During WWII, US soldiers often personalized their GI Colt M1911 pistols by crafting transparent “sweetheart grips.” Utilizing Plexiglas salvaged from downed aircraft, they replaced the original wooden grips with clear ones, inserting photographs of loved ones or pin-up girls beneath the surface.
by UrbanAchievers6371
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My Great grandfather did that, he put a picture of his gun on his gun.
Sweet, time to put my two loves together
There has to be one guy at least that did an accidental discharge while playing with it.
They do that today, only now it’s just V-tuber Waifus on the grips. lol
Man that would be one hell of a war trophy to pull off a body. Haunting af.
What a cool piece of history, I hope lots still exist
When I hold you in my arms
And I feel my finger on your trigger
Imagine jerking off and forgetting to turn on the safety. It’s like a game of what or who is going to fire off thier load first.
Like a phone background now
When WW3 happens the first thing I’m going to put on my gun is a decal of Gordon Freeman dapping up Soldier from TF2
Im not a gun guy. But now I want one like this.Â
I’ve never seen such a thing before, what a great idea.
A lot of them probably held that close to them.
“Often” is a dramatic overstatement. It’s definitely a thing, but was relatively rare in actual photo evidence.
And knife handles, too.
This is awesome
In WWIII it’ll be anime waifus and ponies
This is my rifle, this is my gun. There are many like it, *but this one is mine.*