Do You Have a USELESS firearm?

[indy1919a4]

I'd probably pay as much for the ammo as I did for the gun. pinfire stuff is dang hard to find. Mostly corroded and beat up anyway.

Fun to have a little history sitting around.

You can make your own.. Its pretty easy, and there are kits and in some cases if you are really cheap you can remake regular brass

 

[indy1919a4]

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I no longer have the hand or arm strength to rack the slide on this....

Oh man that just brings a tear to my eye for you..

 

[indy1919a4]

I love the story but you may want to do yourself a favor and build pipe gun

That was my uncle Silas, but he came from a poorer part of the family... Those guys were dirt poor and had to really struggle... They never had access to anything modern.

 

[Rubone]

This one that I will never even try to shoot.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

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I no longer have the hand or arm strength to rack the slide on this....

Oh man that just brings a tear to my eye for you..

The key is to leave the internal hammer cocked at all times. The return spring is pretty light by itself. A short peice of small-diameter PVC pipe can be used as a cocking aid as well- when empty of course.

 

[.455_Hunter]

My brother had a pretty useless gun in the late 80's called a Glock 17.

Jam-o-matic special, even with 9mm FMJ, and had a storage box that fired the trigger when the pistol was placed inside.

Luckily, he was able to sell it and get some money out of the new owner.

 

[jaytex1969]

I snagged an Enfield No2Mk1 a few years ago. It's actually in nice shape on the outside.



The hammer will not go back when the action is closed and the cylinder is properly aligned.

If the break action is open or the cylinder is between chambers, the hammer functions.

Technical info has been scarce. To add to the challenge, my understanding is that these were pre-"standardized" parts manufacturing, to an extent, and many pieces were hand fitted by competent craftspeople.

So, it's basically been a nice paperweight while in my possession.

If anyone can direct me to helpful info or resources, I'd be grateful.


Jay

 

[JTHunter]

This one that I will never even try to shoot.
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There are others here more knowledgeable of antique firearms but I think that that 4-shot is an old "pepperbox" style pistol. The question is would it fire siingle shots in sequence OR all 4 in one blast?

That being said, my "anchor" is an old .38, possibly a .38 Long Colt revolver that is probably 100-120 years old. It is no longer safe to fire as the cylinder no longer locks up. I didn't learn this until after I shot some .38 Specials in it ! It was the gun my grandfather used to keep on a shelf under the cash register at his store and I remember seeing the butt of that gun sticking out right at eye level for me at that time.

 

[Rubone]

There are others here more knowledgeable of antique firearms but I think that that 4-shot is an old "pepperbox" style pistol. The question is would it fire siingle shots in sequence OR all 4 in one blast?

One at a time, revolving firing pin.

 

[Offhand McFlan]

I have several Tokarev-type pistols in 7.62X25 and 9mm.
The only one that is not useful at the moment is one that is waiting for repair.
I don't think that it's an international plot to bankrupt me.
After all, it was a found gun... .

Indeed, many like their Toks and carry them. It's true that ammo is more scarce than it used to be and generally isn't as hot as it once was.

 

[AMraider]

Uncle 3 toes still has me cracking up.

My ex wife had an Uncle Pigsfoot and a Uncle Eggsucker. You just can't make that stuff up!

Well not really useless, but makes you think before using it again.. We have a beater in the family that has put more Rabbit, squirrel and possum on the table then the Piggly Wiggly has meat on a good day.

My Great Grand dad got this Zulu shotgun from some previous family member. Never did know who. Anywho he hunted the guts out of this thing. I remember anytime going over to his house he was stewing or frying some critter or critters he got..

Well the years past and Grandad hunted with it and when his memory started failing, he left it in the barn and forgot where he put it. By the time uncle 3 toes found it the wood rot got to it pretty bad. So he bolted and wired the barrel to a wood stock that he had. Now this stock is a real blessing because with the recoil pad it makes it softer to shoot, but it does not line up well enough so the trigger and original hammer would work anymore.

So he tied a hammer to it so you can smack it on the firing pin to shoot the gun. Now you would think that would make it hard to hunt with. But my uncle was always bagging some critter. And to be honest I have nailed a few myself with it. Its not as hard as you might think. It's no worse when aiming a hand cannon and lighting it with a fire rope. The big pain is carrying the hammer in your belt or suspenders while you are walking in the brush..

So finally after my uncle got put away, I got it. Where as I do not shoot it alot, he did leave me with a fair amount of reloaded ammo for it.

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[Ivy Mike]

There are others here more knowledgeable of antique firearms but I think that that 4-shot is an old "pepperbox" style pistol. The question is would it fire siingle shots in sequence OR all 4 in one blast?

That being said, my "anchor" is an old .38, possibly a .38 Long Colt revolver that is probably 100-120 years old. It is no longer safe to fire as the cylinder no longer locks up. I didn't learn this until after I shot some .38 Specials in it ! It was the gun my grandfather used to keep on a shelf under the cash register at his store and I remember seeing the butt of that gun sticking out right at eye level for me at that time.

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So, you might actually be OK to shoot some .38 Special in that. That was actually the revolver I mentioned in my post, a Colt New Army/New Navy. If it was made after 1902 (Colt has a serial lookup on their website) you're probably ok to shoot 38 Special but only the low pressure stuff. And even then, it's pretty fiddly and delicate inside so I wouldn't shoot too much.
So yes, it's .38 Long Colt. You can slug the bore or use some calipers and a micrometer. If it's .363, you have a later pattern and Colt says .38 Special is ok. If its .375, it's an earlier one and .38 Special is a no-go.

Put the parts inside are not exactly the strongest, so a steady diet of .38 Special could knock it out of time and break parts.

 

[Offhand McFlan]

I dont really have any that are useless. The AK that I converted from a Saiga "sporting rifle" was borderline useless for awhile. When I tapped the trunion to install the bullet guide/feed ramp which it needs in order to take AK magazines, the tap broke off in the trunion and no drill bit I had could drill it out. For some time I actually had the piece superglued in and even took it to the range like that and shot several hundred rounds through it. No problem! But obviously that's not the way to keep an AK or any gun...so when they first declared a quarantine here back in March and people were hoarding and getting panicky, I decided I had to have a working AK. So I had a professional fix it.

So for awhile before I glued that piece, you could say the gun was useless...and perhaps would have been again before long once firing it broke the glue bond.

 

[GAF]

Which begs the question of whether there are legal requirements when destroying or otherwise rendering a gun useless and discarding it or just chucking it in the lake. (Yes I'm thinking of the old "tragic boating accident" ploy.)

Oldies, I guess there's no problem (I have several guns that are pre-GCA1968 without serial numbers), but nowadays, almost every gun is "registered" one way or another.

Terry, 230RN

And the friend who gave me the gun died a few years ago. Nothing illegal about what I did, No need to report what I did with the gun in Wisconsin. I don`t know about other states.

 

[indy1919a4]

Uncle 3 toes still has me cracking up.

My ex wife had an Uncle Pigsfoot and a Uncle Eggsucker. You just can't make that stuff up!

To be fair, his name was Abner but as a young man he was an avid Mumblety-peg player so we just grew up calling him 3 toes.. I never really asked to look to see if he lived up to his name. As kids we always looked but he always had socks or shoes on.

 

[tritonguy]

On the strange uncle nicknames, I had an uncle "Sugar Dick". I swear it's true. It's even on his grave stone!

 

[caribou]

I have some dummy subguns, and some cool to me Inert stuff, weird mancave collectables..

Some that are hard to keep the kids from running around playing War, some are just cool.
I like Rockets, from Estes to Vostoks, thats all interesting to me.
I have an RPG -7 rocket hung fins out above my computer desk...LOL!

Now my French Flint Fusil is not useless by anymeans, but it is too beautifull to go out hunting with for now....

 

[Palladan44]

Rigarmi Brecia .25 auto, model 1953.
Fire, stovepipe, clear. Fire, stovepipe, clear.
Fire, stovepipe,clear. The rounds often keyhole in a paper target, meaning the bullets like to tumble out of this barrel. Difficult to hit a potato chip box at 7 yards.

The safety is so that when ever so slight pressure is applied to the trigger, the safety lever gets pushed/forced from SAFE to FIRE on its own, and the firing pin and sear are tripped on home. How nice.

Its internal hammerless single action fire system means that its ready to fire the second you let the slide forward. Sometimes the sear gets tripped from the force of the slide coming forward....POP!
If you drop the weapon, the sear will get tripped....pop. All the safety does is lock the trigger (and at that it doesnt even do) No firing pin block, jostle the weapon in condition 1...pop.

If any more wear occurs, and this will become a 7 shot full auto slam fire .25

For the interest of safety, i store this gun without the firing pin installed.

No replacement parts available. Now that you all have got me thinking, this gun needs to be destroyed. Cut in half. Just gone!

 

[theotherwaldo]

No replacement parts available. Now that you all have got me thinking, this gun needs to be destroyed. Cut in half. Just gone!

-Just shoot a shot of epoxy into it and call it good enough.
Then save it for a 'buy-back'.
You know that they're coming... .

 

[Palladan44]

-Just shoot a shot of epoxy into it and call it good enough.
Then save it for a 'buy-back'.
You know that they're coming... .

Im asking 250 for it...... JK

 

[theotherwaldo]

Yep.
A little JB Weld in the chamber and bore and your worries will go away... .

 

[Hazwaste]

I'd say my old Browning Model 1922 is the most useless firearm I have, just because its .32 caliber round is too weak to use as a carry weapon. But it's also one of my most cherished firearms, as I inherited it from my late father who won it in a poker game when he was serving in the Marine Corps in the early 50s.

 

[Roknstevo]

I have one that would make a good paperweight. You can't get parts for some guns...Useless, You can't afford the cost of ammo for others.... Useless. Yours might kaboom if shot... Useless.
Here's mine.
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Ammo is scarce and too expensive. I could not successfully reload for it. Barrel kits are non existent in popular calibers.
This gun represents a suttle attack by the Russians to bankrupt our population and disarm us.
This is a model TTC. I think it is called a TT30? Do you have a useless gun?

No such thing in my house....

 

[JCooperfan1911]

I’ve got an an NAA mini .22 in pieces sitting it a bag in one of my storage bins.

Just had to try and take it apart one day. Been meaning to send it off to NAA to get reassembled. It’s been several years.

 

[herrwalther]

A Shenandoah Muzzleloader I am in the process of building. Will be a wall piece when I am done, otherwise useless.