Oldsarge
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Oh nice! the only thing you find at the local gun shows around here is table after table of M16 variants and pieces. Dull? man!
Tell me about it! Here it's table after table of 9mm, with questionable people looking at them. The few antique dealers want museum prices for their stuff.Oh nice! the only thing you find at the local gun shows around here is table after table of M16 variants and pieces. Dull? man!
Oh nice! the only thing you find at the local gun shows around here is table after table of M16 variants and pieces. Dull? man!
Looking good. Once my Thompson arrives, I'll post a "family portrait". The Thompson, my PP, and my Colt .45.Couldn't resist taking a pic of these 2 together. A modern Tommygun and a genuine 1917 built S&W Model 1917.
Interesting comment about the smooth bore being for prison guard/or police use. I was under the impression that these rifles had been re-bored (as smooth bores) so that they could be owned with a shotgun license which (in the UK) was much easier to obtain than a large bore rifle permit. The major UK importer of these smooth bore Martinis used to make much of the fact in their advertisements that only a shotgun certificate was required to purchase one of these "Zulu war" rifles.The other day I posted about the Francotte-pattern Martini I bought at a gun show last weekend. I bought that because I had placed an absentee bid on a Martini Mk.II at an auction on Saturday, and since I didn't hear from the auction house on Saturday I figure my bid wasn't high enough. Monday I received notification that I was indeed the high bidder, so here is my latest: an 1877 Martini-Enfield Mk.II smooth bore (for prison guard and /or police use).
Those shotgun conversions are likely to retain their original rear sight, or perhaps have had the rear sight removed. Those that were modified for police and/or prison guard use were fitted with the fixed rear sight, as this one has. This was common throughout the Empire, as I have even seen examples of a Nepalese Martini variant called a Gahendra equipped the same way. Those had been modified for prison guard use.Interesting comment about the smooth bore being for prison guard/or police use. I was under the impression that these rifles had been re-bored (as smooth bores) so that they could be owned with a shotgun license which (in the UK) was much easier to obtain than a large bore rifle permit. The major UK importer of these smooth bore Martinis used to make much of the fact in their advertisements that only a shotgun certificate was required to purchase one of these "Zulu war" rifles.
Very nicely chosen!
Okay, it's not vintage, but it's my "always" gun, a Keltec PF9:
Old Rogue, the PF9 has been an excellent carry gun. It is a single stack 9x19, very flat, with excellent sights. I ran 300 rounds of FMJ through it when I got it, and it has never jammed once. It feed JHPs perfectly, rides in a pants pocket very comfortably or in an IWB holster. It is not a gun to teach a beginner on, as it is very light and definitely has some snap to it's recoil. I will probably have the slide refinished with a more sweat resistant finish, maybe one of the Spray and bake ones from Brownell's.