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.
Not surprising, and he expresses his love for John Moses Browning's 1911 platform in several of his books and stories.
ReplyDeleteCan'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.
ReplyDeleteThere'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."
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I have long known of a connection between Heinlein and a 1903 Springfield rifle. It was considered one of his treasures.
ReplyDelete@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.
ReplyDeleteBeans - 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.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Atom. I didn't read down before seeing that you had already nailed it.
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