[TimboKhan]

I finally bought a camera and took a picture of all my handguns, and here they are. I can' take pictures for crapola, but some of you guys are pretty darned talented, and I like looking at peoples stuff. So, anyway, kind of a redundant thread, but I wanted to show off my guns.

[Black Majik]

I like looking at pictures, so thanks for sharing. :)

Nice collection!

[Gixerman1000]

Nice collection you have there. :)

[10-Ring]

Thanks for sharing! ;)

[countertop]

I like pictures too.

Just wish the camera was working:cuss:

[Gord]

+1 for liking pictures.

Nice collection! :D Edit: <jacksparrow> But where is the CZ? </jacksparrow>

[jlh26oo]

Nice collection. Which is your favoritE?

[bakert]

I'm another person that likes all gun pics. Nice group of guns you got there.

[M2 Carbine]

I get the best gun pictures by taking them outside and in full shade.
Then most of the time I just let the automatic camera do it's thing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/PLRCarbinesling.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/CMPM1.jpg

Sometimes a little sunlight doesn't hurt but usually it makes for a poorer picture.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Ithicapistolgrip.jpg

[soutex50]

M2 Carbine..... What's that AR looking Betsy? Looks Damn Nice!!! Is it a Kel-Tec?

[Gord]

Yes, it is a Kel-Tec PLR-16 (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=kel-tec%20plr-16&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi).

[grimjaw]

I should take more photos. I've turned over my collection since I made the first batch.

http://www.grimjaw.net/mig/albums/theboomgoesthere/2082.jpg

jm

[M2 Carbine]

soutex50
M2 Carbine..... What's that AR looking Betsy? Looks Damn Nice!!! Is it a Kel-Tec?

Yes it's the Kel Tec PLR-16 .223 (pistol).

It has a BSA Red Dot, Kel Tec forearm, Streamlight laser/light, M1 Carbine sling and Phantom flash hider (which elimiates ALL the flash and reduces the noise a little).

Interesting gun.:)

[M2 Carbine]

Another way to get passable pictures is with a flat bed scanner.
It might take a little experimenting with the adjustments.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/KelTec32laser.jpg

[.38 Special]

I find the best approach is to put down a doormat, invite the cats over, and make sure to include a toe or two.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/Noel3006/30-06.jpg

[P95Carry]

It has a BSA Red Dot, Kel Tec forearm, Streamlight laser/light, M1 Carbine sling and Phantom flash hider (which elimiates ALL the flash and reduces the noise a little).

Interesting gun.Buck - interesting indeed - what overall are your impressions - in general terms? I have considered one but wondered re robustness and reliability etc.

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Anyone interested in a vid pic COMPLIATION (http://www.thingameez.com/vid-download/handgunpics-hh2.wmv) take a peek (about 5Mb). Stretch player window a bit to see text but file is well compressed so much loss of resolution. Some may have seen it before - it's all but current bar two or three changes.

[M2 Carbine]

It's quite a machine.
Very accurate, under two inch groups at 100 yards.
Very reliable.
2,550-2,600 fps from a 9 inch barrel.
Somewhat modified AK piston action and AR bolt. Easy to clean.
Uses AR mags.
Very loud, with 5 gallon bucket size fireball without flash hider. Impressive.:)
Doesn't like steel case ammo.
Not much recoil and Kel Tec has a muzzil brake that reduces that by about two thirds, but doesn't reduce the noise or flash.

It is mine although it wouldn't be everyone's idea of the best defense gun but I'd sure hate to go up against anyone carrying one of these things.

Fun to shoot. Most fun gun I've bought in a long time.

I liked it so well I've already bought a second one.:D

And to stay on subject, here's a picture of the nude PLR.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/KTPLRhand.jpg

[M2 Carbine]

38 Special,
It's something about guns that cats like them.:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/AKMo75drum.jpg

[Josh Aston]

Here's a few of mine

http://www.joshs45.com/browning/100_0280r.jpg

http://www.joshs45.com/KelTec/100_0321.jpg

http://www.joshs45.com/kimber/100_0299r.jpg

[Legionnaire]

I'll add a couple, already posted elsewhere ...

http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45290&d=1159040674

[.38 Special]

Hey you two, where's your cats? :D

[Sisco]

I've taken a few pics of my stuff. Thanks for giving me the chance to show off! :)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/rugers.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/bhawk4.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/M111.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/buffpair.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/neos.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/newgrips.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/kimberstars.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/blastedpair.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/mrsisco/Stuff/marlin4.jpg

[brett30030]

M2 Carbine

You can get an upgrade for your first generation Armalaser for a nominal fee. Contact them, but i believe that it is like $20.

[Zerstoerer]

Josh Aston - nice photography !!!
How did you make your guns 'stand up' against the
floorboard?
Thanks

[Josh Aston]

just leaned them against an allen wrench and made sure it was out of view.

[hexidismal]

Heres something a little unique, but I thought it was applicable to the thread. I was playing around with a picture of my p345 in photoshop. Sort of "dream-like"
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j110/hexidismal29/ruger-niceart2.jpg

[M2 Carbine]

Thanks brett30030 , I got it. Works good.:)


Heres a recent picture of my little 22 Short Beretta Minx and it's 100 yard target.
14 rounds. 3 missing:(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/22ShortBerettaat100yds.jpg

[TimboKhan]

Hmm... Lots of photographic talent on the High Road. Someone askes what my favorite handgun is, and thats sort of a hard question to answer, because they are all favorites in some way. Still, overall I would have to say my MkII Target. Its very pleasant to shoot, very accurate, and I shoot it well. Interestingly, I took that pic two weeks ago, and have since added two more handguns to the fold: A Buckmark Camper that I bought back from my buddy and a Taurus 1911 that I just picked up today.

[MTMilitiaman]

I do my best but the only digital camera in the house is a video camera with some sort of memory card. I get my best results in diffused sunlight, like an overcast day, or florescent light.

Here's a pair of somewhat customized Rugers:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l308/MTMilitiaman/PairofRugers.jpg

And a Glock 20:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l308/MTMilitiaman/Glock20caseleftside.jpg

[dtalley]

I like picture posts also... but it always makes me want more.

[M2 Carbine]

This is a friend's Glock 19 with a Crimson Trace Laser.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Glocklasergrip.jpg

This is my latest East German Makarov.
I bought it from a dealer that had it refinish for his personal collection.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Makchrome.jpg

And this is a Makarov that spent 24 hours in a freezer.:D
(part of a test of the Makarov's reliability)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Makfrozen_2.jpg

[MTMilitiaman]

Dude. It's from Russia. How is freezing it a test?

[M2 Carbine]

MTMilitiaman
Dude. It's from Russia. How is freezing it a test?

:D Good point.
But what I did was to lube it with about three times the necessary (heavy) grease to see if that would make it malfunction.

This was an even better test.:)
(I didn't sink the barrel in the mud because I didn't want to harm the barrel when I shot the mud covered gun)
Here's the whole test for any Makarov fans that haven't seen it.
http://www.glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=294814

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Makinmud.jpg

[BigV]

Just a few of my handguns...

http://bigbikeriders.com/photopost/data/500/1629Handguns.JPG

[BrainOnSigs]

Build a cheap lightbox. Don't ever use flash. Get creative.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/84051143.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/84051089.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/84051106.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/83835907.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/85656538.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/92119595.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/116454805.jpg

[armoredman]

And back to cats....
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/MosinKitty.jpg

Had to break out the tripod to stop using the flash. I bought the tripod for the Chrony, of all things....Then i could take cool non flash pictures!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/elegantwood2.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/Immigration.jpg

[armedcitizen]

Here is a pic of mine, out for a picnic:

http://www.parkcitiestactical.com/album/00001552/Family_picnic_July_2006.jpg

My Colts getting some sun on the deck:

http://www.parkcitiestactical.com/album/00001552/Colts.jpg

My Bushie:

http://www.parkcitiestactical.com/album/00001552/Background.jpg

[rockstar.esq]

The frozen Mak leads me to the question, Dude did it stick to your hand? That photo is funny for no other reason than the image of some shooter satisfied that the gun passed the test only to note that they can no longer release the gun!

[hotsauce]

What!? A picture thread and not a single Beretta! I have to change that. Heres a few of them.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e110/jlkroberts/DSC00370.jpg

[hotsauce]

Sorry, my picture quality sucks!

[TimboKhan]

Sigh....

Build a cheap lightbox. Don't ever use flash. Get creative.


I know what the words "light" and "box" mean, and I am smart enough to deduce that when the two are used together you have some sort of light-providing box, but I actually had to google what a lightbox does and how one could be constructed on the cheap. I can discourse for hours on subjects like the Crimean War, but a lightbox? That makes me scratch my head. Fascinating.:)

[Sisco]

For anyone interested in builiding their own lightbox, here are the instuctions I used. Easy to build and tears down for storage (if you don't glue it!)
http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent

[BrainOnSigs]

For anyone interested in builiding their own lightbox, here are the instuctions I used. Easy to build and tears down for storage (if you don't glue it!)
http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent


Great link Sisco! The one I made is very similar.

A lightbox will make you look like a pro. The lighting is key. The pictures are so clear.

Dr Ken Lunde (lunde on this forum) recently had blown up one of his pictures to 18" x 12". He gave it to me as a gift. I had recently purchased a new HK P2000SK identical to his. He actually photshopped my serial number into the pic. I had it matted and framed. It now resides over my gun bench.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/183124233.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/6449842/191035540.jpg

[M2 Carbine]

rockstar.esq
The frozen Mak leads me to the question, Dude did it stick to your hand? That photo is funny for no other reason than the image of some shooter satisfied that the gun passed the test only to note that they can no longer release the gun!

The gun was loaded, including a round in the chamber, so right after the picture I fired it dry.
It didn't stick to my hand but it was cold.:)

Those light box pictures are very nice. That looks like a good project.

Here's another picture of a few.
Being this far away doesn't make for a good picture. I'll have to redo it when I get a chance.
Maybe just group them by brand or caliber.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Guns.jpg

[Bruce333]

Thanks for the link to the light box how to Sisco. (said while drooling over the photo of your lever gun)

My cats like to check out my guns anytime they are around. Of course cats do carry their weapons concealed 24/7, so that may be part of their attraction to them.

[BHPshooter]

Here are my most recent ones... forgive the hat hair. :o

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45680&d=1159728526
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45681&d=1159728539
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45682&d=1159728738

Wes

[TimboKhan]

I think it's time that THR had an official contest for best THR photographer. Oleg Volk could be the judge, and the prize could be as simple as bragging rights or a T-shirt or something. I really am truly amazed at how talented some of you guys are!

The lightbox idea is a good one, and I can totally envision my photos being crisper and of better quality using it. I think where talent takes over is composition. Some of you guys just flat out have the ability to envision what a good picture looks like, and some of us don't. Now, that being said, I enjoy looking at peoples guns, so I don't think I have ever seen a "bad" picture. It's just that there are some truly exceptional pictures that have popped up on this thread, and others, and I just don't know that one can learn the innate eye that it takes to compose those photos.

[ShelbyV8]

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k184/ShelbyV8/P1000172.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k184/ShelbyV8/P1000108.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k184/ShelbyV8/MiniMag.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k184/ShelbyV8/SW.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k184/ShelbyV8/P1000028.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k184/ShelbyV8/6396946.jpg

I like Stainless.

[BHPshooter]

And some more, just of the hardware. :)

http://www.hunt101.com/img/336165.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/img/337717.jpg

Wes

[v8stang289]

here are a couple of my pt1911