Slick Shooters from the "Roaring Twenties"!!

[italiansport]

Here's my contribution! I snatched this up awhile back during dealer setup at a gun show here.
While it's not unfired it's just about as close as you'll generally get and the box is extremely rare.
BTW: New Model 1903's are being priced at around $1,100 from what I've been told.
Jim

 

[DWalt]

A long time ago, I had a fairly complete collection of pre-WWII US-made .32 and .380 pocket pistols, most of which have now been sold. Head and shoulders above all others, my favorites were the Remington 51s. I still have two of those.

 

[les.b]

Here's my contribution! I snatched this up awhile back during dealer setup at a gun show here.
While it's not unfired it's just about as close as you'll generally get and the box is extremely rare.
BTW: New Model 1903's are being priced at around $1,100 from what I've been told.
Jim

Jim:

Thanks for sharing that beauty with us!! And a box, even... Truly a unique find, and certainly a "keeper"! I never understand how boxes, particularly cardboard, can survive for so long. I see guys buying handguns all the time and just throwing the boxes away. Even if we aren't thinking about the future generations of collectors and shooters, it seems like you would want to have a place to keep the gun when not using it!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[les.b]

A long time ago, I had a fairly complete collection of pre-WWII US-made .32 and .380 pocket pistols, most of which have now been sold. Head and shoulders above all others, my favorites were the Remington 51s. I still have two of those.

DWalt:

I seem to remember that Patton was fond of the 51 also. Had a friend find one, which the friend had Remington refurbish, because they were out of production at that time, and then sent it on to Patton who by then was, if I remember correctly, in North Africa, embarking on "Operation Torch". At least that's how I remember reading the story. Thanks for sharing!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[DWalt]

DWalt:

I seem to remember that Patton was fond of the 51 also. Had a friend find one, which the friend had Remington refurbish, because they were out of production at that time, and then sent it on to Patton who by then was, if I remember correctly, in North Africa, embarking on "Operation Torch". At least that's how I remember reading the story. Thanks for sharing!!

Best Regards, Les

You remember correctly. It was a gift presented to Patton by General Kenyon Joyce, one of Patton's close friends. I seem to remember seeing a picture of it with custom stocks having three stars. No idea if those starred stocks were supplied by Gen. Joyce, but I suspect they were. For sure, it was not the pistol used by Patton to fire on the attacking German fighter plane in North Africa, as shown in the movie.

 

[Raisin]

Here is my 1903 Pocket 32 that I have been shooting since 1957. It still shoots great.

 

[Drifter Mike]

C olt 1903

Here's my addition to the thread
Top left is Browning 1910 380 then moving right is a Colt 1903 32 then a Colt Police Positive 32/20
Below the Browning 1910 is a FN 1922 ( Browning ) in 32 Then a Colt 1903 ( 1908 ) 380 in nickel and below the 32/20 is another Colt Police Positive in 32 New Police ( 32 S&W long ) and at the bottom is a Savage in 32. I shoot them all. Just about the time I think I should move one on to someone else I take them out and think " WHY!" I do enjoy them! I on occasion carry the Browning 1910 and the Colt 380 just to be different! I also have several S&W revolvers in 32/20 as well as 32 Long and just have to have a Lemon squeezer in 32 and 38 S&W!

 

[DWalt]

Not in American gun, nor is it from the Roaring Twenties, but my hideaway gun in the kitchen (loaded with Winchester silvertips) is a FN-Browning Model 1900 in .32 ACP, ca. 1911. Mine is in superb condition, and has a certain panache to it, maybe because it is the father of all subsequent blowback pocket pistols.

My rule is that if there is any place in your home where you are more than five steps away from a gun, you need more guns.

 

[Texas Star]

DWalt-

Good post! Until now, I was the only man I know who has a kitchen gun. As far as I knew...

 

[M1A]

Baby Chief in that useless cabinet above the frig.
You staying dry Tex?

 

[italiansport]

A long time ago, I had a fairly complete collection of pre-WWII US-made .32 and .380 pocket pistols, most of which have now been sold. Head and shoulders above all others, my favorites were the Remington 51s. I still have two of those.

I have a Remington Model 51 in the box as well. When I get a chance I'll dig it out of the safe for pics. If I were to carry a pistol from this period a Remington Model 51 would be my hands down first choice. I have Colts and Savages but the Remington IMO is the best engineered of these three.
Jim

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Here's one for someone with really big pockets. A bare metal smooth action 1917 that I think was built in 1920. That tool is a demooner.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

DWalt-

Good post! Until now, I was the only man I know who has a kitchen gun. As far as I knew...

Charter Bulldog .44 in the cabinet above the microwave... A chicken in every pot and a gun in every room. Ha.

 

[Cyrano]

Cyrano:

Now that's a couple of guns to make the Twenties "Roar"! Those are really neat. I saw several Mausers for sale recently at the Wheeling WV Cabela's. Really high price tags, too. You might check online to see if they have them still in stock. They were there for awhile, because they were so darn expensive. In the "Gun Library". I have always been fascinated by those guns, but have never owned one. Neat!!

Best Regards, Les

Thread drift. A few more Mausers for Les B. None date from the 20s, though.

1. Cone hammer, Sn 5126. Probably dates from 1898-9.
2. Pretty little bolo with 6 round magazine and fixed rear sight. Retailed by Von Lengerke and Antoine (later Abercrombie & Fitch), In NYC. Probably around 1905.
3. If you were a Maxim MG gunner in WW I, you might be lucky enough to be wearing this rig on your belt for close in defense. "Red 9" in 9mm Luger.
4. Not a Mauser but an Astra 903, the full auto version. Yes, it's registered with BATFE. Probably around 1930.
5. Another non-Mauser, this one a Shanxei in 45 ACP caliber, markings indicate date of 1930.

Anyoen want to start a Mauser pistol string? I have a few and even have 3 Mauser revolvers.

 

[Warren Sear]

Colt Army Special, made in 1927. Caliber is 38 Special.

 

[les.b]

Here is my 1903 Pocket 32 that I have been shooting since 1957. It still shoots great.

Thanks for sharing, Raisin, that's a fine looking 1903. John Moses Browing was a genius, he designed some of if not the best firearms In the world.

We are still shooting them and making replicas of them to shoot more than a century later.

Best Regards, Les

 

[les.b]

Here's my addition to the thread
Top left is Browning 1910 380 then moving right is a Colt 1903 32 then a Colt Police Positive 32/20
Below the Browning 1910 is a FN 1922 ( Browning ) in 32 Then a Colt 1903 ( 1908 ) 380 in nickel and below the 32/20 is another Colt Police Positive in 32 New Police ( 32 S&W long ) and at the bottom is a Savage in 32. I shoot them all. Just about the time I think I should move one on to someone else I take them out and think " WHY!" I do enjoy them! I on occasion carry the Browning 1910 and the Colt 380 just to be different! I also have several S&W revolvers in 32/20 as well as 32 Long and just have to have a Lemon squeezer in 32 and 38 S&W!

Mike:

That is a really great collection. A lot of history on the hoof there!! I too enjoy shooting all of my babies. I have been known to carry one of these old timers from time to time as well. If anything holds me back, it's not just the thought of the gun not being capable, it's the thought of which one would I most not like to be a court exhibit if I had to use it in self defense!!

Thanks for sharing... Those are all guns that might have been used back in the "Roaring Twenties"!!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[les.b]

Not in American gun, nor is it from the Roaring Twenties, but my hideaway gun in the kitchen (loaded with Winchester silvertips) is a FN-Browning Model 1900 in .32 ACP, ca. 1911. Mine is in superb condition, and has a certain panache to it, maybe because it is the father of all subsequent blowback pocket pistols.

My rule is that if there is any place in your home where you are more than five steps away from a gun, you need more guns.

Ha! Now I don't feel too bad about the 32 S&W caliber H&R top break 5 shot in the towel stack in the bathroom, or the S&W 340 PD under my pillow, or the..... Well, you get the idea. I have the same philosophy.

Best Regards, Les

 

[JohnRippert]

I forgot about this one, made in 1919. I expect it saw some use during the '20s.

 

[Muley Gil]

DWalt-

Good post! Until now, I was the only man I know who has a kitchen gun. As far as I knew...

Does a S&W commercial 1917 on top of the refrigerator count?