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Here’s my Last Ditch Type 99 Arisaka.
I traded some stock work for it, from an old friend, years ago. Butch told me that his father had picked it up after a battle, during the Island Hopping campaign, and sent it home with the bayonet. He said that there was a scabbard for the bayonet, but it got lost years ago. This is one of my rifles I will never sale. About two years after we made the trade for the rifle and work, Butch had a lung transplant and his body rejected it. I miss that crusty old fart.
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Nice! Rare to find a full mum like that ...a rare specimen. The bayonet was early in the war (based on configuration) from the Nagoya Army Arsenal.
 
Here is a cased set of Deringer's that I originally posted in the black powder forum a couple of years ago. This is my only other reproduction set issued by the US Historical society. I think these were offered in 1981. They are modeled after the original so-called "peanut" size Deringer that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Lincoln, which is on display at the restored Ford theater in Washington, D.C. Henry Deringer generally offered all of his pocket-size hideout pistols in pairs, to give the owner a second back up shot. Deringer's pistols were so desirable at the time that a large number of copy cat pistols were made and offered by imitators. The imitators would commonly alter the spelling of Deringer's name, many by simply adding an extra "r" to make the name Derringer. This altered spelling eventually became the generic name for all diminutive pocket pistols.
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All of the furniture on these finely made pistols, with the exception of the lock and barrel, was made using cast, polished, and engraved solid sterling silver. Like all the other USHS offerings, there are no visible marks on the guns other than what would have been on an original. Of course, being part of a limited run they do have matching serial numbers with an "A" and a "B" suffix. By removing the barrels, one can find the hidden mark of A.U. Italy with a date code of 1981. A.U. would of course be Aldo Uberti. Both the Washington and the Hamilton/Burr pistols I posted earlier are marked in exactly the same manner.

Note the flip-up steel cover which hides a cavity holding a spare nipple
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Showing a bit of 14kt gold inlay at the breech of the barrel
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Lastly shown in their leather-bound book style case
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Is that an Ingram Model 6 submachine gun designed by Gordon Ingram in one of your photos? I seem to recall it was produced after WWII in as an alternative to the Thompson submachine gun and was marketed primarily to law enforcement agencies.
It may well be. My knowledge of subguns is sorely lacking. It is a prototype...however... I am pretty sure because it has no serial #
I'm just rereading my copy of "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara, which the Ted Turner produced movie "Gettysburg" was based on.

One of the early chapters, of course, is devoted to Buford's action in holding up the Confederates until the main Union army could get to Gettysburg to hold the high ground. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book is written in novel form, so Shaara shares what Buford must have been thinking. Having been stationed on the Texas frontier fighting the Sioux before the war, Buford had learned the advantages of using cavalry more like mounted infantry as the situation dictated. He also did not hold the saber in high regard as a fighting weapon by this point in history, so he had his men leave them behind. Instead, he made sure his men were equipped with I think were repeating Spencers. This was an important factor in his action before the battle.

In the movie, veteran western actor Sam Elliot played Buford admirably and much of his dialog was right out of the book.

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An excellent book indeed. I have read it, and Sam Elliot was superb in the role. (When is Sam Elliot NOT superb?) His men were equipped with Spencers and that was how he held off a force many times larger than his own. We have an "as issued" Spencer in the museum If it ever re-openes I'll get some pics.
 
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Lets see some gun pics.

I thought, ("Well what could we see that already hasn't been posted before.")

And then

Nope, you're a pioneer!

.............I laughed.
But you all know what? This has been good therapy! :thumbup:
I enjoy looking at firearms though I do not like every post.
Thanks everyone. Keep them coming!!!

Use care,
B.L.J.
 
Looks exactly like my true Hungarian "AKM" derivative. 12" barrel plus muzzle brake.
Hard choice between this and my other three imported guns in 7.62x39--but this rifle breathes fire on cloudy days and has very little muzzle rise.

Cold hammer-forged barrel (not softer, cheaper commercial steel by Century outsource), original action, trunnion, even dust cover.
All-matching sport utility rifle. "SA 2000 M" underneath the receiver verifies that all main components are original Hungarian. The add-on "cheek riser" gives it an ok cheek weld.

>> Cheek riser from "AMD65Tech". <<


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Almost a clone of my near-pristine P6. Almost. Also have another P6 carried by a German federal agent (odd, weird 'eagle' proof mark under the chin) Both original hammer springs were replaced,
giving them very typical Sig P-series DA trigger feel/pull.

A reminder, "AMD65Tech" produces the cheek risers and numerous other low-cost accessories for these rather ugly, but cool Hungarian AK derivatives.
 

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I thought, ("Well what could we see that already hasn't been posted before.")

And then



.............I laughed.
But you all know what? This has been good therapy! :thumbup:
I enjoy looking at firearms though I do not like every post.
Thanks everyone. Keep them coming!!!

Use care,
B.L.J.

Well, this one hasn't been done yet.
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CZ BREN 2 MS pistol 7.62x39mm. Since I am an "essential" employee I won't get a test fire on this for probably a week and a half, if then. LIGHT little sucker, I can tell you that!
 
A Winchester model 92 sporting rifle with a round barrel in 44-40 made in 1911. The catalogs, screwdrivers, oil bottle, gun grease, and even the scissors are original Winchester products from the 1920's and earlier. Winchester produced tools and general hardware from1921 until 1930
when they went bankrupt for the first time.

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Cheers
 
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Bergara HMR Pro in 6.5 PRC.

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bannockburn: good idea, and looks nice.

The small company “AMD65TECH” produces these cheek risers and other components for the AMD-65 rifles.

Company owner is a former F-4 engine mechanic who is in north TX.
 
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Thanks for the link! Upon perusal of their products they do make a cheekriser for an underfolder! And for only $38! Have to put that on my Christmas list!
 
Another Winchester model 92. This one is a sling ring carbine chambered in 38-40 manufactured in 1913. The stocks are gumwood--an alternate wood that Winchester used mostly for carbines when walnut was in short supply due to a worldwide demand caused by the build-up of military rifles before and during WWI. Still in pretty decent shape for a 107-year-old rifle. The pistol is an Iver Johnson LA cattleman made by Uberti in 1975 in 45 Colt.
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