The Gun Appreciation Thread

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Smith and Wesson Model 10-5, 38 special and although not marked could also fire the +P rounds, although recoil is uncomfortable with +P rounds.

 

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Connecticut Valley Arms 1861 Navy percussion black powder revolver .44 caliber. A excellent gun to shoot but it takes time to load.

 

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Sturm Ruger 357 Blackhawk revolver. Much more pleasant to shoot with 38 rounds, which are cheaper then 357 rounds. Not as much interest is given to these single action guns today, unless someone is into Cowboy shooting. But it is a good hiking gun.

 

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Crossman 1377C pump pistol .17 cal. An excellent rodent pistol up to the size of rabbits. For anyone who is into prepping air guns should be a got to have for their ability to gather small game and being able to keep large amounts of ammo in a small amount of area.

 

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Marlin Firearms Model 70 HC .22 rifle. I have put thousands of rounds target shooting with this gun and do not ever remember having a malfunction.

 

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Stevens Model 520 12 guage shotgun. Bought for around $35 dollars because it was missing its extractor. Picked one up at a gun smiths and it works perfectly now. It is the only 12 guage I have that can be fired using only one hand and it can also be broken in half to allow it to be carried in a small case.

 

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Remington Model 552 BDL Speedmaster. One of the few self loaders that will feed .22 short, long and long rifle. I have only fired long rifle rounds out of it.

 

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Amaded Rossi (Interarms) Model 62 SA .22 short, long or long rifle. This is a reproduction of the classic Winchester Model 62 rifle. This was bought shortly after I got out of the service in the 90s and it has faithfully digested thousands of rounds while plinking in the NV desert.

 

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Nat'l Postal Meter U.S. M-1 Carbine. Bought in the mid 90s from a pawn shop in NV for around $200. Today many may find this an under powered round for a rifle but it is suppose to be comparable to a 357 magnum at the distance of 100 yards. One of the guns that is kept with a loaded mag in the home because you never know what may happen and it's always better to be prepared. The carbine is the second weapon on this film. https://archive.org/details/youtube-i2YU9Nl6OBs

 

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New England Firearms Handi Rifle SB2 .22 Hornet. It was purchased as a Christmas gift for a Uncle by us and when he died it ended up back with us. A fun gun to shoot but the rounds are expensive.

 

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Daisy and Heddon Model VL Rifle in .22 caliber. A Special presentation Model single shot that uses a caseless round. An inaccurate rifle that may have been better if it was allowed to be kept in production. It ceased production after the big nosed ATF ruled it was a firearm and Daisy was not licensed to make firearms. I still have 223 rounds of the cassless ammo and at one time on this forum or INTJ forum where someone started a thread on them answering any questions anyone would give them asked for instructions for making these rounds but never got an answer .

 

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Ruger 10/22 Carbine, Biggest Little City in the World Reno edition, brushed gold. Never shot.

 

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Crossman Model 766 .17/BB pump rifle. This was used to rid the Mother in Law's home of many mice. Eventually broke to the point it could no longer be repaired. Due to no longer having it, their are two pictures. One of them with the ser# number on it, which no longer matters.

 

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Daisy NRA Special 1871-1971 BB gun. Level action single pump. It fires the BBs out so slowly you can see them flying through the air.

 

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Cobray CM 11/9 9mm carbine. Looks like a fun gun to shoot, but it's not. The stock is too short (unless you are a very shot person) so aiming is difficult. You chamber a round by a little knob on the top, and if you do not have metal hands it can be rough on the hands. It is a gun to hold to make it look like a fun gun to shoot. Just saw an ad on the internet of a company making guns based on these and the Mac 10 that are supposedly better to fire. This was bought during the Clinton gun ban years (in PA) which required the longer barrel and shoulder stock.

 

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Connecticut Valley Arms Mountain Stalker .50 caliber Black Powder Rifle. As always with black powder guns it is fun to shoot and accurate.

 

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Remington Model 700 30-06 Springfield. Other then making sure it is sighted in, and not being into hunting I seldom fire this gun.

 

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Remington Model 700 25-06 Rifle. I had bought a Ruger 25-06 in the early 80s, but after spending a couple years overseas found that the person I had given it to hold had somehow misplaced it . So I was happy to have inherited this gun. I had bought that first gun while being with not much money while living in Utah and consider it a good all around gun if I were to ever need a gun for hunting.

 

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Winchester Model 1894 30 WCF. It's old so I have never fired it yet.

 

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Ruger Mini 14 Ranch rifle 5.56/223. A nice shooting rifle based on the M-1 Rifle design. You hardly ever see them in TV or movies today but back in the 70s and 80s many of the bad guys carried these rifles. The Ranch Rifle was designed so a scope could be mounted.