Ron Washington Wisdom
Why I Love Texas, #2089
Posted by TFG on August 21st, 2007
That gun got donated to the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame.
H. B. “Butch” Purvis of Mertzon, Texas, has donated an important artifact used by Texas Ranger Captain Hardy B. Purvis and Texas Ranger L. Hardy Purvis.
The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame is very grateful to Mr. Purvis for giving this one of a kind artifact – an 1928 Thompson Submachine Gun with accessories and Police case — to future generations.
I’m such a redneck that there is no way, no how I’d have given that hardware away to anybody but family. However, the sentimentalist in me notes that Butch probably considers the Rangers family.
I hope he kept the inheritable rights to shoot it whenever he wants, though…full-auto Thompsons shouldn’t get locked behind glass just to stare at.
Digression time: last week, I went to have a samwich for lunch, and there was a table of Rangers there. Every one carried a 1911 in what I’ve come to call the Ranger rig…beautifully tooled scabbard on one side and a double-mag carrier on the other, on a standard 2″ belt. Two of them had standard grips, one had nice zebrawoods, and the last had a Ranger star embedded in his. Pretty impressive to a gun-nut. It still bums me that open-carry isn’t legal no mo’.
Thanks to Big Dick Stanley for prompting this spurious posting…
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What a chopper.
They carry Sig Sauer or at least they advertise that they do.That Ranger Hall of Fame is worth a walk thru. Lots of cool firearms. The Walker Colt is the one to see. Would carry open if you could?
Tommy Gun
Aint no fun unless you have one..
Sincerely,
The Clash
I can assure you these were 1911s. Maybe they weren’t Rangers?
Yeah, I’d open carry if it were legal and I didn’t have to beg the 5-0 and the Governor for a permit. Not every day, and not everywhere, of course. I should just be allowed to pack, openly, if I’m not a felon. I feel pretty much the same way about concealed carry.
Whatever they advertise, the old ones prefer the 1911 .45s. I have seen many of them wearing them. As for open carry, I believe it was illegal even in 19th century Texas, at least within city limits. The Rangers were known for disarming men who didn’t obey the stricture.