Wammo Powermaster .22 longrifle
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Monac
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I suppose you've already done some Google searches, and found things like these:
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/the-wamo-powermaster-one-dangerous-gun/
https://www.smithandwessonforums.com/threads/wamo-powermaster-22-lr-pistol.115066/ (post #3 in particular)
Donald Simmons, a gunwriter I admired, did an article about post-WWII American single-shot 22 pistols that included the Powermaster, but I'll be darned if I can remember where it was published. It was in the 1970's or 1980's; I think Simmons died in the mid 90's.
I think I have the article, but I have a lot of books and clippings, so it may take a while to find it IF I remember to look.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/the-wamo-powermaster-one-dangerous-gun/
https://www.smithandwessonforums.com/threads/wamo-powermaster-22-lr-pistol.115066/ (post #3 in particular)
Donald Simmons, a gunwriter I admired, did an article about post-WWII American single-shot 22 pistols that included the Powermaster, but I'll be darned if I can remember where it was published. It was in the 1970's or 1980's; I think Simmons died in the mid 90's.
I think I have the article, but I have a lot of books and clippings, so it may take a while to find it IF I remember to look.
Riomouse911
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Never heard of one, that’s neat 
. Sort of a High Standard-meets-Colt Huntsman look if you took away the slide cut out and tail at the rear of the slide.
Stay safe.
. Sort of a High Standard-meets-Colt Huntsman look if you took away the slide cut out and tail at the rear of the slide.Stay safe.
Speedo66
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Wammo used to have little ads in the back of all the boy's magazines when I was a kid, but I never knew they made a gun.
Usually it was ads for slingshots, blowguns, etc.
Almost looks like a Marksman BB gun.
Usually it was ads for slingshots, blowguns, etc.
Almost looks like a Marksman BB gun.
What's funny is when I read the title, the first thing to pop into mind was the Wham-O Powermaster...which was a cross bow.
Digging through the dusty alleys of my brain, I remember seeing and handling one at a gun show back in the late 60s...I thought it was branded Wamo (one "M") It was interesting, but I wasn't into single shot pistols at the time as I was looking for a S&W M-39
Digging through the dusty alleys of my brain, I remember seeing and handling one at a gun show back in the late 60s...I thought it was branded Wamo (one "M") It was interesting, but I wasn't into single shot pistols at the time as I was looking for a S&W M-39
Monac
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Did you ever find the Model 39? I am sometimes sorry I did not get one of those, but they were always expensive, and I wasn't a good enough shoot to justifiy a really high-end target centerfire pistol.
The M-39 was S&W's first DA/SA 9mm service pistol. The were so popular that the markup on them was almost as bad as on the Dirty Harry M-29.
You might be thinking of the M-52. It looked a lot like the M-39, except it had an inch longer barrel (5"), was SAO, and was chambered in .38Spl
Monac
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Oh, hell, that's right. Man, if I were as smart as I wish I was, I would have had an M-52 long ago. Thanks for understanding what I meant instead of what I said.
Janos Dracwlya
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I have a 150lb. crossbow from Wham-O.
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