Does anyone else have a somewhat oddball firearm that may not make a lot of sense but they wouldn't give up?

AbitNutz

AbitNutz

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I was cleaning the goofiest gun in my collection and started wondering if anyone else was so afflicted. Make no mistake, mine is absolutely worthless. It's a Siamese-Mauser that has a chrome-molly barrel chambered in 303 British. The extractor has been modified so it really works well. The bolt handle has been turned down and it's now touched off by a Timney trigger. The rear sight is a very unique Armstrong Dual-Range receiver sight that I have been able to find almost nothing about. I think it was made in England but I'm not even sure about that. The front sight is a fairly large hooded ramp so the sight picture is really clear. It has been pillar/glass bedded and the barrel free-floated in a left-hand walnut stock. Yes, I found a left-hand stock for a Siamese-Mauser. It feeds OK, but not great. It is not in perfect condition by any stretch of the imagination. The accuracy is OK but not great. I keep fiddling with different handloads when I'm bored to see if I can improve things a little bit. 303 British can be a pain. I occasionally put a scope on it but it seems to be more appropriate to use the iron sights.

So have any of you got a rifle or handgun that is a little off the wall? Maybe not as off the wall as this one but just a little odd.
 
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I love those little NAA mini revolvers....

Utterly Impractical as a defensive weapon, but they are actually more capable that I would have thought.

I've got a thing for derringers....just placed an order for a LifeCard...kind of curious to see how that thing handles
 
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I've got a mint CZ-57 (7.62x25 Tokarov) with a never used holster that I bought several years ago when I had my C&R license, for I recall $99.
Kind of an impractical carry gun but it's a hoot to shoot and those rounds got some ass behind them.
 
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Just about every handgun currently used in IHMSA. I still have three XP-100’s in HS Precision stocks, with 2.5 oz Dell Taylor triggers with no safeties featuring 7X Burris handgun target scopes. All except one shoot far better than I ever could and my money gun in 7mmTCU is my favorite of the entire collection. We also have two Anschutz 64P’s both of which are topped with Burris 7X scopes and one of which is modified to centergrip.
 
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Italian copy of Winchester 1876 in 50-95. Absoulty beautiful wood and bluing with case hardened receiver , brass crescent butt plate that hurts like h*ll when shooting it. Traded a Smith and Wesson 9MM for it years ago. Too beautifull to take to the field to hunt with and too beautiful to sell.
 
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Plinker 73 said:
Italian copy of Winchester 1876 in 50-95. Absoulty beautiful wood and bluing with case hardened receiver , brass crescent butt plate that hurts like h*ll when shooting it. Traded a Smith and Wesson 9MM for it years ago. Too beautifull to take to the field to hunt with and too beautiful to sell.
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I was never able to get through my head why those crescent-shaped butts hurt so much. You would think just the opposite but I cut loose with an 1886 Winchester in with one and I thought it would kill me and it was only in 45-70. I can't imagine in 50-95.
 
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AbitNutz said:
I was never able to get through my head why those crescent-shaped butts hurt so much. You would think just the opposite but I cut loose with an 1886 Winchester in with one and I thought it would kill me and it was only in 45-70. I can't imagine in 50-95.
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The 50-95 is actually a milder cartridge than the 45-70 bit it still hurts if i dont put it out on my arm a little off my shoulder.
Looks like you aren’t too far from me.
 
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A 1912-ish manufactured Marlin 1893 chambered in .32-40 with 32" hex barrel and case hardened-receiver. It was given to me by a family friend several years ago with 3 bullets. It is completely out of place in my safe but also a really cool piece to admire every now and again.
 
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Other than the one gun of mine that was stolen when my home was burglarized 28 years ago, I still have every gun I've ever owned.
It was a Ruger Blackhawk, .357 stainless, with a 4 1/2" barrel. I was 17 when I bought it. It was the first gun I ever bought with my own money. I still miss that gun.
 
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Mossberg 600AT. It is basically a 500. I hunted with it for years, don't really hunt anymore. Came with a 26" modified choke barrel and a slug barrel. Got it when I was 14. It was bought as a gift at a time when I know money was very tight. Never had any issue with it except for having to replace the thumb safety, it had the plastic one. Times were a little different then I took it into the gun shop where it was purchased the guy looked at it , took it in the back and put a metal one on, then he said he had a different front sight for it and replaced the brass bead with red bead. How much is all that I said, don't worry about it he told me go out and hunt. It was my pride and joy for many years.
 
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bnanaphone said:
A 1912-ish manufactured Marlin 1893 chambered in .32-40 with 32" hex barrel and case hardened-receiver. It was given to me by a family friend several years ago with 3 bullets. It is completely out of place in my safe but also a really cool piece to admire every now and again.
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A 32" barrel was a special order only option. Makes it worth a bit more.
Standard barrel length was 26".
Take down or solid frame?
 
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Lange Carabine said:
A 32" barrel was a special order only option. Makes it worth a bit more.
Standard barrel length was 26".
Take down or solid frame?
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It is a solid frame. Apparently, it was a special order deluxe model with a pistol grip stock, checkering and shortened magazine tube. I asked around on the Marlin forum when I received it for more info.
 
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Pedersoli makes a Whitworth rifle that I'd love to have. It has that crazy hex-shaped bore where the bullet mechanically fits into the six sided ID barrel
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bnanaphone said:
A 1912-ish manufactured Marlin 1893 chambered in .32-40 with 32" hex barrel and case hardened-receiver. It was given to me by a family friend several years ago with 3 bullets. It is completely out of place in my safe but also a really cool piece to admire every now and again.
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I have one of these, not the 32” barrel though. Mine is a 26” barrel 30-30. It belonged to my Dad, who passed away in 1967, a day before my 6th birthday. My Mom gave it to me when I turned 18. I killed my first deer with this rifle. If I had to save one gun, from all that I have, from a burning house, it would be this one. I have a picture of it somewhere, but I can’t find it.
 
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A daisy VL 22, one of the first 1000 with the brass personalized name plate, even got a couple hundred of the weird ass projectiles, still step out the back and take a squirrel ever now and again with it.
 
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No, not really. Had some odds and ends, sold most of everything. Need to part ways with the newest of the guns, just not a fan. Inland m1carbine.
 
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Have a few but oddest would probably be a Grover's Improved No. 5 in .44 Magnum. It belonged to my late Stepfather so is something I'd never part with.
 
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I have a somewhat old Savage model 219 in 22 Hornet. Neat little gun. Even has a 3/4" Weaver B model 6x target scope. Still shoots exceptionally well. It has a hammerless break open action, cocks on close. One issue is that it has weak firing pin spring on the striker mechanism. If you dry fire it the firing pin will stick in the out position and when you open the action it shears off the tip of the firing pin
 
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Probably the oddest I have, because it "never existed"
its a .38 special
it has a rear sight on top of the barrel and a loading lever.
this also has no ejector rod... except for the little rod that comes out of the loading lever.
I actually removed the rear sight and it made it so much easier to shoot.
I have read somewhere that these were made for The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly movie, because it was safer to shoot blanks out of than a black powder with packing. And Cimarron recreated them.
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Don-n-Texas said:
When I was 12 and my brother was 10. My Dad gave me and my brother savage 24s-A over and under shotguns for Christmas. The top barrel was 22 and bottom barrel was 410. We love those guns and would never sell them.
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My grandfather gave my father one of those when he was a kid. I hope to one-day get it also. It'd sure make me happy to be able to hand it down to my son....
 
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Probably most of them?

WW1 or WW2 might start up again. Or the Civil War. Grizzly bears on the way to my mailbox? Buffalo herds may overtake the Northeast, I wouldn’t want to be stuck with less than three rifles for that. They may introduce lions and rhinoceros to my neighborhood. I might have to fight some Zulus, who can tell? You can never be too prepared.

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Guns are tools, I'd give up anything to survive. There are several I'd like back. My American Derringer DA38 in .357 magnum is one I have replaced.
 
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