RustyBattleship

AHA! Finally somebody picked up the clue that a young horse is a Colt. The 1905 Luger in .45 ACP lost out by only a few points to the Colt .45 ACP in the Army's 1906 tests.

Serial No. 1 that was used in the tests seems to have been lost forever. Undoubtedly one of the high ranking officers took it home and by this time a descendant probably sold it to a scrap dealer or threw it in the ocean. Serial No. 2 is the only one left in existence and is in a private collection.

Yet, the U.S. Cavalry were so impressed with it they put in a special order but the guns apparently were never made. There has been a rumor that 200 were made but never delivered. But I doubt any were made as many other countries were ordering model 1902 7.65 caliber Lugers and many were waiting in the wings for Georg to come out with his 1908 model in 9mm. About 110 variations have been made of the Luger.

Back in the 70's was a company that would take your Luger and turn it into the "Wyatt .45". They had to put a whole new barrel on, permanently remove the 9mm magazine, block off the magazine slot in the grip and the gun had to be top loaded. It was about as popular as a corn cob replacing Charmin.

Good job Max. Next question is yours.

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Ironduke

It's been a little while so I'll ask a question.

I won the popular vote three times, and served two terms as President of the United States. Who am I?

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FDR?

Ironduke

Nope, he won the popular vote 4 times and served 3 full terms as president, and a month or so of his 4th term.

Ironduke

Note, there are two answers to this question. You'll need to get both of them. These two presidents won the popular vote in three presidential elections, and served two terms apiece.

RustyBattleship

Kennedy and Reagan?

maximusslade

Little while??? I was working all day and driving all night, give me a break if I dont surf the net and drive at the same time

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maximusslade

Andrew Jackson and Grover Cleveland

Ironduke

Correct. Your question (again ).

maximusslade

OK, I am going to go in a slightly different direction this time....

What was the 14th Brittsh colony that was invited (and declined to attend) to the Continental Congress.

RustyBattleship

That was so easy to Google that I'm not going to answer. Except to say Lief Erickson was probably there about 775 years before.

ghost88

Thats so easy I'm not going to Google.
New Foundland

Ironduke

You're all wrong, Rusty, ghost88, as well as maximusslade.

Newfoundland was never invited to the First Continental Congress.

Additional colonies invited were Nova Scotia, St. John's Island (aka Prince Edward Island), Quebec, as well as East and West Florida, which were controlled by the British from 1763 to 1783.

maximusslade

LOL Well if you are soooooo smart there Ironduke why dont you go answer my naval quiz question... The answer I was looking for was Canada. I wasn't aware of Florida being a British possesion at that time. Your turn Ironduke

RustyBattleship

How could I be wrong if I didn't give the name of the Colony?

So here's my google of it:

Most children in North America learn at an early age that the "Thirteen Colonies" revolted in 1775 and after 8 long hard years won their independence with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. What most of us weren't taught is that the British actually founded 14 colonies on the Atlantic coastline of North America.
If you went to school in the United States
you most likely were taught the 13 colonies. 12 were founded in the 1600's, in order of settlement they are

Virginia in 1607,
Massachusetts in 1620,
New Hampshire in 1623,
New York in 1624,
Connecticut in 1633,
Maryland in 1634,
Rhode Island in 1636,
Delaware in 1638,
Pennsylvania in 1643,
North Carolina in 1653,
New Jersey in 1660,
and South Carolina in 1670.
The 13th colony, Georgia, was not settled until 1733, a gap of 63 years! The 14th and last was Halifax, Nova Scotia founded in 1749, 16 years later still. Georgia was settled south of the southernmost colony before it, South Carolina, and Nova Scotia was at the opposite extreme, north of Maine, which until 1820 was part of Massachusetts colony.
Officially Nova Scotia had been a colony...

Nova Scotia Colony had not sent
representatives to the Continental Congress
Studying this letter with the historical perspective we can see something which General Washington couldn't, or wouldn't see. The assembly of the Nova Scotia Colony had not sent representatives to the Continental Congress because they were surrounded by Redcoats and imperial Sailors and any such attempt would be learned of and quashed aborning. The 14th colony was under Martial Law with every ships Captain ready, willing, and able to act as a hanging judge at the first hint of open rebellion. Therefore while the Assembly of Nova Scotia had not sent representatives to Philadelphia for either the First or Second Continental Congress it was not from lack of will, but rather fear of retaliation, as was demonstrated in many of the acts of Sabotage preformed in Halifax.