i wanted to start this tread for awhile so here goes. What odd gun or guns do you Own? I have a 410/.22 that is a side by side that is made in Germany. I have tried to find someone who new something about it without any replies. I also have a Springfield .45/70 trapdoor rifle,a Springfield .45/70 trapdoor carbine and a Remington rolling lock .44-40. What do you have.
How about a .500 Jefferies, that odd enough? I built a replica of a Jeffries on a Daumoline Mauser Magnum from 1922 Rhodesia! Kicks HARD as hell, and is a serious blast, but super cool and fun to shoot! It is meant to be the end game for serious predators that might kill me back! So far it has killed lots of paper, but no Grizzlies or Coastal Browns yet!
I like to build odd muzzle loaders, some intentionally primitive like the Fuzzbean inspired 28ga shotgun, and some as problem solving exercises like the AR50ML (Muzzle Loader).
I would bet that the 45/70 is owned by older men and many of the Monkeys here. My boy likes shooting mine. Puts a smile on your face!
Lee 450405HB, In the old Gibbs they'll knock down anything I need to around here. I like the "Boom.......SMACK!" as they impact at a distance.
My oddest, or at least least common is a Whitneyville Armory No. 1 revolver in .22 short. This pic isn't of mine, but extremely close...mine has a steel frame vs. brass as shown.
Well, not exactly an odd gun other than it's an evil fully semi automatic 112 year old rifle wearing a 3 digit serial number. it's the child of JMB. Father to the Model 8 Grandfather to the Model 81. And it's mine.
@VisuTrac, What's the caliber on your Model 8? I have one in .32 Remington. Loads of fun to shoot. Look at that safety and see if it doesn't look like Mikhail Kalashnikov borrowed a bit from John Browning I love the old take-down rifles. From a time when men traveled with their rifles on trains.
Actually it's a Remington Autoloading Rifle. Remington introduced/renamed it to the Model 8 in 1911. this one is from 1906 in .35 Remington. I love that it feeds from stripper clips. I found that I could use 8mm Mauser stripper clips to hold the cartridge as original stripper clips .. when you can find them are usually north of 70 bucks each. Not the most precision rifle, but it'll do minute of deer all day long.
At least the .35 Remington cartridge still has good availablity commercially. It's a thumper too! My neighbors dad had one with a side mounted scope. I do just fine with the full buckhorn sight on mine. I found, unintentionally, that I could make .32 Remington fire almost silently with a reduced load that didn't quite fully cycle the action. Total sound was of the hammer falling, action clicking, and bullet striking the target. It was fast enough to stabilize the bullet, and grouped fairly well, but S.E.E. (Secondary Explosive Effect) makes me steer clear of these loads.
Sorry, I missed that. I was distracted by the brilliant white spacer on the butt plate, and missed it.
it appears that a long since passed relative refinished this one back in the late 40's early 50's when the spacer was all the rage. Killed the collector value but i'm not a collector, and she's not a safe queen.
All my old rifles are commie guns, but they are excellent shooters especially with my cast lead bullets. 1954r Russian Black Bolt SKS. 1934 M91/30 HEX receiver.
Not the most fancy rifle...But it may be odd to younger folk...who don't remember "Department Store Brand Goods". My JC Higgins Model 50 rifle in .30-06 , Scope is a Leupold 3x9 . ( Stock is a replacement which came with the rifle , the original stocks were walnut ) What makes this an "odd" rifle is that this rifle was sold thru Sears under the trade name of JC Higgins....Its a Belgium Browning Mauser 98 action with a chrome lined barrel made by High Standard...all assembled here in the USA for Sears , in the 1950's and 60's. These rifles shoot like a house afire and are often overlooked as "Sporterized Mauser" , Which it isn't , this was built on the Mauser Commercial Action or because of the Store Brand Name. If you see one for sale and have always wanted a Mauser Sporting rifle , but like me , could never afford one , I'd suggest that you pick it up. Andy
Pistola a Rotazione Modello 1889 (Bodeo) This is the Italian (enlisted) revolver. It's in 10.4mm Ital. Ord. The slightly bottle-necked cartridge is the original design. The slightly tapered cartridge is my case conversion that I have named ".42 Special" since it uses a .422" bullet diameter. The folding trigger drops down into position when the hammer is cocked. I got a call about this one. "Hey, do you want to buy a pistol you can't find ammo for?" ....sounded like a challenge to me.
