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YAGT Norinco 1911 vs Colt 1911

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I have no words for the idiocy that is the UK...especially that the prices are basically the same as a fully functioning firearm😱
 
corwin said:
I have no words for the idiocy that is the UK...especially that the prices are basically the same as a fully functioning firearm😱
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It's even worse that someone would want to own a deactivated pistol. You would think that someone that abhors guns would want to spend money(even though he's struggling with money) and worry about needing to replace parts on a deactivated pistol. You can't make this shit up. 😀
 
corwin said:
At least those prices are in line with them not being real...but I still seriously don't get the point of them
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Yup - I don't see the point in buying a real weapon, only to deactivate it. May as well just buy a decent replica.
 
If you can't have a working gun why do you care who makes it?save yourself a lot of money and go to toys-r-us
 
hey guys. i'm going to go buy either a Kia or a Ford Mustang. neither one comes with an engine and thanks to the government laws i'll never be able to put an engine in it. which one should i get? also, i need help determining what new tires i should put on it.
 
amish said:
hey guys. i'm going to go buy either a Kia or a Ford Mustang. neither one comes with an engine and thanks to the government laws i'll never be able to put an engine in it. which one should i get? also, i need help determining what new tires i should put on it.
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Get the Mustang, it will look cool sitting in your driveway and you'll be the envy of the neighborhood🙂 And who cares about tires, you need a kick ass custom paint job for it and some nice tint on the windows, can't be seen sitting in anything less🙄
 
Bulk Beef said:
There have been some seriously stupid gun threads here, but this one takes the cake.
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It's really hard to own traditional handguns in the UK. There are some goofy revolvers with long ass barrels and a kind of hand strap lanyard that as I understand it makes it a rifle under UK law.

The fact is even if he wanted a pistol it would be a big ordeal.
 
amish said:
hey guys. i'm going to go buy either a Kia or a Ford Mustang. neither one comes with an engine and thanks to the government laws i'll never be able to put an engine in it. which one should i get? also, i need help determining what new tires i should put on it.
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I did lol.
 
LTC8K6 said:
It's probably illegal in the UK to even throw the deactivated gun at the burglar walking out with your iPad, lest you injure him, and if you do injure him, he'll successfully sue you.

Deactivating a Colt 1911 is a crime, so buy the deactivated Chinese crap...

I would hate to think someone deactivated a Colt for you...
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Both the guns I'm looking at have been deactivated already.

Just for you:

The breechface is cut off at an angle, and the tip of the firing pin is removed, in addition a slot is cut along the length of the slide from the breechface. Not all deactivated pistols are deactivated the exact same way although this gives a general idea. Newly deactivated pistols also have the "action surface" milled off, in the case of the above pistol this would be done by cutting off the forward edge of the chamber and the edge the chamber locks into in the slide.
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As for all the trolls in this thread, move on people I'm not biting, I just wanted some serious advice from people who know this stuff.
 
JulesMaximus said:
What the hell difference does it make which one you get if it's deactivated? Get the prettiest one I guess...
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Well given that it's a lot of money I'd rather it didn't feel cheap and tacky, also I'd like to be able to "upgrade" bits if I feel the urge...
 
HAL9000 said:
As for all the trolls in this thread, move on people I'm not biting, I just wanted some serious advice from people who know this stuff.
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From the people who know this stuff: you're spending way too much money on something that doesn't work. You'd get similar answers if you wanted to get a GTX 590 without a working core. Serious advice: buy anything else.

I knew UK had schizophrenic gun rules but the concept of paying full retail for a non-working gun..."inane" doesn't even begin to capture it.
 
amddude said:
It's really hard to own traditional handguns in the UK. There are some goofy revolvers with long ass barrels and a kind of hand strap lanyard that as I understand it makes it a rifle under UK law.

The fact is even if he wanted a pistol it would be a big ordeal.
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That I already know.

What's stupid is a dude who is concerned that the build quality of his non-functioning firearm might affect its ability to do nothing.
 
IGemini said:
From the people who know this stuff: you're spending way too much money on something that doesn't work. You'd get similar answers if you wanted to get a GTX 590 without a working core. Serious advice: buy anything else. I knew UK had schizophrenic gun rules but the concept of paying full retail for a non-working gun..."inane" doesn't even begin to capture it.
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Definitely this...it's not so much trolling as making humor of the absolute stupidity of it
Bulk Beef said:
What's stupid is a dude who is concerned that the build quality of his non-functioning firearm might affect its ability to do nothing.
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And of course this too...
 
IGemini said:
From the people who know this stuff: you're spending way too much money on something that doesn't work. You'd get similar answers if you wanted to get a GTX 590 without a working core. Serious advice: buy anything else.

I knew UK had schizophrenic gun rules but the concept of paying full retail for a non-working gun..."inane" doesn't even begin to capture it.
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B/c that's what trolls do.
 
can someone with an account at AR15.com post this question there?

seriously, same title. same everything. i'd love to see the results...
 
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