Show us your Guns!

[MKL]

Here are a few of mine:

The top one is a Llama 45. The others are Berettas 22LR, 9mm, and a 380.

Stetson on the left.

 

[indycop]

Of the weaponry on display in your gallery, this one looks the most deadly:

lol

lol lol lol lol That would be an awesome avatar!

 

[Chas]

Damn!! I miss having anything to fire.

This being Canada, the gov't wants you to get rid of any. But I will work around that. I am going to get my license and do some target shooting again, like I used to when I was a kid. This is what I want. Many of my ancestors carried this one.

I also want a Webley .45

 

[mtds]

Grandfather's revolvers

The first picture is my grandfather and one of his revolvers. He was postmaster and constable in a tiny town in NE Georgia. I believe the picture was taken in the early 40's. He wasn't a hard man...I suspect the constable's title and stipend was routinely awarded to the postmaster.

This second picture adds an H&R .22 to the .38 S&W. They make a nice pair. They look like they came out of the same factory.

During WWII, my mother took a train to Philadelphia to see her boyfriend, my father. Her brother insisted she test fire the .38 out back of the house and then carry it in her handbag in case she was accosted by any "damnedyankees" during the trip. North-South relations survived her trip across the Mason-Dixon line.

Both revolvers ended up in the possession of my maiden aunt, who lived in the same little town her whole life. She kept one as her "car gun" and the other as her "house gun" (kept under her mattress.)

 

[dundeedavie]

i don't know why i'm drawn to say something here and i have no intention in having a discussion .

as a british person i find this thread very disturbing and praise the lord i have 3000 miles between me and some people in this forum

 

[Technonut]

i don't know why i'm drawn to say something here and i have no intention in having a discussion .

as a british person i find this thread very disturbing and praise the lord i have 3000 miles between me and some people in this forum

fftopic:


And I praise the Lord I have thousands of miles between me and any country that disarms it's citizens....

 

[dhermann1]

Hey, guys, this is one of those areas where we've all decided that we'll agree to disagree.

 

[dundeedavie]

Hey, guys, this is one of those areas where we've all decided that we'll agree to disagree.

oh absolutely

 

[Nathan Flowers]

i don't know why i'm drawn to say something here and i have no intention in having a discussion .

as a british person i find this thread very disturbing and praise the lord i have 3000 miles between me and some people in this forum

fftopic:


And I praise the Lord I have thousands of miles between me and any country that disarms it's citizens....

Alright fellows, let this be the end of any sparring by either side here.

 

[Twitch]

MLK- That Llama .45. I've never had ahold of one of those and been curious. How do you like it? Have you shot it much? Accurate? Trustworthy?

P.S. And a perfect illustration of a thread that has gone 7,600+ reads over 6 months with no waves almost gets closed due to someone who can't resist commenting on a topic he admittedly has no interest in!

Please stop doing that!

 

[MKL]

Hi Twitch,

For a less expensive .45 it is a fine gun. I have never had any problems with it and it fires smoothly and accurately. I bought it new about 17 years ago or so. They used to have (don't know if they still do) a .22 version of the gun. That would be nice to own since you could shoot a brick of .22s a whole lot cheaper than .45s. I have a friend who has the .380 of it and he is very happy with it.

Occasionally I go to gun shows here in town but I don't see any Llamas on the tables.

MLK- That Llama .45. I've never had ahold of one of those and been curious. How do you like it? Have you shot it much? Accurate? Trustworthy?

P.S. And a perfect illustration of a thread that has gone 7,600+ reads over 6 months with no waves almost gets closed due to someone who can't resist commenting on a topic he admittedly has no interest in!

Please stop doing that!

 

[Corto]

Nice!:eusa_clap Is it hard to get ammo for it?
Enfields don't seem to be as expensive as m1s and such and I have considered getting one.

Is the blade from khukurihouse?

I think you can get the ammo online. Not being a firearms expert I have yet to get a real gunsmith to clean it and check it out -so I haven't even shot it yet.

The khukri blade...I don't remember where I got it, but for some reason "Atlanta Cutlery" seems to be popping up in my head.

 

[Corto]

Hock Lee. Very funny.

It's nice to meet a fellow admirer of the arts on this board.

 

[Story]

Nice!:eusa_clap Is it hard to get ammo for it?
Enfields don't seem to be as expensive as m1s and such and I have considered getting one.

Surplus .303 ball is limited to WW2 British or 1960-70s vintage Pakistani, generally works out to $8/box of 20. Paki surplus has a bad rep for hangfires, while WW2 Brit is corrosive and requires soapy water for cleaning.
Fresh production ball or softpoint hunting ammo (150 or 174gr, generally Yugoslavian) is around $11 to 13/box.

 

[John in Covina]

Here's something you might find interesting: an M1 that was converted, possibly during WW2, to accept BAR magazines. It even has a selector switch (in the same position as the M-14) and a piece above the receiver for reloading via stripper clips. So pretty much the M-14 was the logical development of the M1.

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Beretta used to do conversions similar to this called a BM-59 if I remember correctly.

 

[John in Covina]

Clerk: "Any of those'll do for home defense. So, which'll it be?"
Terminator: "ALL."

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I may close early!

 

[thunderw21]

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Beretta used to do conversions similar to this called a BM-59 if I remember correctly.

Indeed they did. Incredible rifles too, I hear. Expensive too nowadays.

 

[carebear]

It's amazing how cheap a lot of this stuff was back in the early '90s.

Springfield Armory had BM-59's for something that my early 20's self thought affordable. I still kick myself over the ones I walked away from.

Like Story said, you can buy modern .303 in Wal-Mart or Sportsman's Warehouse. There's far too many surplus Enfields floating around to not make it profitable.

I particularly enjoy seeing the older hand-me-down guns and the stories they bring with them. From an era when ownership was common and even folks who didn't own a pistol didn't blink at knowing someone who did. It was like owning a washboard or an axe.

 

[John in Covina]

Broomhandle

Here's one of my toys, a Mauser Broomhandle.

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I always thought these were so cool.

 

[carebear]

Definitely a pistol with "style".

Modern plastic guns may be utilitarian, but they lack soul and character. Function over form.