Analyze JonB's Avatar

[Jackalope]

I identify with the character Walter from The Big Lebowski, that's why.

What, what? You pull heat on your bowling buddy for marking an eight on a foul in a league game?

[LastPoet]

I'm not into Starcraft or LSD so I don't know the significance of this

The same can be said about the thread ol'chap, got it now?

[Tino]

I identify with the character Walter from The Big Lebowski, that's why.

What, what? You pull heat on your bowling buddy for marking an eight on a foul in a league game?

This is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

[Cyberman]

Ok, sorry I missed the humour in all that. I hereby return it. Just for you: LOL!

No need to apologise, I'm more offended by the use of the nonsense word 'kudo'.

[HorribleOffensiveScouser91]

I imagine this JonB fella is perhaps maybe a lookalike of the guy in his avatar and this is what influenced his choice. He is probably the kind of guy who gets stopped by people in the street on a regular basis and gets told he is pretty, he wouldn't have a picture of himself as it may make others think he is "all looks and no brains" .....hmmm

[Brunitski]

Tino.... have you noticed? That's not a winchester. It's a Colt.





just sayin....

[Tino]

My efforts to contact the authorities for more information on JonB are beginning to pay off, though perhaps not all for the good. Today I received this vaguely threatening letter, with the promise of more documents to come. I share them at some risk, knowing that the benefit to the community of solving the JonB mystery avatar outweighs the personal risk to myself. Their reference to Jon as an "inmate" suggests that this mystery is deeper than I anticipated.

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Tino.... have you noticed? That's not a winchester. It's a Colt.

just sayin....

I have been meaning to look into this. Perhaps you have the firearms knowledge and are testifying as an expert. Did Winchester ever make a pistol and can we be sure if the pistol is specifically a Colt model?

[Jackalope]

Looks like a Colt Single Action Army model to me.

[Brunitski]

Well, Winchester did make a pistol, but only one, and maybe JonB is trying to tell us something there. Maybe the fact that the one model made by winchester is a single shot bolt action is significant? Or is it the fact that every one ever encountered by firearm experts is different; unique? Here is the view from LeRoy Merz, well-known and long time Winchester dealer from Minnesota:

“Over the last 30-35 years, I’ve probably had a total of 12 or 13 of these Winchester pistols. Every one I have had or examined has been different. The taper of the barrel, the sight, notches or grooves, the handles-whether it be walnut, brass or pot metal. The complete designs vary from heavy barrels to pencils barrels. Every one I have examined has been under serial #20. I understand that at one time, these were offered for sale to the public in both Australia and New Zealand — I have not been able to confirm that, but 3 of these guns came from New Zealand. The sides of the walnut stocks are marked: one is marked ’102′, one is ’103′ and one is ’104′. I’m not sure if this is Winchester’s marking or the marking of an importer. These pistols are very unusual and quite collectible — I wish I had kept all the ones I’ve had over the years. Some range from VG quality to a strange, very crude, poor quality for Winchester. I don’t know just what they were trying to do.”

curiouser and curiouser

[Jackalope]

Well, Winchester did make a pistol, but only one

Well.... not exactly, at least not during the era. Winchester of the mid-late 1800's is best known for the ubiquitous "Winchester rifle", a lever-action rifle in various models and calibers.

AFAIK, they did not make any production pistols during this era, though they did produce a prototype the "Mason" revolver, which as the story goes, was used as leverage to convince Colt cease production the "Burgess" repeating rifle.