Guns that seem to disappear off the planet...

[Chedderbob]

My example; IAC Model 1887 replica.

Been looking into getting one for 3 years, finally decide that the time is right and poof, not one to be found.

Not on the interwebz, none in my LGS, none at the Gunshows. Guess I get to research when the next shipment comes in (if ever)

You guys ever had a gun do this to ya?

 

[Shadow 7D]

check the gun boards (like here)
post a wanted on gunboards
check gunbroker
check AA
check GA
find who made the and see if they are still around or not

 

[Murphy4570]

Odd. I know there was a new one at my LGS when I picked up a IAC 1897 Winchester trench shotgun a couple months ago.

I didn't think those were a "hard to find" kinda item, being Chinese repops, after all.

 

[beatledog7]

Browning Hi Power in .40 S&W. I know they're out there but I guess the owners are clinging to them.

 

[Shadow 7D]

shoot those ones, um Southern Ohio gun
Century Arms or J&G Sales has them NEW

 

[Chedderbob]

That's funny beatledog7

I just saw one at my LGS. I remember because I had a few distinct thought that went like this;
1. Ooooo pretty
2. A Hi Power in .40? Never seen one
3. Wonder if $500 is a good price, but can't find any comparables with my iPhone, so I decide to pass it up.

On another note, it never ceases to amaze me how much you guys are willing to help... Even if it's just finding a gun

 

[Lonerider357]

Norinco (China) has stopped making them!

 

[gyvel]

Here's one on Gunbroker right now with 10 days to go: 248040268

 

[NMGonzo]

Alaskan.

No foundy.

 

[fiddleharp]

Any lefthanded bolt-action .22 rimfire rifle with a tubular magazine!
Where did they go? Were they ever here at all?
Has anybody alive today ever seen one with his own eyes and touched one with his own hands?

 

[Murphy4570]

fiddleharp, that sort of rifle would have been a special order sort of thing.

I have a right-handed version of the rifle you describe though, how 'bout that?

 

[thunder173]

savage 24's...where did they all go?

 

[ColtPythonElite]

So what is a .40 Highpower worth? I know where I can get one...LOL.

 

[LeonCarr]

Remington 788. Everyone I know that has one won't part with it for anything.

 

[Gun Nerd]

Every gun that made me say "should I buy this, or should I wait?". They're always gone when you go back the next day.

 

[gyvel]

Any lefthanded bolt-action .22 rimfire rifle with a tubular magazine!

I believe Remington used to make a LH version of one of their .22s in the 580 series.

 

[The_Shootist]

Alaskan.

No foundy.

Why do you suppose that is? Its kind of a niche revolver and yet I keep hearing that no one has them. I always thought a snub with .45/.454 capabilities could be interesting.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Shoot, I saw 3 of them in less than a week
Oh course I Live in Alaska....
Don't know why you would lug something like that gee's what the hell are you going to do with a snub??

And it weighs as much as my shotgun

 

[captain awesome]

Guns that seem to disappear off the planet...

you mean the hk I lent to my cousin? (bad move, never again)

 

[woad_yurt]

In the mid-seventies, Dixie Gun Works sold a flintlock elephant gun replica. It was 0 or 4 gauge, I can't remember which. It was a monster and I want one bad. Really.

I don't care if it's a total beater. I just want to shoot it every now and then.

PM me, anyone, if you have a line on one.

 

[ShawnC]

$89 SKS's. I wish they were still around.

 

[ShawnC]

In the mid-seventies, Dixie Gun Works sold a flintlock elephant gun replica. It was 0 or 4 gauge, I can't remember which. It was a monster and I want one bad. Really.

I don't care if it's a total beater. I just want to shoot it every now and then.

PM me, anyone, if you have a line on one.

I don't know if it was a Dixie Gun Works, but the last gun show I was at here in VA had a 4 gauge. Can't help you find it, but it seems to be a trend, someone asks, and another person has just happened to see it.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Browning currently makes a LH T-Bolt .22, and CZ offers a lefth hand .22 rifle. Hard to find? Try finding an Uberti made .45 Colt copy of the Remington O/U Derringer.......

 

[Clifford]

A Colt lightweight Commander in .38super....at least they all SEEM to fall off the face of the earth when I actually have the cash to buy one :-/

 

[FROGO207]

Thunder173----I think I got them all. Seriously I do have 7 of them. They can still be had up in northern Maine in some of the LGS for $300-$500. You need a road trip.