don't burst her bubble but there was no one named Whitney involved at either of the original companies who made these.
I too am glad to see them get good representation. It amazes me how this gun is more popular now than it has been in 50 years.
In addition to the one I posted above in Nickel, here are the other two I own.
The one in the box is one of the first 500 made and has the original $39.95 price written inside the form fit cardboard.
Woad Yurt, your gun is also an early one because it has "Wolverine" on the side. That was dropped pretty early in production due to a trademark violation.
These were fantastic guns that unfortunately fell victim to a few bad business decisions and bad marketing.
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