Not surprising, and he expresses his love for John Moses Browning's 1911 platform in several of his books and stories.
Can't remember what story, but RAH wrote about a society that people could be armed, and it being in the future, used ray-guns or such. One complete anachronist had a 1911 made, in JMB's own caliber, and proceeded to whack a bunch of people with it during a surprise uprising of badthink.
American Rifleman at one point ran a brief article (with photo) about RAH's personal 1903 Springfield.
There's a quote in the article: "I want to keep that Springfield (with plenty of ammo in the house) as long as there is any chance that I might need it to shoot commies."
@beans The novel you're thinking of is Beyond This Horizon, published in 1942. The character in question enthusiastically describes the anachronistic 1911 to his friend with "and it makes a hole big enough to throw a small dog through" which is my favorite description of anything "gun", ever.
Beans - the novel was _Beyond This Horizon_ The character who preferred the 1911A was the main character, Hamilton Felix. Good book. I've read them all, and even his juvenile novels were pretty good.
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Not surprising, and he expresses his love for John Moses Browning's 1911 platform in several of his books and stories.
Can't remember what story, but RAH wrote about a society that people could be armed, and it being in the future, used ray-guns or such. One complete anachronist had a 1911 made, in JMB's own caliber, and proceeded to whack a bunch of people with it during a surprise uprising of badthink.
American Rifleman at one point ran a brief article (with photo) about RAH's personal 1903 Springfield.
There's a quote in the article: "I want to keep that Springfield (with plenty of ammo in the house) as long as there is any chance that I might need it to shoot commies."
==Dwight
I have long known of a connection between Heinlein and a 1903 Springfield rifle. It was considered one of his treasures.
@beans The novel you're thinking of is Beyond This Horizon, published in 1942. The character in question enthusiastically describes the anachronistic 1911 to his friend with "and it makes a hole big enough to throw a small dog through" which is my favorite description of anything "gun", ever.
Beans - the novel was _Beyond This Horizon_ The character who preferred the 1911A was the main character, Hamilton Felix. Good book. I've read them all, and even his juvenile novels were pretty good.
Sorry, Atom. I didn't read down before seeing that you had already nailed it.
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