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I have many that I don't need because I also have something much better or more capable.
My zamak barrel is toast but I have fired it a lot more than I really want to admit. I will eventually drill it out and put in a barrel liner. With that modification, I have considered cutting dovetails for actual sights. I’m about $60 into this thing and it’s fun as a toy, but realistically it’s nothing more. I did drill it to 22 rimfire depth to take Super Colibri ammo, but not 22LR. I also don’t trust it to the 22 shorts that it was intended to shoot. Its a novelty gallery gun. The Colt New Line is as well. Realistically my S&W top breaks are as well in practicality but they have been and could easily be pressed into service for concealed carry as 38sw is generally oomph enough to stop an attacker. I might lump the 32s&w top breaks into the worthless category. There’s not much pop in those little beauties.Mine is marked “Colt” on top of the barrel. Shot it several times 45 years ago after my Dad paid $20 for it at a gun show. Didn’t want to wear out the zamak barrel. View attachment 954226
CB caps would be a better option for these zamak derringers, but those seem to be more scarce than regular .22 stuff.My zamak barrel is toast but I have fired it a lot more than I really want to admit. I will eventually drill it out and put in a barrel liner. With that modification, I have considered cutting dovetails for actual sights. I’m about $60 into this thing and it’s fun as a toy, but realistically it’s nothing more. I did drill it to 22 rimfire depth to take Super Colibri ammo, but not 22LR. I also don’t trust it to the 22 shorts that it was intended to shoot. Its a novelty gallery gun. The Colt New Line is as well. Realistically my S&W top breaks are as well in practicality but they have been and could easily be pressed into service for concealed carry as 38sw is generally oomph enough to stop an attacker. I might lump the 32s&w top breaks into the worthless category. There’s not much pop in those little beauties.
One man's junk is another man's treasure...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?
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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The Rubys were made by many different manufacturers during and after WW1. My Dad has one produced by Gabilondo (Llama), which is actually pretty nice- many were rough or even dangerous.Before I retired I had a patient that I got close to him and his family. When he died the widow gave me a couple nice knives and two guns.
One was a nice colt detective, the other some Spanish ( Ruby I think) junk.
I promptly disassembled it and took the boat about 12 miles off shore and going parallel to the coast dropped a piece in the ocean every couple hundred yards.
You need to mount a red dot on that.
Truly useless, non-functional guns are great for gun "buy backs", turn them in and thank the organizers for their donation to the Second Amendment Foundation/NRA/GOA.
I had one that almost got me twice. Once it slam fired, and once when dropped it went off. I figured it was time to get rid of it before there was a strike three and I was out. Completely.The Rubys were made by many different manufacturers during and after WW1. My Dad has one produced by Gabilondo (Llama), which is actually pretty nice- many were rough or even dangerous.
We shot the snot out of it when I was a kid. I dont recall it ever jamming......
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.WOW, That may be to purdy to even shoot.. Even in the day you whip that out at a desperado, he or she would stop in their tracks and just admire it as a piece of art and the owner as a gentleman of distinction and taste.
May I include the S&W crushed flat in a press because the government could not bear the thought of a sixshooter bought with my money getting "back on the street? I paid $6.00 for it, in with a parts order, just to have.
There is this ---
A guy gave me the pictured revolver and said "You like to fix stuff..." .
The hand does not engage the cylinder , the trigger does not engage the hammer , and if you break the top the cylinder falls off.
You might think that the grip panels have value , but the right side panel is busted.
Don't know why I haven't tossed it.
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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.