Unusual firearms - Page 3 - The Firearms Forum

rhmc24 · 12-11-2012, 05:33 AM

Another of my dreams-in-iron, six shot pepperbox, .22 RF, junk rifle barrel reworked, the rest from shop junk box.

Ejector is a rod that pulls out of the right butt. The decor inlays are cutouts from a damaged pewter plate. Grips wood is hackberry a common hardwood here in OK.

rhmc24 · 12-11-2012, 05:43 AM

My Pseudo-Paterson -- started out life as a '49 Pocket but had its brass grip frame melted off in a house fire. Rest of the work done from pictures back in the 1960s before repro Pats become common. Grip is ivory I brought back from Africa ca. 1951. I had a lot of fun with it at gun shows. My Son has it now.

rhmc24 · 12-11-2012, 05:47 AM

Hard to stop when you get started --- but for now, guns on my office wall --

Actually Avon bottles, that came with cologne in them. Below is a pot metal working model of a Colt SAA.

rhmc24 · 12-11-2012, 11:32 AM

Are Full Auto Colt 1911s Unusual Enough?

Full Auto 1911 Colts. Back in the 1930s there were three, maybe more, who were re-working 19lls to full auto. One in Texas supplied Dillenger and other bad actors of the time with them, prosecuted by never convicted. Colt made at least one and a West Coast enrepreneur maker was put out of biz by the 1933 full auto ban law.

rhmc24 · 12-11-2012, 11:37 AM

Unusual or at least different from the way I found it. At a gun show in Okla City 1982 for $140 this tired S&W .44 Special Triple Lock. I gave it all the TLC I could and made it more presentable.

rhmc24 · 01-04-2013, 06:46 AM

Unusual for me is one of only two I have engraved on guns other than my own. Below a project I did 25 years ago for a friend, ex-US Navy officer, on his WW2 issued. Gun was perfect. Collector value ruined but a cherished heirloom in his family.

45Auto · 01-04-2013, 10:58 AM

I'm impressed by your engraving skills! I wish I could do things like that.

In honor of your work, I have attached is an image of an old Webley .25 inlaid with gold and sold by Manufrance around 1910 or so. (I think your work is better)....

mesinge2 · 01-04-2013, 11:23 AM

French 32 Union automatic revolver

rhmc24 · 01-04-2013, 02:39 PM

.45Auto - Thanks, beautiful little Webley. About 30 years ago I engraved anything that stood still long enough but over time with dis-use and age it's about slipped away. As my GFather said "better to be a has-been than a never was". lol

mesinge2 - I like the French automatic revolver. Wish I had one.

Jim K · 01-04-2013, 07:35 PM

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soundguy · 01-04-2013, 07:53 PM

what's the going price on t he palm squeezers?

V509 · 01-04-2013, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petesusn

Or the Turbiaux Palm-Squeezer Pistol.

I will own one of these some day.
I was at Collector's in Houston and saw them in person for the first time...

soundguy · 01-04-2013, 09:24 PM

a dealer at a local show has one.. I see it all the time. I've resisted the temptation to flip it's paper tag over and see the cost. that's why I'm looking for a baseline to see if I need to just forget about it.

another guy has a liberator, with box and dowel rod. Iknow he wants 4-5K for it.. so I just walk wide around his booth..

rhmc24 · 01-09-2013, 08:20 AM

Another somewhat unusual, my '51 Navy repro made into a snub.

soundguy · 01-09-2013, 09:13 AM

neat!

45Auto · 01-10-2013, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mesinge2

French 32 Union automatic revolver

I did not know these were ever made in France. The examples I have seen were made in the U.S.

soundguy · 01-11-2013, 05:18 PM

that engraved cyl looks like the one in that little pocket gun i found a while back that had a 30 cyl, and a 22lr cyl...

rhmc24 · 02-02-2013, 06:01 AM

SAVAGE .45 AUTOMATIC - 200 were made for U.S. Gov't trials competing with the Colt that led to selection of the Colt being developed into the 1911 adopted by the U.S. Army. Savage lost due to many problem during the trials while Colt had very few. Savage sold them on the open market when returned by the Gov't., never put into commercial production. Something of a 'holy grail' to collectors, now worth many thousands.

file photo

rhmc24 · 03-28-2013, 07:04 AM

Here's one somewhat unusual, made up of pieces of at least six guns. The frame a Colt 1917 .45ACP, the cylinder a Colt 1909 .45 Colt, the barrel from a Colt .45 SAA of 1880s, side plate not original, innards various, grips mine of ebony & ivory, my engraving and nickeled by Reliable Electro Plating. Eye a US made synthetic ruby.

rhmc24 · 04-23-2013, 04:55 PM

A Colt, somewhat unusual, an un-marked experimental Colt in unfired condition with letter from Colt with about all the info we have on it.

22WRF · 04-23-2013, 05:04 PM

It may be an experimental but it sure worked out well, a great piece to own. I'm S&W guy but I'll put my Officers Match up against any K frame Smith.

WHSmithIV · 04-23-2013, 08:06 PM

Oh no!

I better give up collecting - I'll never be able get one of each of these

woolleyworm · 04-23-2013, 08:19 PM

Wow, some really cool guns in this thread. Super nice work RHMC !

time2shoot · 04-24-2013, 12:10 AM

wow I realy like this thread.

45Auto · 05-02-2013, 10:25 AM

Maybe not unusual firearms, but unusual conversions for target shooting.

12-11-2012, 05:33 AM	#51
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms Another of my dreams-in-iron, six shot pepperbox, .22 RF, junk rifle barrel reworked, the rest from shop junk box. Ejector is a rod that pulls out of the right butt. The decor inlays are cutouts from a damaged pewter plate. Grips wood is hackberry a common hardwood here in OK. Last edited by rhmc24; 05-17-2013 at 05:52 AM..

12-11-2012, 05:43 AM	#52
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms My Pseudo-Paterson -- started out life as a '49 Pocket but had its brass grip frame melted off in a house fire. Rest of the work done from pictures back in the 1960s before repro Pats become common. Grip is ivory I brought back from Africa ca. 1951. I had a lot of fun with it at gun shows. My Son has it now. Last edited by rhmc24; 05-17-2013 at 05:38 AM..

12-11-2012, 05:47 AM	#53
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms Hard to stop when you get started --- but for now, guns on my office wall -- Actually Avon bottles, that came with cologne in them. Below is a pot metal working model of a Colt SAA. Last edited by rhmc24; 05-17-2013 at 05:36 AM..

12-11-2012, 11:32 AM	#54
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms Are Full Auto Colt 1911s Unusual Enough? Full Auto 1911 Colts. Back in the 1930s there were three, maybe more, who were re-working 19lls to full auto. One in Texas supplied Dillenger and other bad actors of the time with them, prosecuted by never convicted. Colt made at least one and a West Coast enrepreneur maker was put out of biz by the 1933 full auto ban law. Last edited by rhmc24; 05-17-2013 at 05:35 AM..

12-11-2012, 11:37 AM	#55
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms Unusual or at least different from the way I found it. At a gun show in Okla City 1982 for $140 this tired S&W .44 Special Triple Lock. I gave it all the TLC I could and made it more presentable. Last edited by rhmc24; 05-17-2013 at 05:31 AM..

01-04-2013, 06:46 AM	#56
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms Unusual for me is one of only two I have engraved on guns other than my own. Below a project I did 25 years ago for a friend, ex-US Navy officer, on his WW2 issued. Gun was perfect. Collector value ruined but a cherished heirloom in his family. Last edited by rhmc24; 01-04-2013 at 06:55 AM..

01-04-2013, 10:58 AM	#57
45Auto Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,124	Re: Unusual firearms I'm impressed by your engraving skills! I wish I could do things like that. In honor of your work, I have attached is an image of an old Webley .25 inlaid with gold and sold by Manufrance around 1910 or so. (I think your work is better)....

01-04-2013, 11:23 AM	#58
mesinge2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 539	Re: Unusual firearms French 32 Union automatic revolver __________________ NRA Certified Instructor "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise. I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind ... Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." 1785, Thomas Jefferson.

01-04-2013, 02:39 PM	#59
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms .45Auto - Thanks, beautiful little Webley. About 30 years ago I engraved anything that stood still long enough but over time with dis-use and age it's about slipped away. As my GFather said "better to be a has-been than a never was". lol mesinge2 - I like the French automatic revolver. Wish I had one. Last edited by rhmc24; 01-04-2013 at 02:41 PM..

01-04-2013, 07:35 PM	#60
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: Unusual firearms Deleted Last edited by Jim K; 01-04-2013 at 07:39 PM..

01-04-2013, 07:53 PM	#61
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,732	Re: Unusual firearms what's the going price on t he palm squeezers?

01-04-2013, 09:24 PM	#63
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,732	Re: Unusual firearms a dealer at a local show has one.. I see it all the time. I've resisted the temptation to flip it's paper tag over and see the cost. that's why I'm looking for a baseline to see if I need to just forget about it. another guy has a liberator, with box and dowel rod. Iknow he wants 4-5K for it.. so I just walk wide around his booth..

01-09-2013, 08:20 AM	#64
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms Another somewhat unusual, my '51 Navy repro made into a snub.

01-09-2013, 09:13 AM	#65
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,732	Re: Unusual firearms neat!

01-11-2013, 05:18 PM	#67
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,732	Re: Unusual firearms that engraved cyl looks like the one in that little pocket gun i found a while back that had a 30 cyl, and a 22lr cyl...

02-02-2013, 06:01 AM	#68
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms SAVAGE .45 AUTOMATIC - 200 were made for U.S. Gov't trials competing with the Colt that led to selection of the Colt being developed into the 1911 adopted by the U.S. Army. Savage lost due to many problem during the trials while Colt had very few. Savage sold them on the open market when returned by the Gov't., never put into commercial production. Something of a 'holy grail' to collectors, now worth many thousands. file photo

03-28-2013, 07:04 AM	#69
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms Here's one somewhat unusual, made up of pieces of at least six guns. The frame a Colt 1917 .45ACP, the cylinder a Colt 1909 .45 Colt, the barrel from a Colt .45 SAA of 1880s, side plate not original, innards various, grips mine of ebony & ivory, my engraving and nickeled by Reliable Electro Plating. Eye a US made synthetic ruby. Last edited by rhmc24; 03-28-2013 at 07:06 AM..

04-23-2013, 04:55 PM	#70
rhmc24 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ardmore, OK Posts: 530	Re: Unusual firearms A Colt, somewhat unusual, an un-marked experimental Colt in unfired condition with letter from Colt with about all the info we have on it.

04-23-2013, 05:04 PM	#71
22WRF Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pea Ridge, FL Contributor Posts: 4,269	Re: Unusual firearms It may be an experimental but it sure worked out well, a great piece to own. I'm S&W guy but I'll put my Officers Match up against any K frame Smith. __________________ NRA GOA CCRKBA Happiness is a warm barrel

04-23-2013, 08:06 PM	#72
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,797	Re: Unusual firearms Oh no! I better give up collecting - I'll never be able get one of each of these __________________ We are not sheeple, we will not fade quietly away. We will stand up for Freedom, for our rights, and, we will fight to protect the Constitution and our Freedom. We are the militia, we are the PEOPLE.

04-23-2013, 08:19 PM	#73
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,887	Re: Unusual firearms Wow, some really cool guns in this thread. Super nice work RHMC ! __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

04-24-2013, 12:10 AM	#74
time2shoot Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brandon SD Contributor Posts: 2,612	Re: Unusual firearms wow I realy like this thread. __________________ I AM A VETERAN MY OATH OF ENLISTMENT HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE!

05-02-2013, 10:25 AM	#75
45Auto Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,124	Re: Unusual firearms Maybe not unusual firearms, but unusual conversions for target shooting.