[MaterDei]

I'm interested in seeing your most unusual weapon and a little bit about how and why you acquired it. By 'unusual' I don't necessarily mean rare. Maybe you could include one that is just not at all the kind of weapon you would normally own but somehow ended up with anyway.

Mine is a Revolver. I am not a revolver guy per se, but I acquired this one about 6 months ago in a trade. I got the revolver, he got a Dell 600mHz Pentium 3 that I was no longer using. He inherited the gun from his father and though not at all an anti, he wasn't going to use it. I also suppose it made him feel good knowing it would go to somebody who would take care of and appreciate both the gun and its original owner, his father.

Kudos to the first person who properly IDs this gun.

[MaterDei]

Here is the pic.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=583353

[Skunkabilly]

My Emerson Karambit, the tactical seahorse. Because I like to celebrate Asian-American heritage :D

[HogRider]

I traded a full suspension mountain bike and a coupon for a record store for a Beretta 92 and 400 Dollars in cash. The guy who wanted the mountain bike had to get rid of the gun because he moved to New Zealand and wasn't allowed to bring a handgun with him. That was the most unusual deal I have ever done. The Beretta served me well for a couple of years until I got tired of it and traded it for something else.

[lee n. field]

You got the better end of the deal. I decided a long time ago never to trade gun stuff (which holds it value) for computer stuff (which becomes worthless way too soon).

[Kamicosmos]

Most unusual would be my Nambu Type 94. Inherited from my grandfather who brought it home from WWII.

It is unusual more for how he got it. He was a Sherman tank driver. They were sitting on a beach in the tank enjoying breakfast in the fall of 1944. A Zero spotted them and started straffing them. After a while, they got sick of the noise, but didn't want to risk getting a guy on top to fire the machine gun. so, more as a joke to try and scare off the Zero, they lined him up with the main gun and fired.

To their surprise, they nailed the Zero! It blew apart (Without much of a fireball apparently) and crashed to the ground behind them. They got out of the tank and approached the wreckage. Found the cockpit laying on it's side still intact. They slid the canopy back, checked the pilot to make sure he was dead, and my grandpa took his pistol as a trophy.

My other grandfather was in the ETO and brought home a 1916 Luger. It's unusual for me because it's the oldest thing I own, being 87 years old. (And it's in great shape, and I've fired it a few times after replacing the grips and mainspring.)

[Biff]

...Colt .22 Scout Buntline Special.

Probably from early '70s

[semf]

Apparently my most unusual is a Navy Arms imported Chinese TU-90 Tokarev type pistol in 9mm I've posted on a few forums to get info on it and have never gotten a response.
I thought it would have been my Uberti revolver carbine.

[CZ-100]

Most unusual would be my Nambu Type 94. Inherited from my grandfather who brought it home from WWII.

It is unusual more for how he got it. He was a Sherman tank driver. They were sitting on a beach in the tank enjoying breakfast in the fall of 1944. A Zero spotted them and started straffing them. After a while, they got sick of the noise, but didn't want to risk getting a guy on top to fire the machine gun. so, more as a joke to try and scare off the Zero, they lined him up with the main gun and fired.

To their surprise, they nailed the Zero! It blew apart (Without much of a fireball apparently) and crashed to the ground behind them. They got out of the tank and approached the wreckage. Found the cockpit laying on it's side still intact. They slid the canopy back, checked the pilot to make sure he was dead, and my grandpa took his pistol as a trophy.

My other grandfather was in the ETO and brought home a 1916 Luger. It's unusual for me because it's the oldest thing I own, being 87 years old. (And it's in great shape, and I've fired it a few times after replacing the grips and mainspring.)

Now thats a COOL Story..:D

[MaterDei]

Colt .22 Scout Buntline Special.

Probably from early '70s

Ohhhhhh, so close, but not exactly correct!!!!

[George Hill]

Sherman 1 - Zero 0 = That's awesome. :D

[MaterDei]

I can't even pull that shot off playing Battlefield 1942 on the computer.

That is one, no two, high speed grandpas.

[Mike Irwin]

An Mle 1873 French Ordnance Revolver, made in 1876.

[4v50 Gary]

Kamicosmos - now that's a cool one shot - one kill story. Kudos to your grandpa and his crew. May he RIP.:D

Most unusual weapon? Webley dedicated 22 revolver (not a conversion).

[Jack19]

My most unusual weapon isn't even a firearm, it's the Tactical Impact Device head for a Surefire flashlight.

It doesn't look like it would hurt as much as it does, but it does.

I do have an old Guardfather stilletto, although it sits in a drawer at home.

[Biff]

OK Mater-

Make that a Buntline Scout

Buntline specials were on the SAA frame.

[hillbilly]

My accurized Remington 700 in .308 with Leupold 6.5X20 atop it.

Stolen from my house on Oct. 16, 2000.

Recovered by me at a gunshow on Dec 18, 2001.

While part of the police report the department which took my report failed to enter the serial number into the database.

So, not only did I have to stumble across her at a gun show, I had to convice local cops that she was actually my stolen rifle.

Her name is now Grace, by the way....Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound......what once was lost, now is found........etc.

hillbilly

[Archer]

Her name is now Grace, by the way....

Hmm... Hillbilly...

Ever see Pulp Fiction ??

:evil:

My most unusual weapon is the one on the right. I need quite a bit more training before I would carry it.

It is truly scary in the hands of someone (Steve Tarani) who knows what to do with the thing.

http://www.karambit.com/images/str-ker-4.jpg

[jercamp45]

But it looks like an old Ruger Single Six.....early 60's. I recall they had fixed sights, and were offered in LONG barrels back then. The grip medallion appears to be wrong for a Colt!
Limited knowledge...but I think so!
JC45

[Dr.Rob]

A 1939 Luger I got in a trade. Not my oldest gun (a 1917 Colt New Service) or most expensive, but pretty high up on "neat" factor.

All matching 3's no import marks, waffen proofed, Mauser mfg. apparently came home in some GI's duffle bag, though that story has been lost.

[MaterDei]

Biff, you might be right and I just don't know it, but I'm not sure. You clearly know a lot more about revolver than I. I'll give a hint.

LAWMAN
:)

[TrapperReady]

Hmmm...

I've got this ball bat I made in 8th grade shop class...
probably weighs close to 5 pounds and is scaled for a giant.

I'm sure it could fall under the category of "weapon".

I think I got a "C" on that project.

[Backwoods]

A Broomhandle Mauser pistol is my entry. I still need to get a Holster/stock for it and reline the barrel so it can be shot safely. Neat old design.

Don in Ohio

BTW The pic is of a COLT. The Ruger Single Six had the top/front edge of the grips in contact with the frame. Also the fixed sight on the Ruger was a blade in a slot which isn't the case for the pictured gun. (I checked the pics in "Sixguns" to confirm this before I posted). JMHO!

Colt Frontier Scout, Wyatt Earp Commerative.

[MaterDei]

You probably earned an F but the teacher was afraid to give it to you. :D

[Biff]

Colt "Wyatt Earp" commemorative .22 from their Lawman Series

(Possibly a deluxe commemorative Buntline Scout)

[MaterDei]

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=584144

[Biff]

I noticed that Colt also produced the Wyatt Earp in .45. Wouldn't it be nice to have a set?

[jercamp45]

The only Colt single action rimfire I had any familiarity with was a Frontier and it was ALONG time ago......played with a few single sixes too. But I have always been an autoloading kinda guy!
My most unusal impliment is a Manrikigusari(a two foot think chain with weights on each end) that I bought in Japan as a much younger Jarhead. The name translates to...'the strength of ten thousand men'. The Ninja called them Kasarifundo, I believe.
A most challenging device to master(I have not), but having played with it for over 20 years, I have only knocked myself out ONCE!! Hehehe.
But there were other bruises too! A lamp died in its honor(lesson learned: Not a good indoor practise tool). A couple of watch faces were cracked(take off watch B4 practise).
Advantages: it fits in a pocket or a balled up fist-ready for action, it has more reach than a stick/knife, is silent, good for grappling and never runs outta ammo. And it is most unexpected!!!
Cons: Very complex motor skills, an impact sends the opposing weight in directions that is difficult to predict, not legal in alot of places, and you gotta know your anatomy and be precise. It is not in my top ten carry weapons...more a curiosity, but it has taught me ALOT over the years. And if the world goes Max Max, it'll be in one pocket....but a Jay frame 38 will be in the other!!
Had a Broomhandle for abit...it was cool! Had a P7(I consider that to be an unusual weapon), a Webley modified to shoot ACP outta clips, a replica 1860 Army .44 cap and ball(we had an original Colt 1860, but it was lost in a fire), shot a LAW rocket, Ma Duece, a blunderbuss with alot of weird stuff down the barrel(ouchie!), saw an M60 barrel turn red then white from the heat, shot an Automag(25 years ago in Alaska), owned a cheapo RG .22 snubby that I got to be an understudy to my jay frame(though it would break in the first 1000 rounds...it lasted for over five thousand before I sold it at quite a profit).
One of my Officer's models can be a 45 pistol, a carbine(thanks to Mechtech), and a .22(thanks to Ciener).....guess I watched too much Man From U.N.C.L.E. growing up(strange, I could've had a P-38! but never got one...always liked them from the historical standpoint).
A ASP Defender, a kubotan that squirts pepperspray. One of those plastic/fiberglass knives. A pen flaregun that burns at 3200 degrees and travels for 100 feet straight up. Curiosities.
Jercamp45

[MaterDei]

A most challenging device to master(I have not), but having played with it for over 20 years, I have only knocked myself out ONCE!! Hehehe.

LOL!!!!

Biff, yes, I wish I had gotten the .45, or both. However, for an old computer I think I did pretty well. Good thing is, my friend with the new used puter thinks so too! The classic win-win trade.

MaterDei

[A. Partisan]

A sock containing a bar of Ivory soap.

[Black Snowman]

My Glock 24P (Not C, P). The 1st competition model from Glock, the 1st ported model (before compensated became vougue), and is no longer in production. It's uncommon and has some strange porting. It angles foreward out of the barrel at about 30-40 degrees.

You expect it to rip the jacket right off the bullet but it seems to do fine. I have wisely never shot lead through it but I have put quite a few Rainier Lead-Safes through, although the current fodder is STAR FMJ TC.

What the angle of the porting does do is soot up the front sight after about 5 rounds prompting me to change to the JP Custom double-ring sights. I'll take some current pictures and get them posted here and in the Glock picture thread that got started :D

[jercamp45]

a cheap, rusty 12 inch machete in the trunk of my car...the sticker on the handle reads, and I quote: "This Product is Endorsed By Lorena Bobbitt"
What a nasty tool!!!
JC45

[50 Freak]

The most unusual gun I ever owned was a 50 bmg Enfield (yes a British Enfield). I acquired it in a trade a long time ago. Someone took a old SMLE receiver and machined a very large nut-cap that a M2 barrel screwed in. A round was dropped into the barrel and the barrel then screwed into the receiver/nut. Then blamo. It weighted 25 pounds and had no muzzle brake. Recoil was extremely brutal.

Couldn't shoot more than a few rounds at a time as my shoulder would bruise up, but on the bright side, everything since feels like a 22. Traded that monstrosity for a pistol later on. Kinda miss it.

[MaterDei]

Based on that story alone your screen name is appropriate.

That's crazy :what:

[Jeff OTMG]

Not my rarest, but an interesting story. The gun would be my Hammerli 208S. I am by no means an Olympic caliber shooter, but even I shoot this gun well. I always wanted a really nice .22. I have a friend who frequently travels to Europe on business and he does a lot of work in the British Isles and was an Olympic caliber shooter having competed in the Pan Am Games and shoots in Europe and Israel. Great Britain passed sweeping gun control laws a few years ago and a friend of his did not want to see this gun destroyed by the government. In September before the ban took effect the owner shot the pistol at Bisley in the last pistol competition to be held there after 200 years of shooting. He won and a plaque with his name, date, and score is on the wall at Bisley. He brought his guns to the U.S. so he could come visit them when he could. He finally decided to sell it and I got it.

[tex_n_cal]

Field's patent falling block single shot by RR Rodda, caliber .500-.450 #1 Blackpowder Express. A 300 grain bullet at 1900 fps is nothing to sneeze at.:D

[Kingson]

Frommer Stop Model 19
Just had to have it because it looks so diffrent
http://www.gunsnet.net/album/data/500/22998Frommer_Stop_Mdl_19-med.JPG

[Ryder]

I have a double barrel 13 gauge black powder shotgun. They probably sold quite a few of these kits, but I doubt there is another that looks like mine. Suppose that makes it unusual. Kinda fancy, but it's been a good critter getter.

I made a huge throwing star. It's about 7 or 8 inches in diameter and crafted from 1/8" sping steel. Looks like a 6 bladed tanto. It'll fly about 15 feet before gravity takes over. :D

I used to build knives from felt pens. Don't know that that's all that unusual though. All my friends had them ;)

[TheeBadOne]

http://www.vampiregerbil.com/ballistic/images/loaded01.jpg
http://www.vampiregerbil.com/ballistic/images/loaded02.jpg
http://www.vampiregerbil.com/ballistic/images/shot01.jpg

[50 Freak]

Haven't seen one of those Spetnaz knives for a while. Kind of regret not buying one when they were legal.

[MaterDei]

Very cool!

I'll give you $20 for it. :)

[Zach S]

AO Thompson 1927-A1. Heavy, crappy ergonomics, heavy, not southpaw freindly, heavy, high bore axis, and its heavy. With the drum loaded, it probably weighs 15lbs. To this day, my reason for buying such an impractical long arm hasnt changed, "Its cool."

I'm thinking about jumping trough all the MG hoops after the first of the year so I can put a short barrel on it (I can do that right?). The more I look at that 16" barrel, the weirder it looks.

[Jason Demond]

:)
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=586793

[Stevie-Ray]

Most unusual would have to be my T/C Contender Super 16 .45-70. Unusual if anybody fires it after witnessing me punishing myself with it. No takers yet.

It was bought for a bear hunt that never happened. Rifle Magnaported after the first 8 rounds.:what: Still a (2)handful. Mostly a storage piece now.

[mountainclmbr]

It would be a tossup between a Sharps Carbine in 50-70 (I have two rounds of old ammo) and the 1 inch cold rolled steel pipe welded to a steel base that I used many moons ago as a teenager as a black powder cannon to shoot D-batteries to see how far across a lake they could go.