Well, lessee-
3 Smiths, all snubby .38s:
Military & Police (pre-Model 10)
Model 64 (same thing in stainless)
Lady Smith stainless
9 FN/Brownings:
Model 1910 7.65 ca. 1940, Jap war trophy, in the family since 1945
Model 1922 .380, ca. 1940, former Dutch military or police
1950s Hi-Power
Hi-Power Practical
Browning BDM
2 FN HP-DA service model
2 FN HP-DA Compacts (one DAO)
And no, I don't need any more.
For the curious, I started out with the Smiths (I also have a Colt Detective Special) for home protection and then learned that a two inch barrel doesn't give enough velocity, so I tried semiautos. The first was the model 1910 which I inherited from my dad, who inherited it from my grandfather who got it from my uncle who evidently bought it off a Marine who got it the hard way in the Pacific- unk was a Navy flyer. The holster has Jap markings. Anyway, it had its jams so to be fair I bought a new Hi-Power Practical. THIS GUN DOES NOT JAM and my reliability questions about modern semiautos were answered. The only others of my FN/Brownings with a jam problem (besides the 1922 but I didn't buy it as a shooter) is the 1950s Hi-Power, and I suspect a worn internal extractor. So I'll be sending it off to Cylinder & Slide when my number comes up.
5 Rugers (2 Old Armys .45's, 2 Old Model Single Six .22's, 1 Mark II .22)
5 CZ's (Dan Wesson Guardian 9mm, Dan Wesson PM7-10 10mm & 40 S&W, Dan Wesson Valor .45ACP, CZ 452 Lux .22, CZ 452 Ultra Lux .22)
2 Colt's both 1903 Pocket Hammerless in .32ACP
2 Berettas, Model 1934 in .380ACP and Model 1935 in .32ACP
2 S&W's, a 586 and a BG380..
only one Browning though...a Nomad...guess I need more Brownings, eh?
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