Let's see some of your classic handguns

[lwrnc1963]

My 2" square butt modl. 10, my MKII Webley and my cut down S&W modl. 1917

 

[PX15]

Ah...

The exceedingly rare and ever so elusive Galesi pistol........

Each handmade by an Italian artisan in a small shop in Merde'galesi, Italy. Only 55 produced, and less than 7 brought home by GI's returning from the Italian/Sicilian conflict of 1965-66.

Purchased at great expense from the estate of one of those very soldiers with the caveat that it would never leave my possession until death darkens my sight and my breath has left my mortal coil.

Upon my demise it will be carefully and lovingly wrapped in a small bed of otter feathers and dropped over Lanes Bridge into the turbulent waters of the awesome Altamaha river..........

Never to be seen by the eyes of mortal man again....

JP

P.S. Of course if I get a legitimate offer exceeding $17.00 I might consider parting with it.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

P.S. Of course if I get a legitimate offer exceeding $17.00 I might consider parting with it.

Best laugh I've had in a while. Thanks.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

Here's my not so cut down M1917.


PS, yes, I know my finger is inside the trigger guard.

 

[tipoc]

S&W pre M 27, 6 1/2" barrel from 1954.



And the daddy of the .357 Magnum a 38-44 Outdoorsman from 1931, first year of production.



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[tipoc]

Colt New Service in .45 Colt from 1921.



At 15 yards.



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[The Real Hawkeye]

You guys have some real nice eye candy there. Keep 'em coming. Can't get enough. Love that Outdoorsman.

 

[tipoc]

.38 Hand Ejecter Model of 1905 Fourth Change Target Variation. An excellent shooter.

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[The Real Hawkeye]

Very nice!

 

[tipoc]

S&W M1917, .45 acp. This gun left the factory in April of 1917. Some homegunsmith tried to convert it to .45 Colt and mucked it up. Gene Williams of Texas rebuilt it for me. A decent shooter.

tipoc

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

Awesome! Is that real ivory?

 

[tipoc]

Hawkeye, I could spoil you, but I won't. So last up two classics of a different type.

Colt Combat Commander built by Bob Chow of San Francisco, master class bullseye shooter and former member of the Board of the NRA. Old school gunsmithing from back in the early 80s. Note the S&W K frame sights fore and aft.





Colt GM built by Armand Swenson in the 80s.

That's enough for now.

tipoc

 

[TIMC]

Hers are some of my old classics

Colt Peacemaker made somewhere around 1905

Colt 1911 made about 1916


Double date P-08 Luger 1915 1920


Walther P-38 unknown date of mfg

 

[XavierBreath]

J.E.Clark Colt

To contrast with Tipoc's Chow gun......A Colt 1911 built by J.E. Clark.
More on this gun at this link....See the guts of this gun here.
I still shoot the fire out of it.......

 

[XavierBreath]

Colt Official Police.......in .22LR

 

[XavierBreath]

Some More Classic .22s

 

[XavierBreath]

S&W K-38

 

[XavierBreath]

S&W M&P

 

[XavierBreath]

Classic CCW Guns

 

[tipoc]

Hawkeye,

Nope not real ivory, they are from Ajax if I remember right.

Xavier, How's that Whitney shoot? Those Herritt's look good on the Ruger by the way.

Below a Radom Vis from the first year of the Nazi occupation of Poland. IMHO one of the best 9mm service pistols ever made.

tipoc

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

Xavierbreath, I have a Pocket Auto exactly like yours. You can see a picture of it in my first post. Great guns, aren't they? Everything is so precision in it. Just shot mine yesterday, in fact, and it's dead on, making tiny little groups in the bullseye at seven yards like a target .22.

One problem that I have been having is the mag latch on the bottom of mine occasionally sticks so I cannot open it quite enough to remove the mag. Had to take it in to a 'smith twice to get the mag out. Smith takes it in the back and fiddles with it until he gets it out, but doesn't really fix anything. Any clue as to what's going on there?

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

Thanks for the advice on the grips, Tuner. It looks much more period correct now.

 

[denfoote]

I have not seen one of these yet.

Classic Walther PP 7.65mm.
Actually it's a Maunhrin, but after the war, that was the only way to get a Walther!!

 

[Gewehr98]

Classic, eh?

1918 DWM Luger:



1961 S&W Model 52 in .38 Special Mid-Range:



Nothing warms the heart as much as the old familiar 1911A1:

 

[Ala Dan]

My Classic

a Les Baer TRS 1911 .45 ACP~!