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November 10, 2009, 09:37 AM | #26 | |
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I wouldn't call it "extremely" rare, but I've only personally seen one other. Gabolindosy Urresti 'Ruby'. Spanish made, and for a time was issued as an officer's sidearm in the French Army. Fires 7.65 Browning or .32 Auto, 9 rd. magazine. This one dates to about 1906-07. After tearing it completely apart, remachining a few if the internals that had worn out ages ago, this little bugger operates flawlessly. This one, on the other hand, is a pain in the butt more often than I care to discuss. Lone Eagle SSP-1 by Magnum Research. They were only made for a few years, and then dropped like a rotten egg. It IS a fun shooter, for being a single-shot 22-250 rotary breech-loader, but I've gone through several firing pins (which are impossible to find, so I've had to machine them). On another forum I found a company who produced clones, who might also produce pins that will swap straight across. If it pans out true, I'll probably take a little more interest in this one.
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November 10, 2009, 12:44 PM | #34 |
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Yah, it's interesting. Unless you download a bit, it's got a pretty impressive light show at the muzzle--enough that it makes my Mosin look like a little pop-gun if I put factory ammo through it.
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November 10, 2009, 01:07 PM | #35 |
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smith and wesson 646 one of 300 smith and wesson 625-4 springfield armory edition one of 500 smith and wesson 242 one of about 1600
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November 10, 2009, 01:12 PM | #36 |
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November 10, 2009, 01:40 PM | #37 |
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Don't know how rare it is, but it was hard to come by. It's a Kommer 25 Cal that was remove from a German POW by Sgt. Thomas Sanford in WWII. Included is the capture paper allowing it to be carried home.
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November 10, 2009, 03:00 PM | #38 |
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Thanks for sharing. That's really something. p |
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November 10, 2009, 09:27 PM | #40 | |
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November 11, 2009, 12:01 AM | #41 |
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Dont have a picture at the moment, but my rarest handgun is a S&W 686 Mountain Gun. They are rarely seen on auction sites.
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November 11, 2009, 01:14 AM | #42 |
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This is the rarest one I currently own.
United Sporting Arms Seville Silhouette .454 Magnum (Casull) IHMSA edition...1 of 5 made. |
November 11, 2009, 04:22 AM | #43 |
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WellMine is not a pistol but Ruger only made like 400 of these ,they where shipped only to their top stores it is a Ruger X-17 in .17 HMR it had trigger work done and shoots awsome ,I like the looks of it the cool stock
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November 11, 2009, 04:33 AM | #44 |
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This one is no rare treasure...
...but there were a limited number made and I have only chatted with one other person that has one. It is the Aristocrat version of the Walther PPK/S.
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A Downsizer WSP (World's Smallest Pistol) in .45ACP. At least the smallest that BAFTE allowed to be sold in the US. Don't know how many were made (were available in .45ACP, .357/.38spl) before the guy stopped/was stopped from manufacturing them. Don't have the details but heard rumors he went to Club Fed on fraud charges for taking $$ and not sending guns.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...layingcard.jpg http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...arettepack.jpg http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...rightsides.jpg I've recouped at least 3 times the purchase price on a little "scheme" - I show you how to load, fire, reload. I do 2 shots load-to-eject in under 30 seconds. You do the same in under 60 seconds and I give you $10. If not, you give me $5. There's probably a reason the manual says not to fire more than 5 shots in a 24-hour period. I amazed myself and everyone else with an offhand (as in "throw-away, not caring a bit about the outcome) shot at between 25 & 30 yards (we never measured). I walked up to the firing line facing 90* to the left, stuck my arm out towards a popper (never turned my head to see the target) and let loose. BOOM! Tink. wait for it Thud! Looked over and there was a single splat-mark in the white paint and a popper laying over on its side. Made safe, walked over to confirm the shot, and said ""OK, anybody want to see if they can do better?" Sat down, shut up, and vowed never again to try anything like that. And an AJ Ordnance "Thomas" .45ACP Not necessarily different, except for the grip safety forcing lugs up into the slide for a retarded blowback operating system. Confuses the heck out of folks when challenged to rack the slide while holding it in their shooting hand. http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...anceThomas.jpg stay safe. skidmark |
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The large headed rivet on the slide was added sometime after the war (probably in the '20s) to address the problem of the safety being disengaged during holstering/unholstering and thus causing accidental discharges. I have a modest collection of these guns (about 25 or so) and they are all different "brand names." Gene Gangarosa has written a book on Spanish pistols and there is a good bit of information about the various producers for the French army. The moniker "Ruby" originated with one of the original contractors (Gabilondo) who used it as a trade name. The term has since become semi-generic to describe the whole genre of these guns. |
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