Those Ruger in that chambering weren’t/aren’t very common. Only seen a couple. Another of the historical and capable cartridges that have been pushed out by newer ones. Do the new ones do it better? Yup. But I hate seeing the old ones disappearing.
Rarest/strangest firearm you've handled or shot?
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ce thing about the Ruger in 250-3000 is the 1-10” twist stabilizes the heavier bullets very well.
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The gun in my avatar would be the rarest. Colt "Realtree" Anaconda. Bought it new in the late 90's. Not as a collector, but it became one. 1000 were made (some say 1500).
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It was not unusual to see a Gyrojet (or Dardick) at gunshows back in the 80s/90s. Sometimes you would even see the special ammo for them.
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In 1979 I shot a friend's great great grandfathers Civil War flint lock. It was in excellent condition with 20+ notches on the stock.
Yup. The 700s were 1:14 and I believe the very few model 70s were some of each depending on the year.
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2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
The thread on the new .21 Sharp rimfire cartridge reminded me of a revolver I fired about 60 years ago that a friend had bought somewhere. Details have been lost over 65 years, but it was (I think) a .32 breaktop rimfire. He had bought a box of antique ammo for it and let me fire a couple of rounds of that precious old ammo. Naturally, there were misfires and sometimes when we turned the rounds they would go off, sometimes not.
For the life of me I cannot remember whether they were BP or smokeless. They might have been some of those half-and-half rounds which were made for a while.
This took place at what is now the Boulder Rifle Club range north of town, but at the time, it was still the old city dump and in fact, there was still smoke coming up from parts of it from an underground garbage fire.
That really was the most unusual gun I ever fired... for three rounds, that's all we figured I should use (which was very generous of him), and he then fired a cylinder full with one "uncorrectable by rotation" misfire. I think there were twenty rounds in a box. I assume they were mercury-primed.
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REF: (I guess they have more than one range nowadays. The one in their photo looks like the topography of the garbage dump range I used to shoot at.)
https://www.boulderrifleclub.com/
For the life of me I cannot remember whether they were BP or smokeless. They might have been some of those half-and-half rounds which were made for a while.
This took place at what is now the Boulder Rifle Club range north of town, but at the time, it was still the old city dump and in fact, there was still smoke coming up from parts of it from an underground garbage fire.
That really was the most unusual gun I ever fired... for three rounds, that's all we figured I should use (which was very generous of him), and he then fired a cylinder full with one "uncorrectable by rotation" misfire. I think there were twenty rounds in a box. I assume they were mercury-primed.
Terry, 230RN
REF: (I guess they have more than one range nowadays. The one in their photo looks like the topography of the garbage dump range I used to shoot at.)
https://www.boulderrifleclub.com/
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Not many folks alive can say theyve actually fired a .32RF.
When I was promoted to company armorer in 1969 amongst the supplies I was issued was an M14E2/A1, the select fire version of the 7.62 M14. Only 10K ever made. It was really only controllable from the prone on the bipod. The wooden pistol grip and folding forward grip helped off-hand, but it was still a cloud seeder.I also got a box of selector switches which would make a standard M14 full auto. I converted a bunch for my buddies ( just required knocking out a roll pin) and they were just ridiculous spray and pray guns.
Good video showing the features.
Good video showing the features.
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My buddy was a Gunners Mate on the White Plains back in the 80s and used a FA M14 for shark detail when there was a swimmer in the water. He liked the resulting dispersal pattern since they tended to swim in a zig-zag pattern which made leading them difficult.
Not many folks alive can say theyve actually fired a .32RF.
I can remember a time not too long ago that one could find all kinds of old rimfire and pin fire revolvers at antique shops for low prices. But good luck finding ammo for any of them.
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I had one of those in Vietnam. I never fired it in anger but I got to shoot it quite a bit during H&I fire. Everything you said is true. It was worthless in full auto unless you were prone with a death grip on the forward handgrip, digging the bipod legs into the ground.
But I am one of them. I have 200 rounds of .32 rimfire ammo. It is the Navy Arms ammo they made a few years back. I have a Remington #2 rolling block to shoot it in but I do so very sparingly. When I get down to 100 rounds, I'll probably stop shooting altogether.
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2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
Sorry, I had to laugh at that.
He had to yell at the swimmer to stop zig-zagging, right?
Me go now..
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Lol.
However, apparently it was an unwritten understanding that if the shark got ahold of someone and there was no chance of rescue arriving in time, the watcher might have to do what he had to do......
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I have a Marlin 1892 in .32rf, and also have some of that Navy Arms ammo, which came with the gun. Given how pricey the ammo is though, and how thus far I have not had a need for the gun that couldn’t be filled by something else, I haven’t yet actually shot any. I’ll probably sell the ammo at some point and use the proceeds to pay for conversion of the gun to shoot .32 s&w long centerfire.
caribou
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My 1876 made .42 Berdan II Carbine is pretty rare, but shoots like it was just made.
My wifes 7mm Baby Nambu is pretty spendy to shoot, as the ammo is reformed M1 Carbine shells.
My wifes 7mm Baby Nambu is pretty spendy to shoot, as the ammo is reformed M1 Carbine shells.
Capybara
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I got to shoot a few belts through this Maxim. The owner even asked me if I wanted to shoot it, cradled from the hip, Rambo-style, so I had to, even though it was stupid.
Fun, very historical gun, very rare too. I think he said there were only 3-4 in firing condition still in existence.
Fun, very historical gun, very rare too. I think he said there were only 3-4 in firing condition still in existence.
Capybara
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It was cool, I love the history. Lowest cyclic rate that I've shot too other than the M3 Grease Gun (450 rpm), it was about 600 rpm, it chugged.
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Not really rare or particularly strange, but I got to fire a MG-42 while stationed in Germany during Desert Storm. A completely awesome experience, they ought to bring that gun back for a street sweeper in urban warfare. A couple of years ago at an air show, a WWII re-enactor was lugging one around and I had a Kodak Moment with it. I also got to handle a Bren machine gun and learn to field strip it, courtesy of an SAS reenactor.
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Wow, not many alive had a chance to shoot Hitler's Buzzsaw. That's super cool. Isn't shooting pieces of history the best?
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Do torpedo tubes count?
I've messed with two sets.
The first set was in a half-scrapped (Dutch, I think) sub on a Portland, Oregon scrapyard.
I and my two buddies managed to get the lower tube open and then couldn't get it closed again against the flow of water.
I guess that the outer doors were removed or open.
When the security guard caught us and escorted us back to our bikes, the sub was submerged... .
I was nine years old.
The second was on one of the Perry class frigates that were being built at the Todd Shipyard in San Pedro, California.
I got called in on an Engineering Assistance Request concerning a discrepancy between the mount plans and the actual delivered mount for one of the torpedo tubes.
I wound up crawling all over that thing, taking measurements and making sketches to turn over to the engineers so that they could get that mess straightened out,
Just another day at work.
I've messed with two sets.
The first set was in a half-scrapped (Dutch, I think) sub on a Portland, Oregon scrapyard.
I and my two buddies managed to get the lower tube open and then couldn't get it closed again against the flow of water.
I guess that the outer doors were removed or open.
When the security guard caught us and escorted us back to our bikes, the sub was submerged... .
I was nine years old.
The second was on one of the Perry class frigates that were being built at the Todd Shipyard in San Pedro, California.
I got called in on an Engineering Assistance Request concerning a discrepancy between the mount plans and the actual delivered mount for one of the torpedo tubes.
I wound up crawling all over that thing, taking measurements and making sketches to turn over to the engineers so that they could get that mess straightened out,
Just another day at work.
entropy
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Most everybody who has served in the Bundeswehr, (MG3) Many from NATO who have served with them (on REFORGER exercises and such) , many members of the Spanish military, (MG 42/59, MG 82) Various guerilla forces throughout the world supplied MG 34s and 42s by the Soviet union, which had stockplies of them acquired in WWII, etc. So I think it might be more people than you think. Sure some were in different calibers, (7.62 and 5.56 NATO) but they are MG34/42 designs.
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I own this Browning O/U shotgun supposedly owned by Jack O'Connor. I need to get in touch with Browning to see what they say...
