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Welcome to at this time’s Picture of the Day! When California tinkerer Ray Wilkinson first dreamed up his svelte blowback 9mm within the swinging ‘60s, he turned to a neighbor for assist: famend gunsmith Robert Penny of Nationwide Ordnance. Their little one bore the futuristic moniker “Mannequin 68.” Thwarted by 1968’s Gun Management Act, Wilkinson rebranded his telescoping bolt, fastened barrel breechloader “Linda” after his daughter when gross sales relaunched within the Nineteen Eighties. Regardless of the pistol’s curvaceous traces and advertising and marketing, Wilkinson’s ingenious mechanics made it a hidden gem. Its hefty, largely forward-placed bolt mass tames recoil in an alloy body whereas locking the barrel and sights collectively accuracy. Although alas, market success eluded Linda once more. Wilkinson handed the torch earlier than his namesake manufacturing unit closed up store in rural Idaho in 2005. However the firm resurged, reborn to produce keen homeowners the components and mags to maintain these tack-driving kitsch classics capturing. Linda’s progressive spirit lives on due to devotees who acknowledge high quality endures behind the fickle tides of vogue.

“Producer: Wilkinson Arms Co

Mannequin: Linda

Kind: Pistol

Gauge: 9 mm

Barrel: 8 1/2 inch spherical

End: black

Grip: plastic”