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November 19, 2006
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Should be interesting. Didn’t realize I had a “Texas Special”. Mine is quite a bit plainer and rougher but that adds to the charm, right?
Mike
November 19, 2006
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TXGunNut said
Should be interesting. Didn’t realize I had a “Texas Special”. Mine is quite a bit plainer and rougher but that adds to the charm, right?
Mike
Seems anyone who has one of these would want a copy of that article to keep with the rifle.
February 22, 2021
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I didn’t know “Texas Special” was a “thing”. I suspect more of a auction sales gimmick than anything else. I have a 95 short rifle with a 20″ barrel coming from AZ next week. I think they were referred to as “Arizona Specials” back in the day…Right?
November 19, 2006
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Brooksy said
I didn’t know “Texas Special” was a “thing”. I suspect more of a auction sales gimmick than anything else. I have a 95 short rifle with a 20″ barrel coming from AZ next week. I think they were referred to as “Arizona Specials” back in the day…Right?
Well, it is literally true… in that, it exists in writing 
By the way, that ’95 short rifle sounds intriguing. More so as it is an Arizona Special. 
.30/40 I assume?
February 22, 2021
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steve004 said
Well, it is literally true… in that, it exists in writing
By the way, that ’95 short rifle sounds intriguing. More so as it is an Arizona Special.
.30/40 I assume?
.35 and a pretty cool gun, I think 1911 production. I’ll post some pics when I get it.
January 26, 2011
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Brooksy said
I didn’t know “Texas Special” was a “thing”. I suspect more of a auction sales gimmick than anything else. I have a 95 short rifle with a 20″ barrel coming from AZ next week. I think they were referred to as “Arizona Specials” back in the day…Right?
Yes, my 20″ short rifles are now officially “Wyoming Specials”. Although my 20″ examples are not deluxe so that’s a nice little rifle but very late.
~Gary~
April 15, 2005
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pdog72 said
Yes, my 20″ short rifles are now officially “Wyoming Specials”. Although my 20″ examples are not deluxe so that’s a nice little rifle but very late.
So what are we supposed to call the 22″ and 24″ Short Rifles ??
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January 27, 1992
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I believe, to be politically correct, those are now classified as “Plus Size” Short Rifles. RDB
November 19, 2006
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Brooksy said
.35 and a pretty cool gun, I think 1911 production. I’ll post some pics when I get it.
I’ll look forward to the photos. A .35 WCF 20 inch short rifle – that would make a great bookend paired with Mark Douglas’s 36 inch .35 WCF.
November 19, 2006
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rogertherelic said
I believe, to be politically correct, those are now classified as “Plus Size” Short Rifles.
This is now the place to learn political correctness… who’d have thought?
January 27, 1992
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Steve 004, don’t you see the irony. In Texas where everything is supposed to be bigger, they called the short rifle “THE TEXAS SPECIAL”. I’m sorry, for some reason that just hit comical nerve. I sometimes have a strange sense of humor. RDB
February 22, 2021
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steve004 said
I’ll look forward to the photos. A .35 WCF 20 inch short rifle – that would make a great bookend paired with Mark Douglas’s 36 inch .35 WCF.
That’s pretty much the long and the short of that tale!
November 19, 2006
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I think we have some budding comedy writers here
January 26, 2011
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Bert H. said
So what are we supposed to call the 22″ and 24″ Short Rifles ??
I suppose the 22″ would be “Fairly Common Wyoming Specials” and the 24″ would be “Just Slightly Less Common Wyoming Specials”.
~Gary~
July 16, 2013
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Well i guess my 73 Rifle is an Ausie special
January 7, 2017
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So…my half octagon, would be known as a Louisiana Special because we’re almost in TX? Maybe not but it is one of the scarce Left Hand versions too.
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November 19, 2006
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rwsem said
So…my half octagon, would be known as a Louisiana Special because we’re almost in TX? Maybe not but it is one of the scarce Left Hand versions too.
It would be. If you wrote an article on it. And had it published.
June 4, 2017
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Does anyone know the date of the article in the magazine? T/R
May 23, 2009
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TR said
Does anyone know the date of the article in the magazine? T/R
I can’t find it, and I’m wondering if the phrase “Texas Special” is made up phrasing, as there is not article titled with that name that I can find.
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Maverick
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