Strangest gun you have ever fired or handled - Page 3

Jo6pak · February 15, 2014, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozzieman

Rising M55 SMG with the folding stock.
Had the oddest fitting pistol grip to the hand that was all wood.
The metal stock looked link a coat hanger and wasn’t much stronger.
By far the dumbest loading lever every placed on a gun. In a grove in the stock under the barrel.
WAY to fast of a cycle rate.
And fun as heck, 100 rounds

I've also fired a Reising, but a semi-auto with a full wood stock (M50?). The guy that had it didn't shoot it much, we were lucky to get 10 rounds off without a malfunction. An interesting piece for sure.

I just watched a video on the Madsen LMG. I'd really like to see one in person even if I can't shoot it. I'm surprised that it worked at all, much-less was a pretty successful design

JN01 · February 16, 2014, 01:59 PM

I've handled a Dardick and a Gyrojet, fired a Glock 18.

scout308 · February 17, 2014, 12:54 PM

So I ended up with a 20 ga Howdah pistol in a trade.....havent shot blackpowder since I was a kid........gotta work up something and get the tools.......

barnbwt · February 17, 2014, 08:58 PM

Strangest was probably the Steyr Hahn, but then I got a Madsen LMG parts kit (not built yet). But even it is simple and straightforward compared to the C96 Mauser pistol I got recently, which has got to be the most complicated execution possible for such a simple operating principle.

I'm currently working on a 5.7x28 semi-auto based off the Madsen falling block action which uses PS90 magazines--that's pretty weird

TCB

Dixie Gunsmithing · February 18, 2014, 11:56 AM

The strangest gun that I have seen, was a 12. Ga. Iver Johnson that had a 16 Ga. barrel welded to the end of the 12's, and I saw the owner fire it one time using Wagner 2-2-10 loads. It is totally dangerous to do this, and he found the pattern totally dissatisfactory.

lcpiper · February 18, 2014, 03:40 PM

Someone mentioned the "Grease Gun". I didn't think of it at the time cause it was an issued weapon when I was a 12F. The other two sub guns were not so they stick in my head. There was a world of difference in shooting all three. The Sterling 9mm was the easiest to shoot and stay on target with. The MAC10, well I was just not fully prepared for what it is like to squeeze that trigger for a burst, it took me straight up until I was shown how to deal with the insane recoil of that weapon. The M3A1 Greese Gun, well I was just spraying rounds in the general direction of the target with it's strangely slow rate of fire, "POP POP POP POP POP". The movies always get that one wrong.

February 17, 2014, 08:58 PM	#54
barnbwt Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2012 Posts: 1,085	Strangest was probably the Steyr Hahn, but then I got a Madsen LMG parts kit (not built yet). But even it is simple and straightforward compared to the C96 Mauser pistol I got recently, which has got to be the most complicated execution possible for such a simple operating principle. I'm currently working on a 5.7x28 semi-auto based off the Madsen falling block action which uses PS90 magazines--that's pretty weird TCB __________________ "I don't believe that the men of the distant past were any wiser than we are today. But it does seem that their science and technology were able to accomplish much grander things." -- Alex Rosewater

February 18, 2014, 03:40 PM	#56
lcpiper Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2011 Posts: 1,405	Someone mentioned the "Grease Gun". I didn't think of it at the time cause it was an issued weapon when I was a 12F. The other two sub guns were not so they stick in my head. There was a world of difference in shooting all three. The Sterling 9mm was the easiest to shoot and stay on target with. The MAC10, well I was just not fully prepared for what it is like to squeeze that trigger for a burst, it took me straight up until I was shown how to deal with the insane recoil of that weapon. The M3A1 Greese Gun, well I was just spraying rounds in the general direction of the target with it's strangely slow rate of fire, "POP POP POP POP POP". The movies always get that one wrong. __________________ Colt M1911, AR-15 \| S&W Model 19, Model 27\| SIG P238 \| Berreta 85B Cheetah \| Ruger Blackhawk .357MAG, Bearcat "Shopkeeper" .22LR\| Remington Marine Magnum SP 12GA., Model 700 SPS .223

February 16, 2014, 01:59 PM	#52
JN01 Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2005 Location: E Tennessee Posts: 828	I've handled a Dardick and a Gyrojet, fired a Glock 18.

February 17, 2014, 12:54 PM	#53
scout308 Junior Member Join Date: January 14, 2009 Posts: 9	So I ended up with a 20 ga Howdah pistol in a trade.....havent shot blackpowder since I was a kid........gotta work up something and get the tools.......

February 18, 2014, 11:56 AM	#55
Dixie Gunsmithing Moderator Emeritus Join Date: April 27, 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,923	The strangest gun that I have seen, was a 12. Ga. Iver Johnson that had a 16 Ga. barrel welded to the end of the 12's, and I saw the owner fire it one time using Wagner 2-2-10 loads. It is totally dangerous to do this, and he found the pattern totally dissatisfactory.