Anyone else get recently interested in a different type of firearm?

[quikdraw67]

It's complicated

I've always been a big S&W revolver guy. I've had and still have plenty of wheel guns from to 60's to the early 90's over the years.

But I was never a fan of S&W semi's, with the exception of the 41 and 52. I had those two models when I shot Bullseye. I sold both when I lost interest in the sport.

But I've found a new crush on 3rd generation Semi pistols. That's been my new obsession. I'm beefing up the collection with them.

The other is a rekindled romance. Older Ruger Mini-14 's, older 10-22's, older Single Six and Bisley revolvers.

I only have one piece of plastic left in the collection, and that may be sold soon. Good pistol (HK P30SK), but I prefer all metal now.

I guess your tastes change as you get older.

 

[Spokes]

Yes a light weight Ruger pistol 22/45 of course 22 LR cal.

 

[tlawler]

Last few gun shows I've been on the hunt for a pistol caliber lever gun. Either a Marlin 336 or a Winchester 1894 and probably in .38/.357, though I haven't ruled out a Henry in .41 Mag. But I would prefer side gate loading and I wish Henry would introduce that in their pistol caliber lever guns.

 

[Valmet]

Target .22 rifles- especially older ones with Lyman or Redfield sights...that are reasonably priced.

 

[40_CALIBER]

I've been a collector of rifles and MIlsurps for years. I have a large collection of SKS, K98s and other Military surplus rifles.


I have just started to delve into SW pistols. I have the catalog of SW and I am getting hooked.



so yes, while the rest of you talk about finding things other than SW pistols, I am coming here....


LOL it works both ways.. Glad to be here!!

 

[2152hq]

I want to get back to, that means find the time, to build a couple more muzzle loaders.
I was into them as a teenager, then dropped them before I reached 20.
I briefly picked it up again about 20yrs ago and built a couple.
Had a lot of fun shooting them.
Sold them as I wasn't using them at all after a time.
Now I feel the need to get back to it.

I have plenty of odd parts, bbl's, locks, wood, ect. from projects never completed.
Time to get one or two into the rotation.

Building something custom but still conservative on any firearm is a favorite of mine.
I like the Pre-WW2 styles both US and European.
Now that I've pretty much cleared up customers work, going back to that is something I've looked forward too.
I've already finished a Krag sporter and a custom .22 Stevens bolt. They've been a long time waiting.

 

[otis24]

Well, not from the standpoint that I have to collect a particular kind. But, I owned a Kahr K9 in about 1998. Wound up selling it. I loved the way it fit my hands, the size and the weight. I've owned a lot of different handguns since then. But nothing quite satisfied me like the K9. I just sold my Sig P365XL that I aquired and never fired. Figured if I was going to invest a decent amount of money in a firearm I just as well have what I wanted. I was able to get everything back that I had in the Sig & accessories. I used that money to purchase a K9.

I HAVE developed a hankering for WWII era knives. I recently purchased a WWII Ka-Bar and two Cattaraugus 225Q knives. On the lookout for more.

 

[RobertJ.]

Yes, I recently jumped into the AR15 with both feet. I'll be posting about one of the two that I now possess in this same forum. Here's a sneak peek:

 

[merl67]

Well not recently, but I went from collecting Mausers, and WW1, and WW2 rifles from all parties involved to gradually collecting Smith & Wesson antique up to prelocks. I do still have a Postal Meter M1 carbine, and two Mauser rifles for deer hunting. I would imagine most people's collection changes through the years.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

That's kind of funny. I have had so many different interests over the course of time that it's nearly impossible for some particular firearms "type" to have not piqued my interest at some point in time.

S&W revolvers
S&W 3rd Gens
Old West guns - SAA types, SxS and pump shotguns, lever guns (especially Winchesters - I still have a few)
Colt double action revolvers (not for long - S&W beat that out of me)
Mouseguns
1911s (gave that up, too)
Browning HPs (still have one and a replica)
Hunting rifles (forever and ever amen)
M1A types (gave that up the next category)
Milsurps (all gone)
AR type rifles/platforms

I am now in the phase of If I like it I'll get one but mostly it has to be a gun that really gets my attention and I doubt that I'll "collect" anything specific anymore.

And then there are some guns I'll just never be interested in and it's a much longer list!

I forgot - everyone likes pictures!

BHP

Kareen - Israeli BHP - with Pachmayrs now gone

Oddball - a P4

I still have some mouseguns:

CZ Duo - made in German occupied Czechoslovakia - 1944

Beretta 950 BS with Duo but now dumped PSA Baby Browning (ick - ***, not psa)

Seecamp

Did someone say ARs? This one is crazy accurate:

That's just to jazz up my post a little.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Hacksaw

All you need is a hacksaw. Larry

Yeah, you're exactly right. And, apparently you and I are on the same page with this idea! Neither gun is worth much, if anything at all, except what you said there. I've been gnawing on this idea since I acquired these two guns. 16 1/2" is the minimum barrel length isn't it?

 

[CH4]

My firearms interests are cyclical. When my handgun world becomes over saturated, my primary focus goes back to long guns for a bit. I am currently in long-gun mode and have been for the last 2-3 months.

 

[jeffrefrig]

ISCS Yoda, That wood on that BHP really looks nice. A real attention-grabber! You're right...gotta have pictures!

 

[Golddollar]

I am now in the phase of If I like it I'll get one but mostly it has to be a gun that really gets my attention and I doubt that I'll "collect" anything specific anymore.

Isn't this what it really comes down to? Why else would I have a Webley .455 revolver from Great Britain and a Lahti 9mm from Finland?

 

[BAM-BAM]

I'm a sucker for Mannlicher/full stock rifles.................

A Ruger 77 International in .243 started it back in the 70s.

Stumbled onto a CZ 452 FS/mannlicher in 2011... since have added 4 more in .22mag .22lr and a 527 in .223/5.56

Also accumulated three Ruger 10/22 International/ fullstocks.

Missed out on a Flagg custom built mauser/mannlicher in 7x55(?).. pre internet and had not heard of Flagg's .... when I came back to the Burgh found out it was a LGS just down the road from my Apt.

 

[tops]

Yeah, you're exactly right. And, apparently you and I are on the same page with this idea! Neither gun is worth much, if anything at all, except what you said there. I've been gnawing on this idea since I acquired these two guns. 16 1/2" is the minimum barrel length isn't it?

16 in. for a rifle. 18 in. for a shotgun. I wouldn't cut shorter than 18 1/2 in. and 19 might be safer. Sometimes the govt. has weird measuring devices. The overall length is 26 in. and I would want a inch or two extra on that. Larry

 

[pawngal]

Single stack steel 9mm. Bought one of the Berretta 1851, then an H&K and then a Sig P210

 

[merl67]

Sort of a deviation from the main topic, but I have a goal of trying out as many different guns before I die. I once bought a P08 Luger knowing full well I couldn't keep it had it for a week got to run a few boxes of 9mm through it sold it the next week for what I had in it lol.

 

[Truckman]

16 in. for a rifle. 18 in. for a shotgun. I wouldn't cut shorter than 18 1/2 in. and 19 might be safer. Sometimes the govt. has weird measuring devices. The overall length is 26 in. and I would want a inch or two extra on that. Larry

I like my 20" rifle-sighted Remington 870...It passes all legitimate government eyeballs......Ben

 

[bushmaster1313]

16 in. for a rifle. 18 in. for a shotgun. I wouldn't cut shorter than 18 1/2 in. and 19 might be safer. Sometimes the govt. has weird measuring devices. The overall length is 26 in. and I would want a inch or two extra on that. Larry

Barrels are measured inside and parallel with the bore to a closed bolt. I have a rod marked at exactly 18" for shotguns. If there is less than 1/4 inch of barrel past the mark on the rod I will not buy the shotgun.

 

[double-dipper]

Interestingly yes, I've been on this "evil black gun" kick lately. I never had much of an interest in them until about 6 months ago. I bought one and then decided I needed to build one.

 

[dwh]

I've been bitten by the 1905 32-20 bug lately.

 

[Kurusu]

Interestingly yes, I've been on this "evil black gun" kick lately. I never had much of an interest in them until about 6 months ago. I bought one and then decided I needed to build one.

Having realized that the infamous Glock 17 is now about 40 years old.

It is very possible that I end up buying one.

As functional weapons I have always respected them. Also I have found them very accurate too.

But aesthetically speaking I have never found them "pleasing" to my eyes.

But I suppose they are a "classic" now. So...

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Isn't this what it really comes down to? Why else would I have a Webley .455 revolver from Great Britain and a Lahti 9mm from Finland?

I guess that's why I still have the P-4!!!

Anything is accurate at one foot, or even two.

The folks I shot with in CAS had a saying - there is no target too big or too close that you cannot miss it!

ISCS Yoda, That wood on that BHP really looks nice. A real attention-grabber! You're right...gotta have pictures!

And, you will note with interest, that the original grips on that BHP are now on the Kareen and it looks ever so much better, too!

I know. I need another picture!

 

[Kurusu]

Isn't this what it really comes down to? Why else would I have a Webley .455 revolver from Great Britain and a Lahti 9mm from Finland?

Well, Webley.455 check. And it's younger sibling in .38 too.

About the Lahti... Still working on it. I passed a Model 40 Swedish Husqvarna. Because I wanted a "true" L-35. I just hope it wasn't a mistake.

 

[Golddollar]

Well, Webley.455 check. And it's younger sibling in .38 too.

About the Lahti... Still working on it. I passed a Model 40 Swedish Husqvarna. Because I wanted a "true" L-35. I just hope it wasn't a mistake.

I have a .38 S&W Enfield Tanker model, with the bobbed hammer so it can only be shot double action. Somebody chromed or nickeled it but that's OK for a shooter. I haven't fired it yet. I need to see if I can find some .38/200 grain loads.

For what it's worth, a lot more Swedish L-40s were made or brought into this country than Finnish L-35s. I grew up in an area with a lot of people of Finnish heritage and then studied Finnish history, including about the Winter War, so I held out until I could find a Finnish Lahti.

 

[Kurusu]

I have a .38 S&W Enfield Tanker model, with the bobbed hammer so it can only be shot double action. Somebody chromed or nickeled it but that's OK for a shooter. I haven't fired it yet. I need to see if I can find some .38/200 grain loads.

For what it's worth, a lot more Swedish L-40s were made or brought into this country than Finnish L-35s. I grew up in an area with a lot of people of Finnish heritage and then studied Finnish history, including about the Winter War, so I held out until I could find a Finnish Lahti.

1 I have an Enfield too, but mine, of 1934 vintage, has an hammer spur(thank God).

2 The Swedes managed to ruin a few of their L-40s using ammunition tailored for sub machine gun use. So I'm a bit wary on them.

But I do have a Swedish service pistol. And it was made by Husqvarna.

 

[Tytan01]

I purchased a 2020 Colt Python, 6" Stainless.

Waiting for it to arrive. Praying for all it's worth that the revolver is not from the batch with the ruined muzzle crown, mooshie spring and chips & dents.

For the price of these things they should be perfect out of the box.

 

[Golddollar]

1 I have an Enfield too, but mine, of 1934 vintage, has an hammer spur(thank God).

2 The Swedes managed to ruin a few of their L-40s using ammunition tailored for sub machine gun use. So I'm a bit wary on them.

But I do have a Swedish service pistol. And it was made by Husqvarna.

You and I would have a great time at our club's Great Wars Match for military handguns from World War I to the end of World War II, or their replicas or clones. It's a chance to twice a year take out the guns we've been describing in this thread and put a few rounds downrange out of them. We get an amazing variety of original military guns being brought out.

 

[Kurusu]

You and I would have a great time at our club's Great Wars Match for military handguns from World War I to the end of World War II, or their replicas or clones. It's a chance to twice a year take out the guns we've been describing in this thread and put a few rounds downrange out of them. We get an amazing variety of original military guns being brought out.

You betcha.