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Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:43 am
by lantzn
I bought one of Russ' Webley WG and ended up drilling the barrel out to look more realistic.
I use ear plugs because my wife snores. I bought this pack of purple & orange mix.
I was holding my gun the other day and realized the ear plugs on my night stand looked pretty close to the orange they use to tip the gun barrels. This brand of plugs is a very BRIGHT fluorescent color, more so than others.
I stuck it in and it fits pretty snug when the foam plug expands to fit. Now I have an awesome way to temporarily plug my gun when needed.
http://www.amazon.com/AO-Safety-Disposa ... B000I7LH8Y
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:37 am
by binkmeisterRick
Great idea! Plus, it cuts down on the volume of a snoring gun!
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:00 am
by Quindy
Kind of a... silencer.
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:28 am
by nicktheguy
Quindy wrote:Kind of a... silencer.
oooooooooooo....that was such a good groaner it deserves applause! (it made me laugh out loud)
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:42 pm
by Long John Tinfoil
Of course, you realize that criminals have done that for years with REAL guns. No sweat Officer, it's a non-working replica... see!"
LJ
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:29 pm
by IndyMack
Brilliant idea for replica photographs that won't raise too many questions if seen by prying eyes.
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:12 am
by Indiana Bond
I did that a few years back for the opening night of CS. Set up my real Webley WG with the orange tip and rounds so it would look "safer" in public.
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:14 pm
by Indy Magnoli
Long John Tinfoil wrote:...criminals have done that for years with REAL guns.
Indiana Bond wrote:I did that a few years back for the opening night of CS. Set up my real Webley WG with the orange tip...
Ergo... Indiana Bond is a criminal.
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:24 pm
by Indiana Bond
Indy Magnoli wrote:Long John Tinfoil wrote:...criminals have done that for years with REAL guns.
Indiana Bond wrote:I did that a few years back for the opening night of CS. Set up my real Webley WG with the orange tip...
Ergo... Indiana Bond is a criminal.
With some of the crazy and stupid laws on the books, we all are criminals at some time or another!!
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:28 pm
by Michaelson
That also depends on where you're standing at any given time too.
Regards! Michaelson
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:52 pm
by DeWayne
Well with the right combination of laws, I'm sure it's illegal to breathe in certain places. Especially here in Cali....
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:01 pm
by lantzn
Indiana Bond wrote:I did that a few years back for the opening night of CS. Set up my real Webley WG with the orange tip and rounds so it would look "safer" in public.
Yeah you probably didn't look like too much of a threat while carrying that much lipstick around.
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:01 pm
by Wade Egan
I've been using earplugs to put orange tips on my replicas so I can sell them on Ebay for years. They've gotten wise to it lately though and keep taking my auctions down because they see the earplug. Part of the reason I stopped selling finished replicas.
Re: Orange tip your replica with an ear plug
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:07 pm
by Wade Egan
Michaelson wrote:That also depends on where you're standing at any given time too.
Exactly. Come on over to Nevada. They don't care if you walk down the street with a ninja sword and an AR-15 strapped to your back as long as it's visible. But you can't have a 3.5" knife in your pocket.
I was just in Big 5 dropping off a holster to a client who works there and the guy in front of me in line was wearing 2 pearl handled 1911s on his belt. He looked to be about 70 years old. I gave him my card.