BBQ gun?
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Not mine, but I would carry this one!
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TheSquire
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BBQ gun?
MCgunner
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Mine is a Blackhawk, but I often load .45 Colt with Pyrodex for fun. 
Texas Moon
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I'll get flayed alive here for saying this but my BBQ gun is a shiny 1911.
mgmorden
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Typically used to describe a very nice and flashy gun that one would carry at a neighborhood barbecue.
It's usually functional and loaded, but there more as male jewelry than for actual use.
TheSquire
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Thanks!
Not something we get to do in the UK...
Not something we get to do in the UK...
MCgunner
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They are Indian Sanbar stag. I got 'em from the now defunct Ajax grips for $70. They went up to $300 on their site then became unavailable over the years before Ajax finally went out of business. I'm not sure you can get Sanbar, now.
MCgunner
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Truth be told, it's not done here either since open carry is illegal at present. It's kind of a joke, has become a moniker for a fancy sidearm. However, my brother-in-law has a 400 acre ranch near Kenedy, Texas and has periodic BBQs (BBQ in Texas is not just food, it's an event) and I've carried the blackhawk at his place. He's a gun guy, so it wasn't a problem.
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Stony
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For those not familiar with the term "BBQ Gun", it is just a flashy firearm for a guy to show off with basically. If a guy ever gets to visit the Texas Ranger's Museum in Waco, you can see a very nice collection of their BBQ guns. The Rangers have a history of wearing cool hats, boots and firearms. While not exclusive, a whole lot of them seem to be 1911's. The museum is worth spending a few hrs. at, just to experience the history and view the large assortment of fantastic firearms.
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Haven't run any black powder loads through it (yet), but this would be my choice for attending a Texas BBQ.
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splattergun
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Please don't feel left out Squire. I'd never heard of a BBQ gun before this, either.
Of course, I was born north of the Mason-Dixon line. Maybe that explains my ignorance of the reference.
Grunt
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BBQ gun, eh? Is that what the kids are calling "pimp guns" these days? Something new learned here I guess.
ironworkerwill
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I been in Alabama all my life. Never herd if a barbecue gun. Has got to be a Texas thang.
MutinousDoug
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Western "Thang", Ironworker.
Not just a Texan "Thang"
Not just a Texan "Thang"
ironworkerwill
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Ok, on yonder side of the Mississippi then.
kBob
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Ummm.....though not as common as they used to be big BBQs are not unheard of in Florida......of course cattle is our biggest agribusiness and always has been despite citrus growers crowing and especially around here (Gainesville/Ocala corridor) horses are so big that "The Horse Whisperer" claimed it was the only area anywhere he had been that tack shops out numbered MacDonalds including Cally fornia and Tehas. Darn that reminds me I got to go give the Colt ( actually former colt) his meds shortly.......
Unfortunately open carry went away in Florida (yes we had it) when the CWL came into effect. I personally complained to Marion Hammer at the time but she felt more people would benefit from the CWL than would suffer from giving up open carry. Maybe she was right, but darn.....
-kBob
Unfortunately open carry went away in Florida (yes we had it) when the CWL came into effect. I personally complained to Marion Hammer at the time but she felt more people would benefit from the CWL than would suffer from giving up open carry. Maybe she was right, but darn.....
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