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We need a C-96 here! This one was apparently never fired after proof. Outside is as new while entire inside of gun is full of cosmoline. And my puter is drunk AGAIN! Sorry about the sideways and upside-down pics. But you get the Idea. Missing lanyard ring detracts a bit from its value....
 

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We need a C-96 here! This one was apparently never fired after proof. Outside is as new while entire inside of gun is full of cosmoline. And my puter is drunk AGAIN! Sorry about the sideways and upside-down pics. But you get the Idea. Missing lanyard ring detracts a bit from its value....
Always love seeing that gun!

I would totally shoot it, though!;)
 
This thread is a great pick-me-up, just what I needed. Here are some from the files.

One is out shooting the H&R handi .30-30 and Pietta SAA .357 a couple months ago.

The other is a CZ527 M-1 American (hence the flush magazine), that I bedded into a walnut stock. Haven't had a chance to shoot it in the new stock unfortunately, have some 69 gr matching/varget loads worked up for when I do.

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A single point!
On a handi?
..?
I think I like it!
 
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Very nice bss. It looks very business like.
I'm wanting one myself, except with waterfowl length barrels and tubes.

Yeah, from a hunting standpoint I ruined it to use in CAS for a while. I don’t hunt anymore so it’s of better use to me this way now.
 
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That's a beautiful Broomhandle you've got there though like NIGHTLORD40K I would be sorely tempted to shoot it too (after cleaning out the Cosmoline of course)!
 
I got into shooting in the mid-1980s and I've finally been able to gather a number of the classic handguns I couldn't afford (or find!) back then. They're mostly 9mm pistols, with a few others tossed in. They're sorted from earliest to most recently acquired.

H&K P7 PSP
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SIG P230SL .380ACP
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Steyr GB
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CZ75
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S&W CS-1
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H&K P9S .45ACP
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Beretta 92F
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H&K VP70z
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Bren Ten
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S&W Model 469
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Walther P88
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Browning Hi Power Mk2 (this is a 1987 model so hopefully you'll allow it)
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SIG Sauer P226
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Pt 1911 with fancy Texas mesquite grips I whittled out.

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70 series Gold Cup with local mesquite grips. Another of my whittling attempts.

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These guns are set up to shoot steel swingers with light lead loads. Not much felt recoil with either. The Colt is seriously accurate with the factory bushing installed. The Taurus is pretty good but really doesn't give the Colt any competition when it comes to accuracy. Both are dependable as a rock though.

I messed up and got my images too small. I can't get rid of the post though so here it is. You'll have to take my word for it but there is some pretty wood on these guns.
 
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That chrome plated Model 1903 of yours brought back fond memories of the old Springfield Model 1898 Krag-Jorgensens some of the local veterans organizations use to have for parades and various ceremonies in the '30s through the early '60s. All the metal parts on the guns were chrome plated (probably done by some garage which repaired and plated car bumpers back then), and the wood was covered with a thick coat of spar varnish. It actually did a great job of preserving the metal and wood underneath. Once the plating and the varnish were removed it was very easy to get the metal parts prepped for bluing and then refinishing the stock.

Eventually the Springfield Model 1898s were replaced by surplus Remington Model 1903-A3s and Eddystone Model 1917s and then finally by M1 Garands with a blank adapter welded into the muzzle so that an 8 round clip could still be used. This is the Springfield Model 1898 that I restored a number of years ago.

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