reverendbeer
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Yeah...they'd had enough of that stuff. Can you imagine the [[media-driven]] uproar if that were to happen today?
1902 Colt that belonged to Bonnie Parker
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Yeah...they'd had enough of that stuff. Can you imagine the [[media-driven]] uproar if that were to happen today?
I love the story but I would certainly not be a bidder--no way I know of to say that the Colt was there for sure, and no way to know that it was not there.
I tend to agree with SOMD Mustangs and the Rev that the pistol taped to her leg was her only carry weapon. She was tiny and I don't think would have carried a second pistol.
Also, Bonnie & Clyde were way off the beaten track and the evidence is that they felt safe and unseen in backwoods Louisiana--so come to think of it, not likely Bonnie would have been carrying a second pistol.
I tend to agree with SOMD Mustangs and the Rev that the pistol taped to her leg was her only carry weapon. She was tiny and I don't think would have carried a second pistol.
Also, Bonnie & Clyde were way off the beaten track and the evidence is that they felt safe and unseen in backwoods Louisiana--so come to think of it, not likely Bonnie would have been carrying a second pistol.
Jack Ryan
Ultimate Member
Bonnies face could stop a clock...ooofa!
reverendbeer
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They got exactly what they deserved. More than a few innocents, including young LEOs, one 19 years old and recently married, fell to their hands. Maybe not so much by Bonnie if you know the facts. But certainly by the ones she chose to be with, particularly Clyde and Henry Methvin. Some say it was the severe poverty they grew up in in West Dallas that was the cause. Many others grew up during that time and never resorted to their behavior. The movies about them are utterly ridiculous. Read Go Down Together by Jeff Guinn for a more accurate story. Very interesting.
That guy's opinion sums up my thoughts about the pistol. It's a bubba gun of unknown origin and history unless proven otherwise beyond a doubt, including how/when/why the gun was modified from original.
Here's a comparison of historical significance. A proven Custer cavalry pistol, typically Colt 1873 with 7.5" barrel, can go for huge money in original condition. Heavily-modified examples, even if re-arsenalized one or more times by Colt, tend to sell for a tiny fraction of unmolested originals. The "Bonnie" gun, even if she really possessed it, is likely to suffer the same value loss if it was heavily bubba'd after the fact.
Machodoc
Old Guy
Yessir! And if you look at the photos of what Bonnie was wearing, she had on a fairly thin and form-fitting skirt. I'm sure that, as was the style back then, she had on some sort of "slip" undergarment, but those were also form-fitting. She was a "flapper" ... not a Southern belle in a hoop skirt and crinolines.
BigDaddy
Ultimate Member
- Feb 7, 2014
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You are resurrecting a thread that has been dead for 15 months to tell us this?
BTW the gun sold for $99,450... well below estimates. Lots more pics of the gun here.
http://caseantiques.com/item/lot-404-38-colt-model-1902-pistol-bonnie-clyde-2/
Supposedly she had a nicer 45 on her lap:
http://www.redriverhistorian.com/bonnie.html
No, the gun doesn't print on her skirt,
mikemike328
Active Member
still pretty damn cool but that's a lot of money for a story.
Threeband
The M1 Does My Talking
Who roams the archives seeking dead threads to resurrect?
Anyway:
Nobody batted an eyelash when they shot Joseph Palczynski.
Anyway:
Yeah...they'd had enough of that stuff. Can you imagine the [[media-driven]] uproar if that were to happen today?
Nobody batted an eyelash when they shot Joseph Palczynski.
mikemike328
Active Member
if your talking about me, i was looking for threads for info on my m1 carbine and came across this and thought it was cool.
54rndball
take to the hills
Frank Hamer, the Texas Ranger who brought down Bonnie and Clyde, had a modified Remington Model 8 with a higher capacity magazine made for LEOs. See this link:
http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/?page_id=434
http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/?page_id=434
