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11-26-2014, 08:26 PM
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My corn meal guns
I was in one of my haunts and a guy walks in with these old timers:
The story: They belonged to his grandpa, who was a "close associate" of United Mine Workers boss John L. Lewis way back when. He retired and after he died grandma stuck both guns in a tin of corn meal for a few decades. When she passed away grandson got them and traded them for credit toward a .38 Smith for his wife.
It seemed a shame to split them up. I got them both for a fair price for the FN .25 alone.
They've both seen better days, but they work and I'll shoot them. The H&R is a five shot "Auto Ejecting .38 S&W". The .25 is FN's version of John Browning's great design, marketed in the U.S. as the Colt Vest Pocket.
I have no idea if the John L. Lewis story is true, but the corn meal part is. The .38 was still loaded with 3 old WRA rounds and one Peters round - and both guns still had corn meal in them.
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11-26-2014, 08:33 PM
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Doesn't look as the corn meal hurt them any. Guns and things with interesting stories are special. Like yours.
The last one of the little Brownings I saw had a price of $525. About 2 years back.
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11-26-2014, 08:58 PM
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Congrats! They both look appetizing.
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11-26-2014, 09:05 PM
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Man, that's nice. I'm glad they went to someone with enough soul to appreciate them.
(You probably know this, but baby that hand spring on the H&R. Numrich has ones you can fit to the gun, but it's a blue-eyed bear to get done.)
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