[Dionysusigma]

http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=12341061

Now, I'm all for do-it-yourself and such, but this... :o

this should be illegal... :eek: :what: :barf:

[Skofnung]

OMG, that is the most half arsed thing I have ever seen. It looks like someone someone cut the tail off a plywood fish sign.

Nasty, just plain NASTY.

[Quartus]

So, does that mean you didn't like the electrical tape?



Man, where' s your appreciation of ART!!!



:D

[Rupestris]

found this:

"In it's 47 years of production, the Hamilton Rifle Company of Plymouth, Michigan sold fourteen different models of boys rifles. The goal of Clarence James Hamilton and his son, Coello, was to make a good, low cost boys' rifle. It is said that there was usually at least one envied Hamilton rifle in every neighborhood. Hamilton rifles were usually sold to merchandisers who used them as premiums. In exchange for door-to-door selling, a young boy could obtain a Hamilton rifle. Ads offering Hamiltons as premiums were familiar in such magazines as McClure's, Liberty, and Youth Companion. The Model 43 was manufactured from 1924 to 1943, it was a modification of an earlier design (the model 23) with the loading port on the top where the barrel joins the frame. The 43 was chambered in .22 short and long, it weighed about 3 pounds and came with a 15 3/4 inch 12 groove barrel. The stock was walnut. Overall length was 35 inches. Sights were non-adjustable open rear with a blade front. There was no external cocking knob, instead, the bolt itself is pulled to the rear after being turned down to the locking position. Marking on top of barrel read: No. 43,.22 cal. L. & S. Pat. Oct. 30, 1900. August 9,1910. C. J. Hamilton & Son, Plymouth, Mich., U.S.A. "

[Dollar Bill]

I have a Hamilton No 27 exactly like the one shown on that link in the upper photo. The lower one in the photo has someone's idea of a replacement stock on it and, yeah, it is ugly. As stated above the Hamilton was a cheap, depression era boy's rifle. The one I have was purchased by my grandfather who carried it with him while plowing the fields in the hopes of shooting a rabbit for supper with it. I read somewhere recently that the Hamilton rifle company was founded by Clarence Hamilton who went into partnership with a friend manufacturing air rifles and .22 boy's rifles. Mr. Hamilton sold out his part of the air rifle business and continued producing .22s. The air rifle business later became Daisy BB guns. Interesting little gun but crudely made and it has some collector value now if in good condition.

[Chipperman]

What is really scary is that there are 14 bids in it.

[ShaiVong]

What? Whats wrong with the picture? :Confused:
























:neener:

[Sisco]

Pretty inept job of kitchen table gunsmithing.
Anyone who knows anything about home gun repair should know to use duct tape, not electrical tape!

[Dave Markowitz]

That is foul .

:barf:

[Quartus]

No, no Sisco! Electrical tape is BLACK!

And eveyone knows black is TACTICAL!


:D

[Rupestris]

The air rifle business later became Daisy BB guns.

Yep. I work in Plymouth, MI. The old Daisy BB gun factory is now a restaraunt. When it was remodeled/restored they kept alot of the old structure as it was. There are BB marks all over the place and even some deeper holes in the wood beams that have BBs imbedded in 'em.
I guess product testing was a little different back before OSHA and the era of Political Correctness. :D

[Sisco]

read somewhere recently that the Hamilton rifle company was founded by Clarence Hamilton who went into partnership with a friend manufacturing air rifles and .22 boy's rifles. Mr. Hamilton sold out his part of the air rifle business and continued producing .22s. The air rifle business later became Daisy BB guns.

Clarence Hamilton made windmills, then started building air rifles.
http://www.daisymuseum.com/history/overview.htm

[Dollar Bill]

Funny that the Daisy Air Rifles site did not state that Clarence Hamilton also made .22 cal. firearms, but he did. Maybe Daisy is being PC and not wanting to be associated with "real" firearms. Here is another link on Mr. Hamilton.

http://home.att.net/~jim.jackie.r/

Another interesting little bit of info on the Hamilton .22, then I will leave the subject alone. The model 27, in particular, had a barrel length of less than 16" which is not allowed today without special registration but the Hamilton rifles are specifically approved by the BATFE due to their age and status so you don't have to worry about having an illegal short barrelled rifle if you have a Hamilton with a 14.5" barrel.

[C.R.Sam]

Used to be that if one sold enough White Cloverine Salve, one could get a .22. Either one of those or sumpin very much like them.

I ran out of relatives before makin the quota.

Stuff did work for over the ball on cap n ball revolvers tho.

Sam

[jsalcedo]

What is wrong with a monte carlo stock with the tactical grip?

[MagKnightX]

MY EYES! IT BUUUUUUUURRRNNNS!

And remember, electrical tape is SHINY! It can give away your position! You use gaffer's tape!

[Cosmoline]

I kind of like it. It's folk art!

Who wants factory original, anyway? This is supposed to be America! Get in there with hack saws and duct tape--you know you want to!

[Feanaro]

It... hurts.

[shadow 1]

So many levels of WRONG:cuss:

[Brian Dale]

From Rupestris: It is said that there was usually at least one envied Hamilton rifle in every neighborhood. I'll hazard a guess that only one of the Hamilton rifles in that neighborhood (or that household, anyway) was envied. Do mermaids carry .22 rifles?

Let's keep this one quiet, or art critics will be pushing for "jigsaw and coping saw control."

[Pumpkinheaver]

Sisco took the words right out of my mouth. They should have used duct tape.

[Sisco]

Cheaper Than Dirt has some camo duct tape that would look good on it.

[semf]

OMG, that is the most half arsed thing I have ever seen. It looks like someone someone cut the tail off a plywood fish sign.

Look closely guys it's a Mergun(get it? :D )

[Neal Bloom]

Wasn't the one on the bottom used in "Waterworld"?

[Sam Fisher]

It's a perfectly good advertising/selling ploy. Place a decent item up for sale and "add" another one that isn't worth squat. Most will buy it with the idea they are getting two for one. Even though the other one is junk. ;)