Show us your Guns!

[Renault]

Hey Mike! Glad to see you're still kicking!

 

[Kirk H.]

Renault, it is great to hear from you again. I hope that your wife is doing better.

Kirk

 

[KilroyCD]

Well after much waiting and excitement, here it is! My Italian Bodeo revolver. I will take better pictures later, I was too excited to wait for better light or background.

Nice Bodeo! I see yours is the folding trigger model with the octagonal barrel. That is the model that was issued to lower ranking soldiers. A version with a round barrel and a trigger guard was issued to NCOs and Officers. It looks like it's in very nice condition.

 

[Hunter_aka_Scotty]

Nice Bodeo! I see yours is the folding trigger model with the octagonal barrel. That is the model that was issued to lower ranking soldiers. A version with a round barrel and a trigger guard was issued to NCOs and Officers. It looks like it's in very nice condition.

Indeed it is! Precisely the model I wanted to for my WW2 North Africa impression. NCO's got these as well when the Berettas ran in short supply.

 

[bulldog1935]

pretty cool, and worth waiting for

 

[DeaconKC]

It looks great, the grips are in especially good shape for the vintage.

 

[Oldsarge]

Gosh, I have something that looks kind of like that but I doubt it's a Bodio. It seems to be about .25 cal and has the folding trigger but personally I'd be afraid to fire it. It's nickel plated and the nickel is wearing off. I guess I'd better take a picture and post it so you more knowledgeable gents can tell me what the little junker is . . . that is I think it's a junker. If it's not, I am going to be one surprised old sergeant!

 

[Renault]

One of those nice Liege revolvers, Sarge. We had a pin-fire version thru the shop not long ago!

 

[Hunter_aka_Scotty]

I have to agree with Renault, there are countless numbers of small folding trigger Liege revolvers out there. Most of them are rim fire or pin fire. Unfortunately they are rarely worth much.

 

[Oldsarge]

Yup, just as I suspected, a junker.

 

[Renault]

Dog gone it! I wish I could post pics. I got to work on Gov. Hardin Runnels model 1860 Colt Army revolver today!!!!! It is being prepared to go into the Texas Governors Mansion. The mansion has gone they an extensive renovation after the fire that almost gutted it several years ago.

It's one of the "Wade Hampton" models with a full fluted cylinder. Neat piece of history.

 

[Erik-Frimann]

Living in Denmark, we have a very strick weapons legislation. If you're caught with a hobby knife, like a stanley knife, it's one year in jail, sentence to served right away. The police pick you up at work next morning in front of everybody if you are sentenced in court, and thatallways happens. If I bought even a deactivated gun, they would throw me in the slammer and loose the key. So a disgruntled wife here kills her abusing husband with a cast iron frying pan. Rather messy, but at least also rather rare.
Temper and guns are a bad mix, but the history of our countries are different. Not that we don't value freedom, we're a kingdom older than a 1000 years, and I date my family back to Norwegian rebels around 1062. Not too bad with Germany and Russia as immediate neighbours.
So I indulge in perfected replicas made out of BB-guns. The only way to get hurt with one of those, is if you drop it onto your foot. Do they qualify as guns?

 

[Oldsarge]

Oh come on, now. I know that there is shooting and hunting in Denmark. It must be rifled arms the government doesn't like. And as I recall, Denmark fields Olympic target shooters, as well. It's probably just complicated getting permission, like much of the rest of the world. Why, even in Japan deer hunting with shotguns is legal . . . just not easy! Anyway, I would not count true BB guns as guns. Air rifles, on the other hand? Definitely! Many a British bunny has wished otherwise . . .

 

[MPicciotto]

Fellow Lounger KilroyCD selected a 1930's Colt manufactered .45 1911A1 for me from SARCO today. The gun saw service with the Argentinian Federal Police.

*That's not a scratch or crack, it's just a spaniel hair.

Matt

 

[KilroyCD]

Fellow Lounger KilroyCD selected a 1930's Colt manufactered .45 1911A1 for me from SARCO today. The gun saw service with the Argentinian Federal Police.

*That's not a scratch or crack, it's just a spaniel hair.

Matt

Just to let everyone know this is on the up and up, when Matt gets back from overseas we'll do the transfer to his FFL.
And it's just not any Spaniel hair, it's an English Springer Spaniel hair, LOL.

 

[Landman]

That's a very nice looking old Colt! Congratulations.

Does Sarco have a batch of these they are selling now or was this a one of kind thing? Does it have import marks on it?

 

[MPicciotto]

It's my understanding that Sarco obtained a small handful of these guns somewhere around a year or two ago and they have been trickling out. I believe Chris said that Sarco had only a couple of others. Some arsenal refinished like mine and others pretty rough.

These were originally brought to Argentina in 1933 for the "Policia de la Capital" and in 1943 that organisation was changed to "Policia Federal" (Buenos Aeries being the capital and a federally administrated city). I really don't know how long this pistol was in service but I imagine several decades. What you are looking at is 1 of 5320 Government Model .45's that went to Argentina from Colt. Later the Argentinians manufactured their own Government Models under license from Colt and still later produced their own variant.

Chris sent me pictures of both sides and there are no visual import marks. But I'm pretty sure they are located on the underside forward of the trigger guard. Is that right Chris?

Matt

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Not anything I own unfortunately, but this ad from the September, 1959 issue of American Rifleman is quite amazing.
If only I had that time machine up and running,..:eusa_doh:
The Johnson rifle at $87.50 is the bargain of the century. And one could have any or all of these guns delivered right to one's own doorstep!

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[KilroyCD]

Chris sent me pictures of both sides and there are no visual import marks. But I'm pretty sure they are located on the underside forward of the trigger guard. Is that right Chris?

Matt

Matt, you are correct. The markings are on the underside in front of the trigger guard and are rather discreet, especially when compared to the "billboard" some importers (especially CAI) are known for.

 

[Landman]

Thanks for the info. That is great that the import marks are discreet. It just kills me to see a beautiful old firearm ruined by a huge import mark. I have an Argentina Browning Hi-Power with a discreet import mark and a beautiful Argentina Colt Sistema made in the early 1950's with no import mark. I guess the Sistema made it into the USA before import marks were required. I bought it from an individual at a gun show and he didn't know much about the history of the gun. It has an incredible blueing on it and looks like it has never been shot. I think I have some pictures of it and will post them.