How Far Have Your Guns Traveled?

[DARE]

I have 11 Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961. Not many, but a large part of my small collection.
I was born in Texas and have spent most of my life here. None of these guns were bought new. They were all acquired in Texas or Oklahoma.
Five of the guns were shipped to Texas, the rest kind of all over.
Thought it was interesting how much or how little they have travelled over the years.
Here is a list of the guns with shipping info, how many miles from Sherman, Texas (where I live now) and photos.

.38 M&P Target Model of 1899, March 22, 1900 Phil B. Bekeart Company, San Francisco, California 1708 miles.
.38 M&P Model of 1905 3rd Change Target, May 14, 1913 Emil Linck, Hamburg, Germany 5283 miles.
.44 Hand Ejector 1st Model, April 14, 1916 the Cowdrey Company, NYC 1527 miles.
.44 Hand Ejector 2nd Model, June 3, 1926 Frank Gamblin, Deputy Sheriff, Amarillo, Texas 341 miles.
.357 Magnum, December 24, 1935 Potchernick's, San Antonio, Texas 338 miles.
K-22 Outdoorsman, April 6, 1937 Cullum & Boren, Dallas, Texas 65 miles.
K-22 Masterpiece, September 12, 1949 Emmons Hawkins Hardware, Huntington, West Virginia 980 miles.
Model of 1955 .22/32 Airweight Kit Gun, July 8, 1955 Frankfurth Hardware Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 938 miles.
.357 Combat Magnum, August 16, 1956 Huey & Philp Company, Dallas, Texas 65 miles.
.44 Magnum, December 14, 1956 Edward K. Tryon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1447 miles.
Model 53 .22 Centerfire Magnum, May 21, 1961 Nash Hardware Company, Fort Worth, Texas 89 miles.

 

[SS336]

Very cool, but I only see one revolver.

My M&P 1905 4th change is the only pre 1970 S&W I have, I don't know its previous history but it has already traveled 2856 miles since I bought it. interesting that all yours were so close by.

 

[DARE]

I was slow getting up the pictures. Look again.

 

[ameridaddy]

I have 11 Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961. Not many, but a large part of my small collection.
I was born in Texas and have spent most of my life here.
Five of the guns were shipped to Texas, the rest kind of all over.
Thought it was interesting how much or how little they have travelled over the years.
Here is a list of the guns with shipping info, how many miles from Sherman, Texas and photos.

.38 M&P Target Model of 1899, March 22, 1900 Phil B. Bekeart Company, San Francisco, California 1708 miles.
.38 M&P Model of 1905 3rd Change Target, May 14, 1913 Emil Linck, Hamburg, Germany 5283 miles.
.44 Hand Ejector 1st Model, April 14, 1916 the Cowdrey Company, NYC 1527 miles.
.44 Hand Ejector 2nd Model, June 3, 1926 Frank Gamblin, Deputy Sheriff, Amarillo, Texas 341 miles.
.357 Magnum, December 24, 1935 Potchernick's, San Antonio, Texas 338 miles.
K-22 Outdoorsman, April 6, 1937 Cullum & Boren, Dallas, Texas 65 miles.
K-22 Masterpiece, September 12, 1949 Emmons Hawkins Hardware, Huntington, West Virginia 980 miles.
Model of 1955 .22/32 Airweight Kit Gun, Frankfurth Hardware Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 938 miles.
.357 Combat Magnum, Huey & Philp Company, Dallas, Texas 65 miles.
.44 Magnum, Edward K. Tryon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1447 miles.
Model 53 .22 Centerfire Magnum, Nash Hardware Company, Fort Worth, Texas 89 miles.

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Very clever way to present your collection. Nice job, nice guns!

 

[Dino44]

OP, Thanks for the enjoyable post. Nice photos and it's cool that you shared the guns details. Very interesting.

 

[Retired W4]

Interesting way to look at your guns. This 44 Target Model of 1950 went to Honolulu Sporting Goods Company before it made it to Georgia.

 

[SS336]

I see them all now, beautiful collection.

 

[DARE]

How far have your guns traveled? I told you about mine. Now I'm wondering about yours. Do most guns stay close to where they were shipped?

 

[desi2358]

How far have your guns traveled? I told you about mine. Now I'm wondering about yours. Do most guns stay close to where they were shipped?

Well, as far as S&W guns are concerned I don't know. Have never lettered any of them. I do have a Colt 1903 32 auto that shipped to a dealer in San Francisco in 1914 and worked it's way back east to Ohio where I bought it (came with a factory letter). Other than that I do have a nice German 16ga double that I got from the veteran who picked it off a pile of surrendered guns in Germany near the end of WWII.

 

[wxl]

Have a Winchester 92 mgf 1895, Ruger 44 carbine, Sako 300 WinMag, CZ 416 Rigby, Ruger 22Hornet and Miroku 12ga purchased in Australia that I brought back to Texas

Oops, also a CZ452 22 bolt action I bought in Oz to replace my 10/22 when they banned it (brought it back to TX), sold the 20ga semi-auto I brought from TX, 2 Miroku shotguns I took to OZ and brought back (did that in the 1980s and again in 1990s) and bought a Ruger 22 slab side pistol in OZ and brought back.

Lived in Australia 1980-1985 and 1990-1999. It's approximately 13,000 miles one way on some of the guns , 26,000 for those two way and 52,000 miles for those that went two way twice. Some of them traveled couple thousand hunting in OZ.