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

[Walter]

A Remington model 51 in .380. Not for long, though.

 

[forty5]

Indian Arms 380.

 

[Aka Zero]

Anybody ever have the urge to get a serbu for some hot winter carry?

 

[theotherwaldo]

Home-made Mormon Avenging Angel from a bungled '51 Colt kit.
Home-made .36 volley gun made from above gun, after more part failures.
Ruby .38 special.
Iver Johnson hammerless .38s&w.
Various R/Gs.
Various Toks.

I could go on.

 

[HardShell]

... Ruby .38 special...

I have one of those... never carried it, though.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I picked up two, cheap. Taught my sisters to shoot revolvers with them and an RG-66.

My middle sister kept the one that she liked.

My younger sister moved up to a Security Six.

 

[Black Knight]

My dad once had a small break top .22 that had a profile similar to a semi-auto but it had 4 barrels, the firing pin rotated. From the front it looked somewhat square with 4 .22 caliber holes in it (2 over 2). I don't know who made it. I would occassionaly borrow it doing security work. It was a good pocket gun. It had a heavy trigger pull. It was just one of those odd guns you just always remember. He sold it many years ago. I would love to run across it again.

 

[justashooter in pa]

I often carry a remington 51 in 380. it's very light and slim, has low recoil for the weight/chambering, and has great ergonomics. a gun ahead of it's time, too well designed to produce cheaply enough to sell.

 

[Landpimp]

HK P9s 45...thats about as odd as I have or would carry

 

[rogertc1]

Hungarian Frommer Stop Pistol .32ACP.

 

[phillyriverrat57]

i normally carry eather my 1920 commercial luger in 30cal, or my 1916 erfurt luger in 9MM, i love both and they are accurate

 

[MHBushmaster]

SW 1006. It is my winter time carry tank!!

 

[Deer Hunter]

Flaregun anyone?

 

[HardShell]

Flaregun anyone?

Never bring a <knife> flaregun to a gunfight!...

 

[Eightball]

Never bring a <knife> flaregun to a gunfight!...

Heard that in WWII some crazy SOB in the US Navy used a flaregun, loaded with magnesium flares, as his primary "boarding arm". Nothing like a ~4000*F orb forcibly planting itself into your upper torso at close range; I somehow doubt even the mighty .45ACP could do that much damage in any guise.

 

[ben_i]

Anyone say Maadi Helwan 9mm copy of the M951 Beretta Brigadier. One of the most reliable guns I've shot.

 

[Drgong]

Opened carried a Nagant before.

 

[bigger hammer]

Semmerling LM4 and a La France Specialities 6 Pac in .45

 

[HardShell]

Semmerling LM4...

Almost bought one of those years ago that a local shop had acquired in an estate purchase, and still kick myself for not doing so when I could. :banghead:

 

[Lakeshore]

Astra 600.
Bought it mail order back in the day you could do that sort of thing. Later sold it and of course have regretted it ever since.

 

[hemiram]

FTL Auto Nine, a .22 caliber POS that I soon replaced with a Beretta 950 .25 as a BUG. I still have the Beretta.

 

[bannockburn]

Lakeshore you beat me to it! I used to carry an Astra Model 600 in an old M7 shoulder holster in the winter months.

 

[Gelgoog]

HK P9S and HK VP70

 

[dev_null]

Not all that obscure:

- Iver Johnson Pony
- CZ52
- Some .22 auto that looked like a PPK. Forgotten the name now.

*update*
That .22 was an Erma RX-22. Just as bad as the Walther for taking the skin off the web of your thumb, too.

 

[Dr_2_B]

nothing special for me. naa 22mag or makarov I guess.