Firing the Ultra Rare Singer 1911, Worth as Much as a House 

Awesome story thanks for sharing!

Good father, we need more like him

I love this❤

Sounds like you had a good ol man.

If ALL of that is true..... that's fucking beautiful man!!! Lol

I thought they ended up getting the contract for Norton bomb sights.

@@shallnotcomply6479 Norden. Not Norton ( I still love you. ) Cool that you knew that!!!

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⁠​⁠@@shallnotcomply6479the article I read said T-1 bomb sights, B-29 bomber gunfire control computers, directional gyros, artificial horizon instruments, and autopilot controls as examples, I wouldn’t know if there’s any other examples and am no historian.

my grandma has some old singer sewing machines that still work flawlessly to this day and now i know why.

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No they didnt and dont want trops to have nice things It helps prevent them from being spoiled little grunts

@@krossblod8763 Yes, because of course it's better to have non-functioning weapons than to *spoil* them with things that actually work properly. The ideal standard for all militaries.

I love it when people jest about that girl's videos 🤣

Indeed. 😂😂 This one deserves the 🏆.

For real

They always somehow get better and better

Agreed! 😂

I've also heard that's one of the reasons they couldn't meet the 100 a day. Quality control and care for manufacturing was to high. I can attest that the government is definitely looking for the cheapest and fastest to hire. I worked for an electric company that was subcontracted through the government and we made things like Humvee wire harnesses and tank auxiliary cables along with other things (those two stuck out the most). Boy let me tell you, as long as the work was done half assed on time then they didn't care who did it. We had 4 recovering meth addicts, 1 "recovered" meth addicts and probably half the work force or more at least smoked pot and many on the job. Random bum people who really didn't have a skill only put wire here. I quickly became one of the more skilled their as I actually knew how to work more complex tools and solder lol.

​@@betafishjeremy7454I mean to be fair, the meth heads were probably the best workers

There is a Popular Mechanics article that said the gov't thought it would be a waste for them to make handguns at that quality so they had them make bombsights

I have one 1911 singer right now...

As someone that owns a 1911 AND a singer😂 I'm ok with this

@@anubian860 I own an 1911, and a Singer that is as old as that Singer 1911

Not to mention the collectors 😂😂😂

No one had ever said that exact line before.

...and Canadians 🤣

Agreed, that intro will be a classic.

Never shot a Chambers, huh? lol

Yeah, still got a singer sewing machine at my mums, it's not only reliable, but it was also made to look amazing, including the legs, and still works when needed.

​@@trevorhawkins8757never shot a singer, huh? Lol

Got two Singer treadle sewing machines. One was made in 1927 the other was made in 1922. Even have one button hole device. Attaches to the pressure foot. There are 8 insert gears that make the button hole sizes desired.

@@A_potato9772 it’s very common knowledge that Joe Chambers makes the best custom hand fitted 1911’s you can buy.

which was a bucket of crap. lol. should have stuck with good pistols.

Not wasted, just above government grade. That precision is absolutely valued by those who like precision tools.

@@jaydunbar7538 it was a waste of their factory time making 1911s and that's what the government inspectors said of the 500 pistols examined. The level of precision wasn't needed and was more useful producing other more delicate and more precision components.

I agree with your wording. 1911s in WWII we’re going to be abused, abandoned, etc. Any other company could make them for that purpose. Their precision could definitely be used elsewhere

@@alyssatipton5080 the spec was really quite loose which is why the ww2 guns are so reliable. 911s tend to only go to jamming and being hard to keep running when yiu accurise it by making it to tighter tolerances. Singer were an impressive maker of aviation parts in ww2 the Nordwn Bombsight being one of them

Ok i will

Well, the sale and transfer of it was. As soon as the gun owner who owned it passed, it would be destroyed... I saw a video a while back where a store owner in the States had managed to purchase a couple hundred Lugers for Canada's RIGHT before the freeze. So, some guns have been saved.

Aa some one from California me too

as a canadian im just happy someone can shoot it

Raise up brother!

I'd say L+Ratio but I'm genuinely sad for you all. I hope you get your country back soon.

To some people yes but collectors absolutely not

yeah but usually they fire once or twice, and thats it.

This guy has watched some episodes of pawn stars

Maybe if it’s some 1700s musket that’s in terrible shape. A 1911 can almost be inspected and be determined whether it’ll work or not. I mean most firearms that would be the case, without actually firing them. It’s not rocket science.

@@ryanbreckenridge3785lol

Hes got an assfull of cash and not a care in the world, a great merican

Joel needs to come back more often. He seems like a Demo type of cool guy!! Thanks Joel AKA Mr. Wonderful.......

Who is Joel?

Who is this Joel guy? @@Gurd72

@@Gurd72 I thought that was the guy that loaned Matt these 2 guns and also had the rocket pistol.

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В мире слишком много информации. Нельзя знать обо всём.

You were not specifically told not to injure your psyche)))

I've never seen so many bots reply to a single post lol.

does depend a bit, the problem is getting parts can be hard and if you break a numbered part you significantly reduce the value. Luckily few numbered parts are common to break.

​@Wehraboo I agree. Hopefully the person who possess such item WILL take care of it. Hence them being a loner. If they were my guns I'm gonna be there...😊

No because they are museum pieces. If we run every museum piece you can find, then it's going to ruin the education for future generations to witness so they'll never know what an original state would have looked like. Not to mention that there are millions of 1911s in production and this old museum piece isn't going to make you shoot any better or differently. If I found king Arthur's magical sword I'm not going to start bashing it against a steel shield and snap the sword in half because that's how it would have been used in battle

@@jason200912if it breaks in half against a shield it isn’t Excalibur

@@jason200912 if i found king arthurs sword i would totally slice stuff with it just bc it would b cool, guns are literally built to b shot its even cooler of their 100, 200, 300 years old. just because its a museum piece doesnt mean ya cant shoot it

That's why I waited for the new colt pythons. The old ones can't get replacement parts and repairs from the factory, if not now, then certainly not in a few more years.

I collect coins that I wont use.

I think after these guns were fired at Demo-Ranch they are worth even more.

@@debragibson3489 I have some that I inherited and have thought about making a collection out of them.

Same.....recently acquired a super rare and old surfboard....it's gonna be ridden a LOT

THE PAIN.

I miss the days of getting guns for work done...

women should just not be allowed to touch or hold on to historic firearms.The amount of times I've seen/heard/experienced this story is unreal. My grandmother got rid of a transferable AK my grandfather brought back from Korea. Sold it for like 300 at a gun buyback or something.

@@MegadethTillDeththats scary,i I wouldnt wish that on my enemies

bruh@@MegadethTillDeth

You know what I love? Run-on sentences.

Best I have seen redo of that weird Bentley thing.

I finally found the fudds guntubers make these long ass intros for. I was hoping you guys didn't exists

This opening beats my favourite so far. Which is from this podcast ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KzgiZpCIj1c.html.

@@MMOchAForPrez How, exactly, does enjoying a random 30 second joke intro make someone a "fudd"? Prejudicing against huge swaths of people for their own opinions makes you sound like a leftist. Grow up. If you don't like them then fast forward 30 seconds like an adult... or I guess just keep going to comment sections and insult people in order to make yourself feel superior, like a child.

Did Micah get into Christmas decorating?? 🤔🤔🧐

What's a Garland Thumb. Garand Thumb I think I know, but Garlands seem harmless, would never hurt your thumbs...

@@davidnicholas7516 oh my god you’re right, i should change that

Nah he should definitely talk infrequently, guy seems nice but doesn’t have the same presence

Forget Michah, I want Charlie back 😢

Fun fact: We had Singer SN #77 come through our doors in 2019. The North American Arms SN #93 we've never sold, but we have sold 23 others.

Love you guys at RIA, thank Ian extra much for educating me on all of your fantastic guns, if I were to get a chance to buy a coonan or something from you guys, I wouldn't miss a beat

All I have is vodka is that ok?

stay hydrated like the 1911 at the end

You got this man!

Keep your head up, brighter days ahead

The first 1911 I was issued [USMC 84] was made by Remington Rand in WWII. Managed to qual expert with it.

Stumbled across this comment, just wanted to wish you good luck man.

Good luck to you. Fight the good fight.

Get well soon my man Edit: I am gonna pray for you, the good lord will help you through the tough times

Thank you from everyone with the well wishes. Didn't want to detract from the video. Just wanted Matt to know his videos, from Demo Ranch and Off The Ranch, a well appreciated.

You’ve got this man keep your head up you’ve got this community behind your back🖐🏻

having a bunch of headaches with my old sewing machine time to time, i can see how the manufacturing skill translates into firearms lol

Look ma, I found the ai

At least we hope

My thoughts exactly

Very likely priceless.

That's what 500k gets you 😆

They are your 401k

In 30yr these will be worth millions

​@@kapower06or a prison sentence because we are living under communist rule.

By the end of the Biden administration these will be worth millions

agree, which is why I also like to shoot all my old guns, even if only a box though it. like my T14 japanese nambu. that said I don't really have plans to ever shoot it again but if any of my friends wanted too i'd find another box of 8mm nambu and let them try it. It's also why I tend to buy more "shooter grade" guns than the crazy collectable ones, my LP08, my P08, both nice guns, one refinished and the other is just a bit beat.

AHH!!! missed opportunity for sure!

​@@Demo_Camera_Guyyep. That would have been the perfect match against her crystal ping. It is so obvious now that it is pointed out. Still, this is the best response video I have seen to that goofy thing.

@@Demo_Camera_Guy Damnit 🤦‍♂️! Tell your boss to get his 💩 together 😆

At 105 years old with 0 replacement parts.... you come back and tell me how your wonder 9 holds up.

@@jonathanlunger2775 metal + time = warpage. quality metal has sat in a yard for the grain to settle, then machined, quenched, and then left to settle again.

​@@trollolol705I personally think that polymer pistols are better for everyday carry, but steel pistols feel much nicer. I'm a huge CZ fan, though (steel). Polymer, I would go with a Walther P99. I hope you get to buy your SIG back!

​@@hansgans297or canik, it's a pdp clone but better in many ways

To this day a 1911 is the quintessential silhouette I think of in my mind when I think of a handgun.... A close runner-up being a beretti M9..... For some reason it's always just stuck with me as what a handgun is meant to look like

​@@Demertechnever heard of Canik. I'll look into it.

​@@JivedSonenI really like the 1911 because of it's design. It's so simple. We have a saying here in Germany. "Weniger ist mehr". Less is more. The 1911 doesn't need flashy or tacky design elements to look good. Beretta M9 look good as well, but I personally am not a huge fan. I don't know why, though. Just a feeling. CZs are amazing, too. But the best grip I have ever felt on a gun was with a P99. This thing fits my hand like a glove.

You're uploading warzone 2 videos, wtf you mean don't care about pop culture? I smell cap

@@tenderonibaloney8854, oh no. You caught me.

You good, man?

@@rodgersmith1573 I’m good the 15th of September is the anniversary of my wife passing, now two years I don’t know if it will get any easier. Thank you for asking.👍

Hmm you must not know him personally.

You appear to have some kind of issue with the man, are you his ex?. @@annabanana1279

Yo I got the same fmap 1927 Argentinian do you know where to get magazine or if it works with ballaster Molina magazines?

Hide them and protect them at all costs. I am almost at the bottom of the US but I wish I could help you hide them. If I were at the Northern border you would have a safe house for storage until the day of reckoning were at hand.

We will fight for our second amendment if you bring them across the border people would be glad to hold them for you until Trudeau is out of office.

Sell all your shit and come to the US for asylum. Not only are the borders open, but you have a rare legitimate claim under international asylum law.

Start burying them. And if you have any ancient unregistered guns you’re in a good place. Don’t let those Communist bastards take anything away.

So many people would assist you in keeping your armaments brother. I know it in my heart, keep fighting your fight man and try to stay strong

Cabots are made about an hour from where I live! Amazing guns

@adamrosenhamer3762 It's a dream just to hold one, even if it's the meteorite ones. As you said amazing guns.

I can barely get a 1 room condo for in my city..

Notice how they're the states with the most restricting gun laws too - correlation equaling causation? 😂

I can't imagine wanting to buy anything in those places at all 💩

I can imagine wanting to buy a gun in those places.

Hey, as someone who lives in a house worth more than that, and who had a homeless guy living with his trashcans for a month back in 2021, I gotta tell you...living in a crime-infested hellhole is *expensive*.