Smitty357
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Remington Rand USGI.
post a picture of any gun that you want o post
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Remington Rand USGI.
This could be a favorite!!
Long gun..Pristine Early NORINCO..with correct drum 
And of course EDC..
Long gun..Pristine Early NORINCO..with correct drum
And of course EDC..
Smitty357
Member
And of course EDC..
Very nice Kimber. I enjoy mine as EDC. Not quite as comfortable as my Shield when it comes to working 12+hr days. But it sure is nice carrying the little ones around.
IWI Magnum Research Baby Eagle II Steel 9mm Sub Compact.
Looks just like the 45 SC I have and the 40 cal full size. Mmmmm bottom feeders!
Looks just like the 45 SC I have and the 40 cal full size. Mmmmm bottom feeders!
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No love for the Baby Eagle? 
Ok, how about an Armalite AR-24 (K) 9mm Compact?
Heavy sucker but it shoots sweet!
Ok, how about an Armalite AR-24 (K) 9mm Compact? Heavy sucker but it shoots sweet!
A recent pickup, the new Walther PPK in .22. Fun little shooter, works just like you would expect a Walther should.
inspcalahan
Member
Winchester M70 .30-06 given to my mother from my father at their wedding in the 50s. It followed them around the planet over the years - mostly Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. It's fed the family with every North American big game animal except Polar Bear, Walrus and Desert Bighorn. It made a trip or two to Africa as well. I dropped my first moose and caribou with it in the 80s. If only it could talk. Here it is in Dillingham Alaska in the late 60s.
I still have it deep in the safe - maybe it's time to go visit.
I still have it deep in the safe - maybe it's time to go visit.
I've whittled my accumulation down a lot over the years.
This one is the one I've had the longest. It's a Sears-Roebuck 12 ga pump, made by Mossberg. I got it in 1977 IIRC, and paid $99.00 for it, with an extra 24" rifle sight slug barrel. Somewhere along the line I painted it camo. Every deer I ever killed, except one, fell in front of it. It's wearing the 28" modified choke barrel. With No. 1 Buckshot it will do the job. I've never used the slug barrel.
These are the most recent ones. I've never fired either of them...yet.
1975 Colt, Mk III, Official Police in 38 Special. I got it a couple of months ago I don't think it's ever been fired.
And this is my most recent. I'm sort of a sucker for lost 22's. This one is Hawes Western Sixshooter, made by J.P. Sauer & Sohn in "Western Germany", probably in the early/mid 60's during the TV western craze. It's just a cheap 22, but I liked the way it looked. I might never shoot it, but it will be handy for watching "Gunsmoke" rerunds. Never know when Matt and Festus might need some help.
This one is the one I've had the longest. It's a Sears-Roebuck 12 ga pump, made by Mossberg. I got it in 1977 IIRC, and paid $99.00 for it, with an extra 24" rifle sight slug barrel. Somewhere along the line I painted it camo. Every deer I ever killed, except one, fell in front of it. It's wearing the 28" modified choke barrel. With No. 1 Buckshot it will do the job. I've never used the slug barrel.
These are the most recent ones. I've never fired either of them...yet.
1975 Colt, Mk III, Official Police in 38 Special. I got it a couple of months ago I don't think it's ever been fired.
And this is my most recent. I'm sort of a sucker for lost 22's. This one is Hawes Western Sixshooter, made by J.P. Sauer & Sohn in "Western Germany", probably in the early/mid 60's during the TV western craze. It's just a cheap 22, but I liked the way it looked. I might never shoot it, but it will be handy for watching "Gunsmoke" rerunds. Never know when Matt and Festus might need some help.
labworm
US Veteran
Purchased the wood about 2 years ago, finally slapped it on.
Houge Goncalo Alves on a S&W Walther PPK.
Houge Goncalo Alves on a S&W Walther PPK.
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JeffNW
Member
My current collection of PP series Walthers.
labworm
US Veteran
SHOWOFF
I love em, great collection.
I love em, great collection.
policerevolvercollector
Member
Here is, perhaps, the most unusual one I have. It is a Belgian made revolver in 8mm (?) with Vatican markings!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_and_Vatican_City
Best,
Charles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_and_Vatican_City
Best,
Charles
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oneflycowboy
Member
Here is one of my Rock River Arms AR's
RRA LAR-15 with a 20" custom threaded Predator Pursuit barrel and A2 Muzzle Brake.
The scope is a Super Sniper 10x42, 30mm tube.
RRA LAR-15 with a 20" custom threaded Predator Pursuit barrel and A2 Muzzle Brake.
The scope is a Super Sniper 10x42, 30mm tube.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Esthetically, I've always been fond of the Luger pistols. If form follows function, these guns are shining examples. Sleek and finely crafted, they draw attention wherever displayed.
This is a picture of a WWII bringback set; the holster and the gun are both dated 1936. If only guns could talk!
John
This is a picture of a WWII bringback set; the holster and the gun are both dated 1936. If only guns could talk!
John
Smith357
US Veteran
Add another Buckmark.
A recent upgrade to My buckmark. Darned if my eyes just aren't what they used to be.
oneflycowboy
Member
STI Edge
How about my current carry and perhaps the best bargain out there for a while. The CZ82. Chambered in 9mm. mak. or 9X18 this little Czech pistol is extremely accurate, reliable as heck and only cost $219 a couple of years ago. Holds 12 in the magazine and one in the chamber. They've gotten a lot harder to find lately.
S. Hammer
Member
CZs.
870 Express
870 Express
My most recent acquisition- a nice little Baby Browning.
I owned a .22 Walther PP when I was a teenager. I sold it for $90- twice what I paid for it- and regretted it for decades thereafter. A couple of years ago my old friend Charlie told me he'd taken a .22 PP to a show to sell but nobody bought it. Here it is, he didn't know I always wanted one and I didn't know he had one.
So ask your friends periodically "what're ya thinkin' of getting rid of ?"
He's got a 1950's Detective Special I'm angling for.
Regards,
turnerriver
I owned a .22 Walther PP when I was a teenager. I sold it for $90- twice what I paid for it- and regretted it for decades thereafter. A couple of years ago my old friend Charlie told me he'd taken a .22 PP to a show to sell but nobody bought it. Here it is, he didn't know I always wanted one and I didn't know he had one.
So ask your friends periodically "what're ya thinkin' of getting rid of ?"
He's got a 1950's Detective Special I'm angling for.
Regards,
turnerriver
skeezix
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Lead Luger
Not a real gun, but a story behind it.
Back in the early 1950s (when I was a little kid), my playmates and I would "trade" toys we were tired of. One of the neighbor kids had this "Luger" and a "1911". I traded a "Prince Valiant Sword and Shield" for the Luger.
Both were made of lead (or some sort of lead alloy) and were made by pouring molten metal into two halves of a mold, then assembling the the two halves together, probably using the same molten lead. As you can see, the final finish is rather crude, but it was a "Luger" that I had seen in the popular WWII movies of the day.
Still have this thing today. Wish I had acquired the 1911, too.
Not a real gun, but a story behind it.
Back in the early 1950s (when I was a little kid), my playmates and I would "trade" toys we were tired of. One of the neighbor kids had this "Luger" and a "1911". I traded a "Prince Valiant Sword and Shield" for the Luger.
Both were made of lead (or some sort of lead alloy) and were made by pouring molten metal into two halves of a mold, then assembling the the two halves together, probably using the same molten lead. As you can see, the final finish is rather crude, but it was a "Luger" that I had seen in the popular WWII movies of the day.
Still have this thing today. Wish I had acquired the 1911, too.
deadin
US Veteran
Two "rehabs"....
The first is a Krag that when I picked it up it was missing the top wood and the stock had been cut just ahead of the middle band. (The front band was also gone.) (The parts cost me more than I paid for the rifle...) The top wood came from Taylors and the fore end wood was from was from S&S. It was a matter of fitting and finishing. It is spliced under the middle band. The hardest part was matching the existing finish. (It isn't quite right, but I can live with it. I didn't want to refinish the whole stock as I wanted to keep the cartouches.)
The second is a M1875 Springfield Officers Model. When I got it, it was pretty sad. The front sight, tang sight, slider on the rear sight, wiping rod and ferrule and the hammer screw were all missing. It is very worn, even to the point where there is only a hint of some of the stock checkering remaining. I decided that it was never going to be a queen of the ball, but I did want to make it as complete as I could. The hammer screw (minus the correct engraving) and the slider could be found,but the rest of the parts would have to be replicas. The front sight is from Axtel's and is a excellent copy of the original Beech sight. (It cost me nearly what I paid for the rifle.) The wiping rod and ferrule weren't too difficult as I copied them from picture of an original. The tang sight was the big problem. It is a Type 2 of which only about 100 were made.
(They were not a good design and tended to twist in the stock mounting.) The chances of finding (and affording) an original were slim to none. Luckily I made contact with an advanced collector and archivist of Officers Models and he provided me with pictures, drawings and measurements of an original. The one I made may be a bit crude and would not fool anyone as an original, but it wasn't meant to. I just wanted the rifle to appear complete...
The first is a Krag that when I picked it up it was missing the top wood and the stock had been cut just ahead of the middle band. (The front band was also gone.) (The parts cost me more than I paid for the rifle...) The top wood came from Taylors and the fore end wood was from was from S&S. It was a matter of fitting and finishing. It is spliced under the middle band. The hardest part was matching the existing finish. (It isn't quite right, but I can live with it. I didn't want to refinish the whole stock as I wanted to keep the cartouches.)
The second is a M1875 Springfield Officers Model. When I got it, it was pretty sad. The front sight, tang sight, slider on the rear sight, wiping rod and ferrule and the hammer screw were all missing. It is very worn, even to the point where there is only a hint of some of the stock checkering remaining. I decided that it was never going to be a queen of the ball, but I did want to make it as complete as I could. The hammer screw (minus the correct engraving) and the slider could be found,but the rest of the parts would have to be replicas. The front sight is from Axtel's and is a excellent copy of the original Beech sight. (It cost me nearly what I paid for the rifle.) The wiping rod and ferrule weren't too difficult as I copied them from picture of an original. The tang sight was the big problem. It is a Type 2 of which only about 100 were made.
(They were not a good design and tended to twist in the stock mounting.) The chances of finding (and affording) an original were slim to none. Luckily I made contact with an advanced collector and archivist of Officers Models and he provided me with pictures, drawings and measurements of an original. The one I made may be a bit crude and would not fool anyone as an original, but it wasn't meant to. I just wanted the rifle to appear complete...
166 years old - and in perfect condition!
I thought I'd pull this one out of the vault and photograph it for you. It's a U.S. Model 1842 percussion musket, made at Springfield Armory in 1848, making it 166 years old as of this writing. It apparently was produced too late to see service in the Mexican War; 1848 was the last year of that conflict. It's all original and never fired since test firing at Springfield. The story with it is that it was put into war reserve during the Civil War, since it had no sights and was unrifled (I have another that was rifled and sighted). Also, being caliber .69, it was not the standard .58 caliber. At any rate, after the Civil War it was given by the government to a museum in Virginia, where it languished untouched for over 50 years. When the museum finally closed, a collector bought it. He eventually sold it to another collector, and I bought it from him in 1975. Not having enough cash, I traded out a very nice C96 broomhandle Mauser in the deal, which was inscribed with the circumstances of its capture during WWI. That was a piece I wish I had kept, but back then I often had to do some horse trading to get a prime piece that I wanted.
At any rate, I have kept this musket since 1975, a total of 39 years. It remains in its original untouched condition, unfired. The wood has never been sanded, and the cartouche on the other side of the stock is perfect.
The Model 1842 was the first standard U.S. general issue longarm to use the percussion method of ignition, and the first to use completely interchangeable parts. It was also made at Harper's Ferry Armory.
Here are a couple of pics of it.
John
I thought I'd pull this one out of the vault and photograph it for you. It's a U.S. Model 1842 percussion musket, made at Springfield Armory in 1848, making it 166 years old as of this writing. It apparently was produced too late to see service in the Mexican War; 1848 was the last year of that conflict. It's all original and never fired since test firing at Springfield. The story with it is that it was put into war reserve during the Civil War, since it had no sights and was unrifled (I have another that was rifled and sighted). Also, being caliber .69, it was not the standard .58 caliber. At any rate, after the Civil War it was given by the government to a museum in Virginia, where it languished untouched for over 50 years. When the museum finally closed, a collector bought it. He eventually sold it to another collector, and I bought it from him in 1975. Not having enough cash, I traded out a very nice C96 broomhandle Mauser in the deal, which was inscribed with the circumstances of its capture during WWI. That was a piece I wish I had kept, but back then I often had to do some horse trading to get a prime piece that I wanted.
At any rate, I have kept this musket since 1975, a total of 39 years. It remains in its original untouched condition, unfired. The wood has never been sanded, and the cartouche on the other side of the stock is perfect.
The Model 1842 was the first standard U.S. general issue longarm to use the percussion method of ignition, and the first to use completely interchangeable parts. It was also made at Harper's Ferry Armory.
Here are a couple of pics of it.
John
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JeffNW
Member
M63 ND
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wyccad915
Member
Here is my small collection I have managed to put together in the past 3 years. I started at age 21, and I know it will grow once I finish up school and manage to get a better paying job than what I have now.
Funny enough, almost all the guns are in order from when I purchased them. Top row left to right, and the rest from the top to bottom, except the top Mosin was purchased before the Marlin, and then the last 2 Mosins were purchased after. The shotgun is my newest. It's a firearms internation corp. 12ga. I haven't shot it yet. I don't know much about it either.
Sorry, I am not a photographer.
Edit: I actually have a pretty good nikon scope for that marlin 60, but it was taken off a while back and I haven't put it back on yet.
Funny enough, almost all the guns are in order from when I purchased them. Top row left to right, and the rest from the top to bottom, except the top Mosin was purchased before the Marlin, and then the last 2 Mosins were purchased after. The shotgun is my newest. It's a firearms internation corp. 12ga. I haven't shot it yet. I don't know much about it either.
Sorry, I am not a photographer.
Edit: I actually have a pretty good nikon scope for that marlin 60, but it was taken off a while back and I haven't put it back on yet.
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