What peculiar firearm have you seen/owned

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I was reading in a different section on THR about the Wilkinson Arms "Linda".

I had never seen or heard of this gun and it got me wondering what other firearms small time manufacturers have put out.

Do you own something not many people know about? Give us a brief history of it and how you got it!

Or if you've seen something odd at the range/your buddies house etc that'd work too.

I just like to know trivia type facts about all my interests
 
Wiselite DP-28 semiauto and a Johnson Automatics M1941. Everything else is fairly commonplace.
 
I saw a calico 9mm carbine at a gun show recently with the helical drum magazine and had flash backs of when I used to play 007: Agent Under Fire for PS2. That was one of my favorites in the game. :D

I've also seen a Steyr SPP (civie version of the TMP) at the same gun show and I was like....:):scrutiny::uhoh::eek::what:
 
Parts kit for a full-auto Beretta M1 Carbine-looking thing (don't recall the designation now). It really struck me at the time because it was the first gun I could think of that I had seen in person without ever having seen a reference to in print somewhere first.

VG 1-5 replica. Last-ditch Nazi carbine that never really got past the experimental stage. It's interesting in part because the barrel is fixed and the whole barrel shroud acts as a gas piston, reciprocating back on recoil. The design originally had a number of vent holes drilled in the barrel to facilitate this, but it works just fine without them (think Thompson Blish lock).

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Pretty soon now I'll have a fully functional new semiauto FG-42 in my grubby little hands. That'll be something you won't see around much. :evil:
 

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One of the most unusual handguns I have fired was a Smith & Wesson Model 2 chambered for the .32 rimfire round. Years ago, some of my distant cousins wanted some help in identifying and purchasing ammo for an old revolver. I was shocked to discover their gun was an old Model 2, one that was in great condition. Eventually, my father and I order some .32 rimfire rounds for this old antique and shot it. At 15 yards, every round stuck an old tin can we used for target practice. This old revolver was not only accurate (enough), but also a pleasure to shoot. I have often wondered what happened to it since then.


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The most unusual for me is a Steyr GB which I dont actually have yet. It is in the mail as of today actually. Been looking for one for a while and finally found one worth getting on an autcion site last week. I will definately post pics when I get it.
 
My nieghbor has a .455 webley made in 1917.I don't know exactly how rare they are, but it's the only one I have ever seen.
 
Pretty soon now I'll have a fully functional new semiauto FG-42 in my grubby little hands. That'll be something you won't see around much.
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Ian,

Where did you get the VG I-5 replica?

Also, who is selling semi-auto FG 42's and how much?

Please tell me these are available in the U.S.
 
I got to shoot a MP-40 made in 1941 last weekend. It was my first NFA item to shoot and it had absolutely no recoil. It was bought by the current owner in the 70s and was registered by him.
 
"iv got an old russian revolver in 7.62x39. neat lil gun, shoots 32 mag ammo decent"

No you don't. It's 7.62x38. Nothing like the 7.62x39.
 
Trebor,

The VG 1-5 replica was a custom one-off job, I believe. It's not mine, just something I had the opportunity to handle and photograph.

The FG-42, however, is commercially available. All the ATF hurdles have been cleared, and the rifles should start going into the mail in the next two months or so. The price is $11,100. That's for a first variant (with the cast/milled receiver), and there are only 300 of them being made. Rumor is that the same company will be making a much larger and cheaper production run of the later variant stamped-receiver FG-42s after the milled ones are all finished. FWIW, I've also heard that they have a pending deal with Zeiss to make reproduction scopes for the guns.

http://www.fg42.us
 
i love these threads

so i can post pics of my Savage model 1907. Mine is in .380, most were in .32. The serial # put it's DOM in 1915.

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I saw one at a gun show a few years back that was a 3 barrel .410. I talked to the vendor about it and he put it together just for show. It looked pretty spiffy. I don't remember the brand or model number, but it was a SxS and he had "engineered" another barrel under the main two and made it look almost right. It wasn't for sale, but more a luring attraction.

-John
 
I will potentially get a Winchester Model 99 Thumb Trigger .22 rifle from a friend of my father who wants to get rid of it. Since I am honest, I'll have to tell him what I found for auction prices $500 and up for the rifle (none recent though).
I would not plan on selling it though.
 
I saw a (IIRC) Russian SKS in a gun shop (First Stop in Rapid City) a while back that had been rechambered/rebarreled in some obscene caliber - 7mm something or other, Weatherby I think. I'm going to guess it was used as a straight bolt, but I didn't really look at it much.

We've got a couple "early American" firearms in our family. You know, stuff that predates the whole metallic cartridge fad...
 
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