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    Post You Could Own Winston Churchill's Pistol

    After today, it's all historical.

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    The really sad thing is that an English citizen cannot buy the pistol. That is the difference between being a subject and a citizen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ltorlo64 View Post
    The really sad thing is that an English citizen cannot buy the pistol. That is the difference between being a subject and a citizen.
    It would be nice if a museum bought it. That way it would, at least, remain in British possession.
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    I told my wife the expected price and she said I could bid on it if I wanted! I am not going to, but that was not the expected answer!
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    ltorlo64, I think you should!
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    I recall reading an article where Churchill's bodyguard was issued or given a 1911 during WWII. Churchill asked him about it later and it said his bodyguard showed him a small calibre pistol as his carry piece. Churchill had him get the 1911 and is said to have carried it in his own coat pocket for the duration. The little W&S must have been the little pistol his bodyguard preferred.
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    Shortly after Churchill died the BBC did a series of shows with people who knew him.
    One was with his WWII bodyguard.

    The bodyguard had a Colt .45 and found it too large to carry so Winston took it.
    He carried it and practiced with it.
    The body guard said that if a German had gotten within 100 yards of Churchill, he would have been a dead man.
    The interviewer skeptically asked "100 YARDS", and the bodyguard replied "100 BLOODY YARDS".

    Winston had a history of using a pistol as far back as the "River War" in the Sudan where he shot his way out of a crowd of Fuzzy Wuzzies with his Mauser M96.
    Reportedly, during WWI during his time in the trenches of France he carried a Colt 1911 Commercial model in a British custom made full flap holster.
    Where it went or why he didn't have it in WWII I don't know.
    I remember seeing a photo of it some time ago with the holster and belt so i think it's in a museum.

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    Surprisingly, my wife really wants me to bid on this so I am going to see what I have to do. It would be cool to own.
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    "HATE IS GOOD, WHEN ITS DIRECTED AT EVIL." PROBASCO, April 20, 2012

    I tried to push the envelope, but found that it was stationery.

    Have you heard about the new corduroy pillows? They're making head lines!

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    Oops, you snooze you lose. The auction was yesterday. I wouldn't have been able to get it anyway as it went for almost twice (almost $7,500) what I could bid on it.
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    Too bad, that would of been cool to see you get it.

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