You really should make your ablutions before even looking at this photo, because it truly is the Holy of Holies:
This is the original prototype of the Colt 1911, hand-made by John Moses Browning himself (peace be upon him). In the Browning museum in Ogden.
The blued-steel Colt
The new steel Colt
She runs to stunts erratic
For she's a darn
Tough arm to learn
This Army automatic.
Yet when you get to know this arm
and how to coax and pet her,
She'll do her duty like a charm
No Gun will serve you better
She'll stick right closely by your side
And as the fight grows hotter
And you are caught in battle's tide--
You'll thank your stars you've got her.
The lusty Colt, The trusty Colt,
The weapon democratic,
Whose vicious might
Makes men one height--
The Army automatic.
--Songs of the Training Camps
You may commence drooling.
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