oneflycowboy
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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
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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
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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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bobf
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Remington mod 51 .380
Grayfox
US Veteran
I'm not much of a photographer, but here are a few of my favorites. 
VETERANS
Since Buckmarks seem to be popular, here's my little Hush Puppy.
A Clark Custom Longslide built in Oct, 1963 and still far more accurate than I'll ever be.
My Zombie Rifle
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Since Buckmarks seem to be popular, here's my little Hush Puppy.
A Clark Custom Longslide built in Oct, 1963 and still far more accurate than I'll ever be.
My Zombie Rifle
I've got several, and it's a fairly eclectic batch.
Mauser cone hammers are scarce, and 6 shot cone hammers VERY scarce. UJnfortunatly many Mausers, like this one, are also in 'NRA boat anchor' condition. I suppose I should get it restored, but haven't gone there yet.
Another Mauser, this time a solid frame zig-zag from around 1878. Most zig-zags are tilt-up hinged frame revolvers with simultaneous ejection. The solid frames were built for military contract competition and are quite rare; serial numbers only go up to about 65. Most are in 10.4mm caliber, but this one is in 9mm, the only one I've ever heard of. Serial number 4.
A Colt Lightning magazine rifle in 38-40. This one is probably a factory special order. Most Lightnings had straight stocks, not pistol grip, and were not checkered. This one has fancy wood and a half dollar as the grip cap. My great-grandfather bought it new; it was his deer rifle. It has a tang peep, most probably original, and a Beach front sight. I tried to letter it quite a few years ago, but Colt had no record of it. He lived in Westfield, NJ and probably ordered it through Colt's New York office. The records from New York were lost, but have since been located; perhaps I should try lettering it again, but that's pretty expensive. It's the first center fire rifle I ever shot, and 38-40 is the first caliber I handloaded.
A Sten Mk II. Don't know too much about it but think it came from Korea; there was a Canadian detachment there, and this one has 'Jeanot' scratched on the frame. It has also been hit by a pistol bullet on the right side where the receiver tube joins the lockwork. This jarred the selector so it doesn't work and I put in a lash-up so I can shoot it. I've probably put several thousand rounds down it, mostly cast bullet handloads. A note for other Sten owners: the manual says that they were sighted in with the barrel positioned so the barrel inscription is at 12 O'Clock. If the barrel is twisted elsewhere in the frame, it may not shoot where the sights look.
Mauser cone hammers are scarce, and 6 shot cone hammers VERY scarce. UJnfortunatly many Mausers, like this one, are also in 'NRA boat anchor' condition. I suppose I should get it restored, but haven't gone there yet.
Another Mauser, this time a solid frame zig-zag from around 1878. Most zig-zags are tilt-up hinged frame revolvers with simultaneous ejection. The solid frames were built for military contract competition and are quite rare; serial numbers only go up to about 65. Most are in 10.4mm caliber, but this one is in 9mm, the only one I've ever heard of. Serial number 4.
A Colt Lightning magazine rifle in 38-40. This one is probably a factory special order. Most Lightnings had straight stocks, not pistol grip, and were not checkered. This one has fancy wood and a half dollar as the grip cap. My great-grandfather bought it new; it was his deer rifle. It has a tang peep, most probably original, and a Beach front sight. I tried to letter it quite a few years ago, but Colt had no record of it. He lived in Westfield, NJ and probably ordered it through Colt's New York office. The records from New York were lost, but have since been located; perhaps I should try lettering it again, but that's pretty expensive. It's the first center fire rifle I ever shot, and 38-40 is the first caliber I handloaded.
A Sten Mk II. Don't know too much about it but think it came from Korea; there was a Canadian detachment there, and this one has 'Jeanot' scratched on the frame. It has also been hit by a pistol bullet on the right side where the receiver tube joins the lockwork. This jarred the selector so it doesn't work and I put in a lash-up so I can shoot it. I've probably put several thousand rounds down it, mostly cast bullet handloads. A note for other Sten owners: the manual says that they were sighted in with the barrel positioned so the barrel inscription is at 12 O'Clock. If the barrel is twisted elsewhere in the frame, it may not shoot where the sights look.
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More interesting guns:
This revolver looks like a Victory; it has a 5 1/2 inch barrel and is in 38 S&W caliber; Parkerized finish and smooth wooden grips. But it was built post war, on a 10,000 gun contract for the Dutch East Indies, who were beginning to experience an insurrection. The backstrap is stamped K.N.I.L. The insurrectionists won and the country is now Indonesia. These revolvers were used until they fell apart and only a few got back to the US. This one is pretty loose and doesn't have much finish left. One of the sideplate screws is broken off, and the hammer pivot is loose in the frame and wobbles. I shot it a couple of times with light, cast bullet handloads, but now it just sits on the wall in retirement.
A Hall percussion rifle in 42 caliber. This one is about new with just some storage dings. The front of the breech tips up for loading, and snaps down into place for firing. It is easily removable, at which point it becomes a short barreled, single shot pistol. Soldiers used to take the breech with them in their pocket when they went to town. The bore is perfect and I itch to shoot it; however the book on the Halls said the floor of the proof house was littered with shards of walnut blown off the stock by gas emerging from the joint between the breech and barrel. That walnut hasn't become any more supple in the ensuing about 170 years, so I have resisted scratching that particular itch. As near as i can find out, no one has ever made a reproduction of the Hall for shooting (nor a reproduction of the Ferguson breech loading flintlock either).
Ross 1910 in 280 Ross, with the breech half open showing the interrupted thread bolt head. A graceful, accurate and powerful rifle with a quality of fit and finish equal to the best British gunmakers. I have resisted shooting this one too: ammo and reloading components are difficult to find and expensive, and there's always the bad rep of the Ross for coming open when fired. At this late date it's impossible to separate fact from fiction, and decide how dangerous these rifles really are. I like striaght pulls, and shoot several different makes, but I just don't want to end my days with a Ross bolt sticking out of my right eye.
This revolver looks like a Victory; it has a 5 1/2 inch barrel and is in 38 S&W caliber; Parkerized finish and smooth wooden grips. But it was built post war, on a 10,000 gun contract for the Dutch East Indies, who were beginning to experience an insurrection. The backstrap is stamped K.N.I.L. The insurrectionists won and the country is now Indonesia. These revolvers were used until they fell apart and only a few got back to the US. This one is pretty loose and doesn't have much finish left. One of the sideplate screws is broken off, and the hammer pivot is loose in the frame and wobbles. I shot it a couple of times with light, cast bullet handloads, but now it just sits on the wall in retirement.
A Hall percussion rifle in 42 caliber. This one is about new with just some storage dings. The front of the breech tips up for loading, and snaps down into place for firing. It is easily removable, at which point it becomes a short barreled, single shot pistol. Soldiers used to take the breech with them in their pocket when they went to town. The bore is perfect and I itch to shoot it; however the book on the Halls said the floor of the proof house was littered with shards of walnut blown off the stock by gas emerging from the joint between the breech and barrel. That walnut hasn't become any more supple in the ensuing about 170 years, so I have resisted scratching that particular itch. As near as i can find out, no one has ever made a reproduction of the Hall for shooting (nor a reproduction of the Ferguson breech loading flintlock either).
Ross 1910 in 280 Ross, with the breech half open showing the interrupted thread bolt head. A graceful, accurate and powerful rifle with a quality of fit and finish equal to the best British gunmakers. I have resisted shooting this one too: ammo and reloading components are difficult to find and expensive, and there's always the bad rep of the Ross for coming open when fired. At this late date it's impossible to separate fact from fiction, and decide how dangerous these rifles really are. I like striaght pulls, and shoot several different makes, but I just don't want to end my days with a Ross bolt sticking out of my right eye.
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This is one of the coolest guns I have ever seen, who knows where it's been and what it's seen.Colt Model 1903 32ACP. Colt lettered to the OSS in September of 1944.
This is one of my favorites and I've posted it here before. Marc Krebs built this for a cop back in the late '80s before anyone knew who Marc Krebs was. He went on to be recognized for his 1911 builds and his work with AKs. This is one of the few, if not the only, revolver he ever customized. It's a M28 that has been converted to .45acp and there are many other modifications and custom touches. It's a gun that every time you pick it up you notice some other little thing about it. Plus the name, "CROWBAR", just pegs the cool meter!
And, yes, those are little crowbars scrimshawed on ivory inserts set in custom grips.
I just picked this up last week. I've owned quite a few custom 1911s but this is the first one I've commissioned for myself and it turned out great. It is a Colt 1991A1 .38 Super that has had 9mm and 9x23 Winchester barrels fitted to it as well as a ton of other work. It is sweeeeet!
You've all seen this one before as well, but I love it and I'm posting it again. This is a Clark Meltdown 1991A1 Compact with a mirror polished blue finish. I'm lucky to own it, it is one of the best looking handguns I've ever seen.
absolutely love this thing. I feel an attachment to it haha. 
Ah, what the heck, I'll post a couple...
First up is my RIA 1911-A1. Why? Well, because it was the first handgun I ever bought. Other than swapping the grips, I haven't changed anything about it, and I've been fairly pleased with how it works.
And then there's my first Mosin Nagant M91/30. Why? Because it was my first adventure with a military surplus rifle -- and I got to clean all the cosmoline off of it myself (a true learning experience).
First up is my RIA 1911-A1. Why? Well, because it was the first handgun I ever bought. Other than swapping the grips, I haven't changed anything about it, and I've been fairly pleased with how it works.
And then there's my first Mosin Nagant M91/30. Why? Because it was my first adventure with a military surplus rifle -- and I got to clean all the cosmoline off of it myself (a true learning experience).
Black_Sheep
Member
The oldest revolver in my modest collection is this old M&P. The chipped stocks and holster wear suggest that it's been carried alot and give the gun great character...
LedFowl
Member
I bought these inexpensive Strike Industries grips for my SA Champion. I like the way they look and they fill the hand nicely.
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ibewbull
US Veteran
BUG
AMT .45 Backup
If you understand that a back up is a 7 yard and less gun then it will satisfy all the needs.
I admit I prefer a J frame though.
AMT .45 Backup
If you understand that a back up is a 7 yard and less gun then it will satisfy all the needs.
I admit I prefer a J frame though.
