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August 20, 2014, 02:26 PM | #1 |
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New toy! Fresh from 1957...
Meet my new (to me) Whitney Wolverine.
I've been wanting one of these for several years. A friend stumbled across one at Cabela's and sent me the pic. Since I had never actually seen one in person I had to make the 40 mile drive. This thing is slightly larger than a standard 1911 but it only weighs 23 ounces. That makes it about the same weight as a loaded LC9. It fits the hand beautifully which is a real problem I have with many guns. Something that I like is that it points better than most guns I've handled. The trigger has a bit of take up but is pretty good. They had it advertised for $599. When I asked if it had a box or extra mags, they dumped me on a young guy in the Gun Library. He grabbed the gun and ran off. A few minutes later he returned and said my price would be $500. I couldn't pass that up. Now I need to take it out for a little exercise. Last edited by feets; August 20, 2014 at 05:22 PM. |
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really cool looking in a ray gun 50's sort of way...
what caliber... how many does it hold, & did you at least get one magazine with it ???
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August 20, 2014, 03:11 PM | #3 |
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The ray gun thing is what drew me to them. They were made from 1956 to 1958. A total of 13,000 or so were made. I'm lusting after one of the 500 or so nickel plated guns with white grips but I can't justify $2,000 for one of those.
They were only made in 22 lr. The gun came with one 10 round magazine. Mags come up for sale from time to time. Numrich has them too. Granted, it's covered in that "new toy" charisma at the moment but it handles and points better than my Ruger Mark III Target. Last edited by feets; August 20, 2014 at 05:26 PM. |
August 20, 2014, 03:17 PM | #4 |
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Wow, that is neat I also love the 1950s futuristic look.
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August 20, 2014, 03:26 PM | #5 |
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Definitely one of the coolest looking pistols, ever.
Congrats. Didn't Olympic Arms bring it back, recently? They did, found it: http://www.olyarms.com/shop/pistols/...s-whitney.html
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August 20, 2014, 04:00 PM | #6 |
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I am so jealous!
Seriously,,,
Color me green with envy. Aarond .
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August 20, 2014, 04:06 PM | #7 |
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Looks like the beretta neos.
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August 20, 2014, 04:41 PM | #8 |
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The Neos looks like an airgun.
An Ugly airgun.
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August 20, 2014, 05:07 PM | #9 |
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Olympic kicked out a cheap injection molded plastic Wolverine wannabe. Reviews are mixed at best.
It sounded like a good idea until I got a look at one. It's crap. |
August 20, 2014, 07:12 PM | #10 |
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That first pic makes me think of Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon
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August 20, 2014, 08:12 PM | #11 |
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The Flash Gordon toy gun was a wee bit different.
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August 21, 2014, 12:19 PM | #12 |
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New toy! Fresh from 1957
I'm getting a 50s flashback to The Forbidden Planet.
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August 21, 2014, 03:06 PM | #13 |
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Nice!
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August 22, 2014, 09:08 PM | #14 |
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If you decide to dis-assemble that Wolverine without detailed instructions, take careful written note of exactly how it comes apart. If you don't have specific knowledge of how to re-assemble it, you can spend a lot of time trying.
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August 22, 2014, 09:17 PM | #15 |
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Thats a fine looking gun, much nicer than the oly version. I actually bought an oly wolverine a little while back, and what James says is good advice. I probably spent half an hour looking through the olympic manual (very poorly written I thought) and ended up finding a video on youtube which finally enabled me to get it back together.
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August 22, 2014, 09:38 PM | #16 |
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not sure who copied who
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August 22, 2014, 10:47 PM | #17 |
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Thanks for the suggestions.
I took it down a few hours after I bought it. The gun shows little wear internally and all the fiddly bits were stuck together. That made it easier to reassemble since I had to take the parts off. |
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August 23, 2014, 08:40 AM | #19 |
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Very cool pistol, and a nice find.
A lot of quality products came out of the 50's .... |
August 23, 2014, 10:38 AM | #20 |
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I think nickel's the only way to roll on the Wolverines.
They are good plinkers and feel good in the hand. |
August 23, 2014, 03:01 PM | #21 |
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really neat guns,
I had one of the Olympic Arms polymer ones a few years ago. It was incredibly light and surprisingly accurate. It was also very picky about mags and ammo. It was fun taking it apart though, its a pretty neat design. |
August 23, 2014, 06:54 PM | #22 |
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I was thinking about getting one of the Olympic remakes, but got a good deal on a Ruger Mk III 22/45 instead, so that fills my .22 slot
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August 23, 2014, 07:07 PM | #23 |
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Tater, your nickel gun is one I've admired since youut the video on YouTube.
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August 23, 2014, 08:08 PM | #25 |
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Those are gorgeous looking.
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