Show us your Guns!

[Bugguy]

That's good to know. I'll give it one more shot at looking for it, then its the hacksaw. Thanks!

 

[Stearmen]

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This is the gun they won't let the police have. It'll shoot right through a man, son.

C. 1925 vintage Smith and Wesson Military and Police .32-20. Nice bore, and the color case is still brilliant on the hammer behind the lockplate.

[video=youtube;G0H_5PSNokk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0H_5PSNokk[/video]

 

[Stearmen]

I just pulled my early-WWII vintage P-38 out of the vault. My father took it off an officer and they let him take it home. I still have the authorization paper. That was really a different time. I've fired this twice; before that it could have been just test fired.

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My Dad was given a P38 by a grateful paratrooper. Unfortunately, an MP liberated it while my dad was headed home!

 

[Renault]

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[video=youtube;G0H_5PSNokk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0H_5PSNokk[/video]

Grandpa Marvin had a second model smith hand ejector in 32-20. Loaned it to a friend. Friend took it back alley poker game. Friend used said gun to off participant in game. Friend met ol' Sparkey at Huntsville. Grandpa Marvin went to see sheriff for his gun. Sheriff said "sure Marvin, got it right here in my desk".

Just another old story from prohibition era Austin Tx.

 

[ranger4-7]

A few from a long time lurker

So admittedly, it has taken me quite some time to post for the first time. I thoroughly enjoy the Lounge, and have learned so much from the members, over the years. I figured it was time to contribute, so here goes a few shots of a portion of my collection.

Uberti clones of the Winchester 1873 Rifle and of 1875 Remington pistol

Remington Rand 1911A1 and Springfield Armory M1 Garand

Remington M1903. 1941 production with mostly Remington parts.

Springfield Armory M1. 1945 production

Inland M1 Carbine

Harrington and Richardson M1 Garand. 1955 vintage

Armscorp M14 (Pre-ban for thse of us still stuck in states where it matters).

Winchester Model 70 in .30-06. 1951 vintage

Transferrable Swedish M45 9mm SMG (built on a Wilson tube)

Transferrable M16 (Sendra receiver)

Now its time to see if I can post some pictures of jackets, hats and boots!

Thanks for looking,

Chris

 

[Oldsarge]

My favorite wheel gun a Colt official police with a 6" barrel made in 1929 Its a great shooter.

Oh now, I want one of those!

 

[MikePotts]

Holy Cow Ranger4-7, that's not a collection - it's a whole museum! - Very Cool.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Holy Cow Ranger4-7, that's not a collection - it's a whole museum! - Very Cool.

+1

 

[DeaconKC]

Glad you new guys joined up! Very nice stuff, thanks for sharing.

 

[Renault]

Very nice Ranger!!!!!
Agreed! Museum there!!!!

Sarge,
About 1981 we received a shipment of over 300 Official Police's. Best I remember they were from J & G out in Prescott and I believe they were old Pennsylvania HP revolvers. I don't remember. Destroyed several brain cells since then. But I did buy little sis one, and I believe she still has it!

 

[Picard1138]

That S&W .44 posted earlier brings back good memories. My dad wanted to get me a new gun for my 18th, and was surprised when I asked for a long barreled, stainless .44 magnum. It was a beauty, and a blast to shoot. I got an idea of the power when shooting at some targets mounted on hay bales. I heard the bullet pass through, and heard it go through a wood barn, and keep whining on its way for about three more seconds. I was terrified I had killed every neighbor, cow and horse for miles, until we found the bullet at the end of a long trench in the dirt, very far from where I shot it, several hundred yards from the exit wound on the barn. Sold it when I moved to CA for rent money, should have kept it and lived out of my car. Frank
P.S. - yes, I know, terrible gun safety, and my dad taught me better, but teenage boys do dumb stuff when there's pretty girls around. The girl I let shoot it next had it fly right out of her hand. She needed a lot of consoling.

Great story. We all do dumb stuff, hopefully fewer or no dumb things with firearms. I shot off my .22 at a stone fence once in the backyard of my parents house. Our neighbors were only about 50 yards away on every side, so no backstop other than the stone and a little bit of dirt. Next door neighbor came out and started yelling about us letting off fireworks, I rolled over onto the rifle and pretended to stash fireworks into my pocket, hoping he didn't notice the pile of debris from the stone fence, all the while my buddy had turned and booked it home. Fun but dumb times.

 

[Maltese]

So admittedly, it has taken me quite some time to post for the first time. I thoroughly enjoy the Lounge, and have learned so much from the members, over the years. I figured it was time to contribute, so here goes a few shots of a portion of my collection.

Uberti clones of the Winchester 1873 Rifle and of 1875 Remington pistol

Remington Rand 1911A1 and Springfield Armory M1 Garand

Remington M1903. 1941 production with mostly Remington parts.

Springfield Armory M1. 1945 production

Inland M1 Carbine

Harrington and Richardson M1 Garand. 1955 vintage

Armscorp M14 (Pre-ban for thse of us still stuck in states where it matters).

Winchester Model 70 in .30-06. 1951 vintage

Transferrable Swedish M45 9mm SMG (built on a Wilson tube)

Transferrable M16 (Sendra receiver)

Now its time to see if I can post some pictures of jackets, hats and boots!

Thanks for looking,

Chris

That M-16 is a beauty ! You must have had that for a while with all the ridiculous Bans in MA.

 

[ranger4-7]

That M-16 is a beauty ! You must have had that for a while with all the ridiculous Bans in MA.

Only about 5 years. Surprisingly, with all of the ridiculous restrictions in MA, machine guns are permitted. We just need a separate license, which (not surprisingly) many chiefs don’t issue. If you are in Boston proper, then you certainly have experienced the worst of our gun ownership laws :-(

 

[Maltese]

Right but they have to be a certain length and that flash hider and barrel are way to short and its a adjustable stock ?
So is that a fully auto or a just a semi only? Just saying its still has the bayonet lug to I mean those were banned like what 1990 in mass?
Unless you have a collectors license to buy fully auto but I looked into that you need a safe thats like the size of a small town along with a bunch of other ridiculous requirements .

 

[ranger4-7]

Right but they have to be a certain length and that flash hider and barrel are way to short and its a adjustable stock ?
So is that a fully auto or a just a semi only? Just saying its still has the bayonet lug to I mean those were banned like what 1990 in mass?
Unless you have a collectors license to buy fully auto but I looked into that you need a safe thats like the size of a small town along with a bunch of other ridiculous requirements .

It is full auto (as is the Swedish K), and therefore most definitely pre-ban. Federal law enacted in 1986 prohibited the manufacture of any new machine guns that would be available for sale to civilians. Any made after that point could only be owned by law enforcement agencies of those licensed to manufacture or sell machine guns. In MA, a Curio and Relic FFL is the most commonly used means of identifying oneself as a "bona Fide" collector which is a requirement for getting the machine gun license in MA. No special safe requirements, outside of what one would normally do for a firearm.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Maltese]

Chris I will go to my local PD and see if I can get a form for one or if they still offer them but
guess anything is possible . How much is the application ?

 

[rjb1]

I don't think it's the cost of the application form that will be the problem - it's that full-auto firearms are typically in the $15 - 20,000 range. (and up)

 

[Maltese]

I know they are costly but the reason I would personally be getting one would be for the Pre-Ban stuff as in the short barrels adjustable stocks
bayonet lugs etc basically the semi auto versions of these weapons but not the hideous looking PC versions they sell now ugh . I know the fee for a large capacity LTC is around 100 . I really would not be surprised if it was more you have no idea the sh** the currupt politicians in this joke of a state pull
on Taxpayers here. I passed on a unfired Colt government model M-4 mint in box years back
then the bans hit hard and it has haunted me ever since . It really was my dream gun . I left the hobby for several years out of disgust .

 

[MikePotts]

Here's a new belt/holster/mag.carrier combo for my current fave...

from UBG holsters, great price & quality.

 

[Kirk H.]

Here's a new belt/holster/mag.carrier combo for my current fave...

from UBG holsters, great price & quality.

Very nice!!!