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Greg Derr

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A Colt 1911 custom crafted for a USMC Gunnery Sergeant. Started with a Colt pre 70 re-issue. Kart barrel, serrations and high cut. EGW bushing and ambi safety. A NOS wide wide hammer and lanyard loop MSH. BoMar style rear sight. The front sight has a platinum insert from friend Ted Yost. The engraving and inlay of white gold is by Brian Powley. The case in by Glenn Dean of Classic Chests. All great craftsmen and a pleasure to work with.

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Gotta love the Marines.
 
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76Too said:
Sorry...I have difficulty reading text that's not in crayon.
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[rockon]

I missed it too at first. Didn't read the entire first paragraph because I couldn't wait to get to Greg Derr's photos! And as I scrolled down and saw the front sight photo, I was like "wow, what's that?"

It's a beautiful pistol—much better than probably any other USMC firearm I've seen—but once I was done admiring the photos, I'd have moved on... except the post right before yours also caught my attention:
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The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal is very rarely awarded these days.
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I said to myself, "Hey, I have one of those, and I didn't know it was particularly special." I looked at the Marine Corps display of my ribbons/medals here in my home and also at my DD-214 just to be sure. Then I had to do a little research, and now I know why I have it even though I didn't do anything heroic to earn it.

Anyway, I guess I'm a crayon-eater too (we never used that term), but that's why I stayed in this thread long enough to finally read all of the OP, and then I could answer your question.

I'd love to have a pistol like that, and as Paul Harvey would have said, "Now you know the rest of the story."
 
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kingfisher said:
I'd have moved on... except the post right before yours also caught my attention:
I said to myself, "Hey, I have one of those, and I didn't know it was particularly special."
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In today's military, "joint operations" is the norm so the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is more often awarded now when appropriate.
The Marine Expeditionary Medal is cool as it depicts a Marine coming ashore with one foot on the land and one foot in the water.
 
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Now that Easter weekend is over, I'm bumping this thread so that people who've been away from NES will get a chance to see this beautiful pistol!

Andy in NH said:
In today's military, "joint operations" is the norm so the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is more often awarded now when appropriate.
The Marine Expeditionary Medal is cool as it depicts a Marine coming ashore with one foot on the land and one foot in the water.
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I agree, Andy. Very cool. Thanks for the additional info. I can confirm that I was not in a "joint operation." It was Marines only.
 

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