Here are a few oddball guns I've accumulated over the years. You probably won't often find them in your local gun shop...

A Mossberg Model L falling block rifle:


An H&R New Defender .22 made for only three years in the 1930s:


A fully customized Stevens single shot .22:


A Springfield M2 .22 with an upside-down caliber stamp:


A Mauser WTP, Type 2 in .25 Auto:


A CZ 45 .25 Auto:


A Great Western .22 SAA --a full-size gun--heavy!!


An old H&R Sportsman Single-Action:


A Beretta 102 Target Pistol:


A dual-cylinder Model 25-2. Factory? Who knows!


A First Generation Colt SAA, customized in the thirties or forties along Elmer Keith's preferences, probably by Sedgeley, Croft, and the boys:


A Beretta 948 .22LR:


Hope you enjoyed looking at these slightly unusual guns!

That Mossberg Mod L has a distinct resemblance to a BSA Martini. Is it in 22RF?

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Absolutely adore your collection, especially those tiny .25s and that .22 snub revolver. Hope you take time to shoot them. Can never have too many pocket guns, revolver or semi-automatic, IMO.

Kaaskop49
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H Richard--

Yes, the Mossberg is a .22 LR--I need to get it out to the range!

Nice collection. I was watching for a Mossberg model L, pretty hard to find in nice shape. I like the Martini Cadets, have 3 of em. Just shot 2 yesterday. I used the 12/15 in .22 with an 8-32 scope on it and a .310 converted to .357 with the orig sights. The .357 is nicely done with different wood. Also have an orig .310 with bullets, orig brass and dies.

Definitely need a range report on the model L, I believe they were made around 1930. Enjoy the range time shooting at a slower pace then most people do today. Larry

Thanks B A
No matter how much attention is riveted to Smith& Wesson; that is a nice collection, and a pleasant change of pace.

Well kept collection !

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Would you care to share the available info you have on this rifle such as the model number and to the case hardening?

terry

terry-- I wish I knew more about this rifle--I bought it from a friend a while back. He had it built by a local guy who is handicapped and does stock work for local enthusiasts.

I don't know who did the case hardening.

Here's a pic of the outstanding wood...

Great collection. Thank you for sharing. Excellent quality pictures by the way.

How about the model number.

terry

Terry--

The only number I can find on it is 24, on the lower tang. I think it's a "Favorite" but I don't know much about these Stevens rifles.

Nice Stevens Favorite,,it's the earlier Mod 1894,,the later Model is the 1915.
Those early 20th Century Boys rifles make nice custom projects. I did one up on a Hopkins & Allen Junior Schuetzen Model 3922 .22rf a couple years ago. Still hangin' around here!

That's the first Mossberg Mod L I've seen in a long time. Nice single shot martini type. They made some nice ;22calRF rifles back in the early 1900's before WW2.

I have a CZ45,,a very nice DA only 25acp pocket pistol. Mines proofed '47. I did some engraving on for something to do when recovering from some health issues a couple years back. It;s become a daily carry piece now..

That SAA looks familiar..

2152hq--

Vaguely familiar, eh? Nice job on that, by the way.

Thanks for the info on the Stevens--I wasn't sure what the model was.

The Mossberg L I bought from Tim in Farmington a while back.

Best,

Tim

Here's one you very rarely see: a Mauser solid frame zig-zag revolver in 9mm, DWM #6 caliber. Hinged frame zig-zags are scarce, only several thousand of them were made, and not many have survived two world wars. Solid frame zig-zags are very scarce, the highest serial number I have seen is 65. All were in the 10.6mm Mauser cartridge, DWM # 7 except this one, in 9mm. It's lacking the ejector rod which is housed below the barrel and is used to poke the empties out of the cylinder.

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Very cool stuff and Thanks for sharing.

Love them all and all are great "finds".


Chuck

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Love that Stevens. I have a 44 1/2 my dad built when he was a young man. He built it as a varmit rifle in 218"Improved" bee. I am still looking for dies...No idea what happened to his. I have some correspondence between him and PO Ackley (and others) as he was trying to get it barrelled. I have no idea who finally did the work. Dad passed 3 years ago, so that answer is forever lost to me. I can barely make out the Winchester 52 on the barrel. This gun is plain, blued and the woodwork was done by my father. I finally found some 218 Bee, so at least I can shoot it a time or two. Very cool to see another Stevens in any form.

I have one in DA/SA, in not nearly as nice condition, that shoots like a dream.

My dad thought the only gun that needed to be made was a pump action, all other types were unnecessary and irrelevant. He had an 03 Springfield in the Navy in WWII and didn't like it and his only guns were a 16 gauge M12 Winchester with Polychoke, Remington Wingmaster 12 gauge plain barrel, and an old take-down .22 Marlin Pump. He was a good hunter and a great shot and always wanted a Savage 30/30 pump but could never find one. I haven't seen one in years and always thought that would be the ideal deer rifle for all the hunters that use pump shotguns.

That is a really beautiful Stevens Favorite. My first rifle was a Favorite. It belonged to my great uncle and he had left it at his house when he evacuated from a flood. He wouldn't retrieve it after the flood, so I liberated it. I was twelve at the time.

I've always had a love for the strange and unusual, yours are great.

I am a boys rifle nut and have many odd and unusual, here's a couple.

Winchester Thumb trigger. Many of these went to Australia.




Winchester Model 55 semiautomatic .22 single shot.


The top rifle is a Remington model 6, the bottom is a Hamilton. The Hamilton is probably the cheapest .22 ever built. Everything on the rifle is sheet metal including the receiver and the metal wrapped brass barrel.


Close up, Hamilton on top.

The liner on that 25 case looks factory...might be worth a letter!

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Just when you think you know a thing or two about guns, along comes a post like this. Amazing!

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