Exotic-Novel-Antique-Uncommon-Rare-Weird-Strange-Unique PISTOL you've fired/owned?
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Ahhh I was thinking Mamba and picturing Llama Omni... very similar trigger guard shape. http://www.gunsamerica.com/927082304/Llama_Omni_Model_45_ACP.htm I've seen several for sale on GunsAmerica for around $400
Some really neat pistols on here!
Some really neat pistols on here!
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Here's another oddball. It was built by AMT many years back and is called the "On Duty". Only about 1000 were produced.
ASAI One Pro - Built in Switzerland in the 1990's. Not many were imported into the states and all were 45ACP. Some 9mm versions do exist in Europe.
ASAI One Pro - Built in Switzerland in the 1990's. Not many were imported into the states and all were 45ACP. Some 9mm versions do exist in Europe.
Beretta 92
Certainly a very common pistol, but this is the original model from the 1970's still in like new in box condition.
Notice the rounded trigger guard, frame mounted safety, heel mag release, and blued finish - all of which are gone today.
Here's a very rare model. Its the Walther P88 Competition. Very few of these were built inn the 1990s and they were built for the European market. This one found its way into the states somehow, but there is no importer's mark anywhere on the gun.
Unlike the standard P88 and P88 compact, which are DA/SA pistols, the Competition model is single action only.
Pretty cool, huh?
Certainly a very common pistol, but this is the original model from the 1970's still in like new in box condition.
Notice the rounded trigger guard, frame mounted safety, heel mag release, and blued finish - all of which are gone today.
Here's a very rare model. Its the Walther P88 Competition. Very few of these were built inn the 1990s and they were built for the European market. This one found its way into the states somehow, but there is no importer's mark anywhere on the gun.
Unlike the standard P88 and P88 compact, which are DA/SA pistols, the Competition model is single action only.
Pretty cool, huh?
jimbo555
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Beautiful collection bc!
I hadn't thought about this incident in years. It involves a gun that I certainly didn't own and never fired, but I did handle it. Please don't tell the feds---
Back in the early 80s I had a friend with a pawn shop. When he got a gun that needed a little work or if it was an unusual piece with which he wasn't familiar, he'd give me a call. One day he got me over to his house and showed me a .22 that he knew nothing about. It was built like a 1911. Think Llama .22. It's markings were all in Spanish. I think the brand name was Zorro. It had an odd little lever sort of like another safety. Actually, it was a switch for full auto fire.
I explained the feature to my buddy. He was really glad he didn't get the gun through his shop. As you can imagine.
I wanted to take the gun out some deserted country road and try it, but wisely my buddy said no.
I don't know what happened to that little gun. I asked but never got an answer.
Back in the early 80s I had a friend with a pawn shop. When he got a gun that needed a little work or if it was an unusual piece with which he wasn't familiar, he'd give me a call. One day he got me over to his house and showed me a .22 that he knew nothing about. It was built like a 1911. Think Llama .22. It's markings were all in Spanish. I think the brand name was Zorro. It had an odd little lever sort of like another safety. Actually, it was a switch for full auto fire.
I explained the feature to my buddy. He was really glad he didn't get the gun through his shop. As you can imagine.
I wanted to take the gun out some deserted country road and try it, but wisely my buddy said no.
I don't know what happened to that little gun. I asked but never got an answer.
Gladius
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I believe you're talking about something called a Trejo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trejo_pistol
Hometeached1
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Nothing real rare, but held a Walther p5. Fired and love a Ruger SP 101 in .327 magnum!
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I would say:
Glock 18C
CZ 75 Automatic
Stichken APS
Mauser Automatic 7.63
Dan Wesson Havok 1911
.455 Webly (dont own anymore)
Luger P08 long barrel
DE with 12.5" barrel
Glock 18C
CZ 75 Automatic
Stichken APS
Mauser Automatic 7.63
Dan Wesson Havok 1911
.455 Webly (dont own anymore)
Luger P08 long barrel
DE with 12.5" barrel
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TennJed
Thats really rare Norinco.
Thats really rare Norinco.
If you think the gun is rare, try finding a a factory mag for it (luckily S&W 41 mags work in it)
T2K
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bc1023 - your collection is excellent and very interesting. Most of those Italian pistols were totally new to me.
ratt_finkel
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Man, these are some seriously cool firearms. I'm now going to have to try and add even one of these to my collection lol!
armedwalleye
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My oddball
Don't have a picture, but a nickel plated Herter's .357 derringer is my strangest.
Not a joy to shoot by any means.
Don't have a picture, but a nickel plated Herter's .357 derringer is my strangest.
Not a joy to shoot by any means.
The Trejo sounds about right. What a pistol! Thanks for the name.
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I guess my strangest/unique revolver would be my 2nd model Merwin, Hulbert & Co. pocket army, made in the 1880's. It is nickled with mother of pearl grips with a 7" barrel, chambered in 44 WCF or more commonly called 44-40. It works perfectly, but there are some small surface areas of the frame/cylinder where the nickle has worn off and pitting has occured. Its uniqueness is the way the barrel twists/pulls to dump the empty casings, and doesn't expell the remaining live rounds. Sorry I have no pictures to post, but I'm sure you could google search and find plenty of pictures. LM
Used to be you could get a Lahti on the cheap, not anymore. So many of the WW2 surplus guns that used to sell mail order for $20 or less are bucking the 1k mark.
SGN did a great write up on the variations of that great 9mm pistol, though I don't think I have seen one with such a thick trigger guard before.
SGN did a great write up on the variations of that great 9mm pistol, though I don't think I have seen one with such a thick trigger guard before.
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