tark
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A 4 bore , 18 pound single shot rifle by Thomas Bland & Son. Four inch long brass case, 385 gr of 1F and a four ounce bullet. I only shot it once, because it broke my collarbone and I had to go to the hospital.
What is the strangest gun youv'e ever fired?
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lysanderxiii
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Johnson M1941 or maybe a DShKM
Deltaboy1984
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Marbles Game Getter.
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A Daisy VL rifle that fires .22 caliber caseless ammunition by using the heat from compressed air to ignite the propellant. This rifle has an under lever like an air rifle to compress air but instead of firing .22 caliber pellets it fires a .22 caliber bullet that has a propellant attached to its base. It is not as accurate as .22 caliber air rifles or .22LR caliber rifles. It is more powerful and louder than an air rifle and less powerful and just as loud as a .22LR. Having no advantages over either other than novelty it was a failure in the marketplace.
.455_Hunter
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.577 Synder Carbine
rugerman
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Toss up between a "auto bugler shotgun" and a Gatling gun.
armedwalleye
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A nickel plated Herter's .357 derringer.
cmb3366
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Not too crazy, but I had the opportunity to shoot a Kriss Vector with a happy switch. Burning through 45acp at 1200rpm was an expensive hoot.
SlowFuse
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Add me to the list that has shot a Remington Master Blaster. My dad worked at a lime plant and I had the opportunity to climb to the top of a kiln to fire it. It shot a 3oz cylindrical piece of lead and was muffled/suppressed. I always wanted to get one and load buckshot in some brass 8 gauge hulls!
Edit to add: They used 870's (I think) with regular slugs for stuff also. Maybe smaller balls of slag and buildup.
Edit to add: They used 870's (I think) with regular slugs for stuff also. Maybe smaller balls of slag and buildup.
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montanaoffroader
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Nothing too far out there for me either. My first gun was a Bronco .22 with the swing out barrel, my daughter owns it now. I have also fired a Swiss military .41 muzzleloader from the mid 1800's, a homemade black powder cannon (fired a 3 inch diameter ball, IIRC), an original 1851 Navy Colt (first handgun I ever fired), and a Remington Rolling Block in .45-70, along with some others that don't come to mind immediately.
None of them are really that strange, but they were all fun to shoot.
None of them are really that strange, but they were all fun to shoot.
CajunBass
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Kinda blase' I suppose, but a fellow let me run a magazine through his MP-5 at the range once.
That was fun.
That was fun.
Mike OTDP
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An original Japanese matchlock pistol.
A Swiss Vetterli converted from .41 Swiss rimfire to centerfire. Looks both futuristic and ancient... like something one of the sand people from Star Wars would have carried. http://www.gundigest.com/wp-content/uploads/Gun-Collecting-Swiss-Vetterli-Lead.jpg
Dframe
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Probably an old "Frommer Stop". Small auto that uses the long recoil system.
Archie
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Based on one definition of 'strange' I once fired a two shot derringer in .45 ACP. Accuracy was 'nebulous', recoil made it a three shot pistol. One fired one shot, then drank a shot in order to fire the last shot. :rimshot!:
I have a FN model 1900 and I've fired it. It was the first .32 ACP designed by John Browning, one of his earliest pistols. It looks odd.
I have a FN model 1900 and I've fired it. It was the first .32 ACP designed by John Browning, one of his earliest pistols. It looks odd.
Punt gun. Built into a 12' float with less than 2" freeboard, pushed into position by a swimmer with an 8' black powder barrel, 2.5 " bore. Second swimmer fired with a lanyard. This was 1965 off of Rio Vista Island in the Sacramento delta.
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ironworkerwill
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Gyro jet! ... I wish. It's almost completely useless but still.
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