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Exotic-Novel-Antique-Uncommon-Rare-Unusual-Weird-Strange-Unique PISTOL fired/owned?

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[HexHead]

I've shot this 1890 Webley my friend has...



Maybe some time I'll get to shoot his Kyber Martini pistol in .303 British.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

That Kyber Martini makes my "exotics" mundane.
C96 Mauser Broomhandle

Webley MkIV (unfortunately "cut" by the importer for .45 AutoRim/.45 ACP originally .455)

(Webleys went "birds head" grip after they were originally "saw handle" then with the MkVI went back.)

 

[modifiedbrowning]

Savage 1907
Vz 61 Skorpion

 

[bannockburn]

The only unique kind of semi-auto that I had was a Benelli B76. With its delayed blowback lockwork design and its requisite (and numerous), small parts sure made for an interesting time with disassembly and reassembly. Most times I felt like I was a very inexperienced watchmaker working on an old self-winding watch.

 

[5-SHOTS]

My first pistol was a Bernardelli 7.65mm (.32ACP) striker fired like the one on the pics I post. There was no model name on both sides of the slide. I think is a copy of one of the first Walthers. Mine was made in 1955. It has virtually no sights, only a tunnel on the top of the slide. It has a magazine disconnect that probably affects the trigger pull badly (when you dry-fire the gun the trigger pull is smooth and light but during live firing it becomes heavy like an envil and different from shot to shot: a nightmare). I think it could be considered an uncommon pistol. Here is a link of the instruction manual: http://www.oocities.org/yosemite/trails/4018/bernardz.htm
I'll still have it if I wasn't forced to sell it to purchase something else due to my country laws that allows you to have only three "defence" pistols and six "sport" pistols.

 

[bc1023]

I've got a ton of oddballs and/or rare pistols. I enjoy collecting them.


Here's a Smith & Wesson Comp 40. They were built in the Performance Center for a short time and only available through Lew Horton. Only about 150 were ever built.












Here's a Wolf SV Ultramatic. They were built in Austria for a short time in the 1990's. They are very complex guns, but also great shooters.











Here's a Korth Autopistol. Many people have heard of Korth revolvers, but they did build some autos over the years, though less than 300 have ever been produced.

 

[Fishbed77]

bc1023, I gotta ask... Where do you work, and how do I get a job there?

 

[rcmodel]

Probably a Hammerli Free Pistol I shot in the service.

rc

 

[Jim Watson]

I haven't shot any unusual single shots, although I did kind of pine over a H&R USRA.

Auto: Walther Olympia .22 mit der nine inch barrel, the 1936 model.

Revolver: S&W New Model No 3 .38-44 Target after fabricating the cylinder length brass.

 

[ICE1210]

Glock 18 while at Armorer School in Symerna.

 

[Gordon]

Got one of these recently (for $175) and it is the weirdest thing I've seen lately; I've got the top one "policeman"
http://www.littlegun.info/arme francaise/saint etienne/a manufrance pistolet le francais gb.htm

 

[zoom6zoom]

I would say the Whitney Wolverine qualifies, as it was only produced for a few years and in limited quantity. Very naturally pointing .22. Olympic Arms later produced a polymer almost-copy which didn't quite measure up to the original.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Don't own them or shoot them, but a fellow I worked for collects and owns several rare J-frame S&W's. It was kind of historic for me to handle the Model 36 .38 snubnose given to to J. Edgar Hoover by Carl Helstrom (S&W president at the time), and the personal custom Model 36 owned by Jack Webb (of "Dragnet" fame). For my own guns, shooting a S&W 2nd Model Hand Ejector in .45 that I had cut and customized like the "Indiana Jones" Raiders revolver is a hoot. It is a dead ringer, and shoots so well it makes newer revolvers dull by comparison.

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[bc1023]

Love the Pardini GT9















Radom MAG 98













PHP MV 9

 

[bc1023]

Not odd, but quite rare - Valtro 1998 A1













Beretta Steel I














I love the FN Hi-Power Competition model

 

[flatlander937]

A guy at the outdoor range in the lane beside me brought his FN 5.7 and let me and my buddy shoot through a magazine of his ammo. Was pretty cool, felt strange to me but was definitely a neat gun that you don't see every day. We returned the favor and I let him shoot some from my 1911 and CM9, and my friend's Tokarev.

 

[tuj]

have a pardini gt45, that's kind of exotic. but the real answer for me is Ed Masaki's dragon gun.

 

[JR24]

For me I guess I'd have to be a "nazi" stamped Hi Power that a friend's grandpa brought back from WWII.

Front sight was sawed off and compared to other 9mms it was LOUD.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Some of the more unusual pistols I have fired:

Steyr GB, Mateba Auto Revolver, exotic caliber single shot XP 100's.

Strangest one I own:

Seecamp style DA conversion (ODI/Viking) Colt 1991A1

 

[MedWheeler]

Nothing really exotic here, but my Grendel P10 turns a few heads every now and then, particularly when I'm observed loading it (through the ejection port.)

 

[aarondhgraham]

I own a Model 1892 French Lebel 8mm revolver,,,

I own a Model 1892 French Lebel 8mm revolver,,,
It's dated 1903 on the barrel,,,
So she's 110 years old,,,
I named her Margaux.



Margaux was my first ever handgun purchase,,,
I've had this gun since I was a young kid,,,
I paid $10.00 for her and some ammo,,,
That was lots of cash in the mid-60's.

Recently I lucked onto the midwayusa website,,,
They had just received their "once in 4 years" run of Fiocchi ammo,,,
So I raided the savings account and bought 11 boxes before they ran out again.

She still has a very tight action with very nice rifling,,,
Last time I took her out I kept 24 rounds on a paper plate at 25 yards.

I had been buying reloaded ammo from gadscustomammo,,,
He was using 32-20 cases but now I'll save my brass,,,
He told me he will reload ammo from my brass.

Anyways, she's my oldest functioning fieryarm.

Aarond

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[Dframe]

I once fired a 25 auto Frommer-Stop. Neat little pistol utilising a long action

 

[barnbwt]

Steyr M1912 ("Hahn," or "Hammer")

So weird I haven't even got ammo for it yet (the 7.62x25 is merely to demonstrate visual function of the strip-fed pistol). Just as soon as 9mm powder comes available I'll be loading up some 38 Super brass with 9mm Largo loads to approximate the 9x23 Steyr original ammunition.

A contemporary of the C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser in WWI, and ancestor (in spirit) to the Beretta PX4 of today (rotating barrel lockup).

Some folks would also consider my CZ52, Five-seveN, and S&W TRR8 unusual. Also got a 1873 French service revolver in 10mm, and a Belgian knockoff S&W Model 3 in 44 Russian (those don't shoot, though .

I like interesting guns; they're more interesting than boring guns

TCB

 

[bc1023]

A guy at the outdoor range in the lane beside me brought his FN 5.7 and let me and my buddy shoot through a magazine of his ammo. Was pretty cool, felt strange to me but was definitely a neat gun that you don't see every day. We returned the favor and I let him shoot some from my 1911 and CM9, and my friend's Tokarev.

I also own an FN Fiveseven. It great fun to shoot.