What's the most obscure handgun you've ever carried?

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C.O.P. .357 4 barreled pistol.

Had four firing pins that were alternately struck in turn by an internal hammer.

Short grip and heavy trigger pull kept targets and varmints safe.

 

[Rob999]

A COLT AA2000.... i was more worried about the round in the chamber going off it got banged badly... so I left it in the car and removed the rd in the chamber... I never carried it again !:banghead:

 

[dairycreek]

Intratec - K9!

Not only obscure but not a very good gun to boot! Good shooting

 

[Moondancer]

Derringer

Hawes Firearms,

Remington pattern .357 Magnum o/u derringer.

55 gallon drum accurate at 15 yards if I do my part!

Nowadays, I carry a good folder instead, if I can't carry the Kimber!

 

[Zander]

A neat little Galesi .25 that slipped easily into a pocket. Worked just fine after I found out how to field-strip the little bugger.

Cleaned and lubed pistols just work better...<g>

 

[gumshoe4]

Once carried a Benelli 9mm pistol. Worked great with FMJ 115-grain, but would not feed HPs due to steep feed angle.

Currently sometimes carry a PA-63 in 9mm Makarov. It works great!!

Bob
TFL#8032

 

[EJ]

NAA 22 -- As secondary

Alongside my wallet as an "Onion Field" gun

 

[Blackhawk]

Issued as a pilot's sidearm in Vietnam, the .38 revolver LOOKED like a S&W Model 12 with a short cylinder, but it wasn't a .38 Special. It remains obscure because nobody's been able to track it down. Was it really a .38 Special Model 12 as decades later quarterbacks are sure it was? Or was it some kind of oddball bought off of a dock in Singapore. Never fired it, and in 1970, I turned in the 6 cartridges I was issued with it in 1968. They were extremely close in size to 9mm cartridges with lead bullets. We called them mouth guns because that's about all they were good for.

 

[Blackhawk]

Perhaps even more obscure because the .38 revolver can be tracked down is a M.A.B. .32 compact semiauto bought new in 1965 for $50. It was made in Spain, and it's obscure because I haven't been able to find any references on it. It was a nice gun, and I wouldn't mind getting another one as a curio.

 

[Jim K]

Remington Model 51 in waistband carry. Da*ned thing slipped down my pants leg and onto the ground while I was buying a Christmas tree. Fortunately, I scooped it up before anyone noticed.

jim

 

[Kor]

Blackhawk, the revolver you describe sounds like a S&W Victory Model - they did a bunch up for the Brits on "Lend-Lease" for WWII, and they were chambered for .38S&W, a.k.a. .38/200, which was the current issue revolver cartridge for the Brits. The ammo DEFINITELY looks like a rimmed 9mmP cartridge, which caused some heartburn when Federal introduced the dimensionally-similar 9mm Federal cartridge to feed 9mmP-chambered revolvers by Charter, Ruger, S&W, etc. - 9mm Federal was loaded like +P 9mm, but it could be loaded/fired in old, wimpy .38S&W guns with predictably bad results.

 

[steyrfan]

Perhaps even more obscure because the .38 revolver can be tracked down is a M.A.B. .32 compact semiauto bought new in 1965 for $50. It was made in Spain, and it's obscure because I haven't been able to find any references on it. It was a nice gun, and I wouldn't mind getting another one as a curio

Blackhawk, the MAB is a French handgun, not a Spanish one. The model "D" is one I used to own, and even carried once or twice since it was so small and flat. Here are a few links:

http://www.angelfire.com/nh/milarm/mabd.html

http://www.marstar.ca/mabds.htm

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976213074.htm

It is a copy of the old Browning 1922 pocket pistol with a shorter recoil spring retainer at the muzzle. Fairly common import about 15 years ago when I bought mine. The only bad thing was that the target grips they saddled it with were horrendous. And the chamber was a little tight, fed silvertips great but federal fmj was too fat to chamber. IIRC, they were about $75, so inflation wasn't too bad.


As for other uncommon guns I've carried at one time or 'nother:

Sterling .22 pocket pistol, sold it to my dad after it failed to penetrate 3 layers of blanket. It went off while chambering a round. Polished the burr off the breechface to stop that problem.

Colt Police Positive in .38 S&W. Bought it in mint condition for $100, sold it 2 weeks later for $450. Still miss it.

Walther PPK in .22, German ww2 issue. Sold for too little when I really needed the money.

Calco 9mm "handgun". I was in the number 3 murder rate city at that time, 100 rds of 9mm under a coat was comforting. as was the spare 50 drum in the offside carrier.

Steyr GB 9mm. Made a custom shoulder holster for it of the Allesi Bros. pattern, still carry it today when I can wear a jacket. 19 rds in the gun plus four spare 18 rd mags is kinda heavy, but comforting.

"Custom single shot .22 pistol" (Zip gun made when I was but a lad) Technically a smoothbore, but the thing really only had a chamber, the tip of the lead stuck out the end. Tossed it when I discovered such a thing was frowned upon.

 

[cool45auto]

(looks around sheepishly) I first started carrying a Lorcin .380.

 

[mrmeangenes]

Ortgies 6.35 mm ( .25 acp ). It was " hammerless" ,had a squeeze bar safety on the back of the grip, barked and roared as if it had something to say, and was stunningly inaccurate.

I'm told this Dutch made pistol was favored by WWII German Army officers , because it could be carried in a tunic pocket, and put to use faster than the issue Walther P38 .

 

[russlate]

VP70Z 9MM

Thomas DAO 45acp

Browning 10/55 380

Berreta M100 32acp (6" bbl, target sights)

Berreta 950 25acp with threaded 4" bbl.

Python w/ 8"bbl chambered for 38 spl. only.

Uzi carbine disassembled in briefcase.

I'm sure I'll think of others.

 

[Marko]

Toss-up between the Hungarian RK-59 or its updated sibling, the R-61. Basically they were Hungarian military versions of the PPK, but chambered in 9x18 Makarov. Often carried by officers or pilots. Never should have sold either of them...

Here's a picture of my R-61.

Take care. Marko

 

[JohnBT]

1884 S&W chambered in .38S&W. A nickel-plated 5-shot breaktop. Not a bad little gun - tight and reasonably accurate.

John

 

[BigG]

WWI-era P08 Luger in a shoulder holster.

 

[41mag M&P]

Nothing too obscure.

Usually a model 58 (41 magnum M&P).

On occation (visiting relatives in the Detroit area), I'll add a 1086.

 

[jacketch]

H&R model 999 nine shot break action 22cal. It was a bit bulky and underpowered but it was accurate and since it was the only pistol I had ....

 

[mgjohn]

At one time or another I have carried a
Broomhandle Mauser in 30 cal,
TT33 (Nam bring back) in 7.62x25,
a pair of COP 357 mags,
LAR Grizzly in 45Win Mag
H&K P2A1 flare pistol and the EMF flare launcher.

 

[Beorn]

Colt 1903 Nickel plated with Mother of Pearl grips.

The 4" .32 acp model.

I felt like a pimp, even though it was a great-uncle's BUG from the 1920s.

So I was actually an antique pimp (sorry uncle; tastes change)

 

[bpisler]

At one time i carried a helwan 9mm that i bought in a pawnshop for $79,90% of the blueing was gone but it functioned fine.

 

[TheEgg]

Star "Firestar" in .40.

Carried it for about a year, then got rid of it -- sonofagun was heavy and had a very snappy recoil -- unpleasant, but reliable.

 

[Jaco]

Me: Burgo .22 revolver. It broke twice.
And some .25 automatic called a Z.

My brother's carry gun is a Browning 1922 .380