MagnumDweeb
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A lot of us love old guns, we have some strange draw to firearms that their design has become deemed 'obsolete.' More poignant in my opinion have been the Colt Models 1903 and 1908. If you own one of these guns(I own a 1903) or own a Tokarev, you likely enjoy the design and the feel of it in your hand. I own both Tokarevs in 7.62x25, 9mm, and 9x23 Winchester(that's also eaten .38 Super and 9x23 Largo).
The little Colt 1903 in .32 ACP feels real nice when I shoot it and while it is only a .32 ACP, with the right ammo it'd make a decent tool box gun if I could find spare parts for it (barrel, slides, etc.). I know someone who has a 1908 that they converted to 9mm Long Ball (using the old ammo you find at Samco Global) and the few times he's let me fire it, it's been a rather pleasant shooter.
And of course there is Cylinder and Slide who is known to rework old 1908s into shooting .45 ACP(granted it's around 14k for one of those reworks). And there are the old Astra model C96 remakes.
What really got me going was I at a my buddies's Dad's pawnshop and he had one of the snub nose Armscor revolvers come in. It was a nicely made gun, a shame it can hand +P, it looked pristine and for $200 I'm sure I'll be kicking myself for not getting it one day. Armscor is supposed to be using old Colt production machines to be making these guns, and likewise are cranking out 1911s as well.
So there is a lot of potential out there for old models to make a come back like the S&W 1917(now models 21 and 22), Classic S&W 29, Classic S&W 25.
Frankly I'd like to see the Colt 1903 and 1908 brought back with modern metallurgy but in other calibers as well. A 1903 in 9mm or .380 would be nice, with the ability to convert it to Sig .357. All steel pistols that fit nicely in one's hand I find more pleasant than polymer guns.
The little Colt 1903 in .32 ACP feels real nice when I shoot it and while it is only a .32 ACP, with the right ammo it'd make a decent tool box gun if I could find spare parts for it (barrel, slides, etc.). I know someone who has a 1908 that they converted to 9mm Long Ball (using the old ammo you find at Samco Global) and the few times he's let me fire it, it's been a rather pleasant shooter.
And of course there is Cylinder and Slide who is known to rework old 1908s into shooting .45 ACP(granted it's around 14k for one of those reworks). And there are the old Astra model C96 remakes.
What really got me going was I at a my buddies's Dad's pawnshop and he had one of the snub nose Armscor revolvers come in. It was a nicely made gun, a shame it can hand +P, it looked pristine and for $200 I'm sure I'll be kicking myself for not getting it one day. Armscor is supposed to be using old Colt production machines to be making these guns, and likewise are cranking out 1911s as well.
So there is a lot of potential out there for old models to make a come back like the S&W 1917(now models 21 and 22), Classic S&W 29, Classic S&W 25.
Frankly I'd like to see the Colt 1903 and 1908 brought back with modern metallurgy but in other calibers as well. A 1903 in 9mm or .380 would be nice, with the ability to convert it to Sig .357. All steel pistols that fit nicely in one's hand I find more pleasant than polymer guns.
) They fit in a pocket just fine without imprinting.
