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So... any of our members here have an interest in firearms?

The Father
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My only wood. I feel inadequate after looking at the previous beauties. I had wood last night and my wife was not impressed either
 
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My only wood. I feel inadequate after looking at the previous beauties. I had wood last night and my wife was not impressed either
There is nothing inadequate about that beautiful little Browning. I also have one of those and they are really sweet guns.
 
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Here’s the Winchester Model 70 tribe here, pre-64 and otherwise. Left to right: 1937 in .220 Swift, 1947 in .257 Roberts (took a deer with it just this morning - about 2000 yards from Oklahoma and the Red River in northern Hardeman county, Texas) and 1953 .30-06 (my very favorite hunting rifle), with a late 1980s Model 70 Super Express in .375 H&H Magnum.
Practically in my neck of the woods. I'm less than two hours from Quanah.
 
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Waltesefalcon Waltesefalcon
Practically in my neck of the woods. I'm less than two hours from Quanah.
I’m 25-30 minutes northwest of Quanah myself. Can look into Oklahoma from the porch of my huntin’ cousin’s ranch cabin. Can see the lights of Altus, Oklahoma looking out the front door right now.

Ranch is east of highway 680 about as far up 680 from Goodlett, Texas as one can go without crossing the Red River.
 
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Well, shoot, Bryan. I'm just an half an hour NE of Lawton. If you are ever interested send me a PM and I'll give you my number we could meet up someplace for lunch.
 
noelekal
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Would love that!

I actually live south of Dallas/Fort Worth.
 
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If all goes as planned, picking up a new 12 ga next weekend. Something for field purpose

Went in for a Mossberg 500, ended up getting a deal on a Benelli Nova instead 👍
 
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Another pawn shop find...they thought it was just a cheapo shotgun.

Actually its a 1961 Winchester Model 12 Pigeon Grade. Love the wood😎

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Yeah I do like the grain on that! Looks like it is in pretty good shape too.
 
Wryfox
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While I'm on the pawn shop thread, here is another one. Just your every day beat up lever gun?

Nope. It's a Win 1894 Saddle Ring Carbine in 32 Win Special made in 1905. Only 1.8% were in this configuration.

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mjb
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You guys are making me feel bad. All I bought was some ammo...
 
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Just saw a similar style Colt from...'36? Interesting design.
 
Wryfox
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I don't often come across a super rare original revolver in the wild. Mostly what I see is on the internet. But recently I was looking through the display case of a local pawn shop and my eyes grew wide....

Staring back at me was one of the first Smith & Wesson 44 Magnums. Almost everyone knows it as the Model 29, the gun famous from 1971's Dirty Harry movie worn by Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan.

"Go ahead, make my day"😁

BUT, The one below is before the Model 29 came out. This first and earliest model to chamber the 44 magnum cartridge was simply called the '44 Magnum'.

They made about 3.000 of these from late 1956 to mid 1957, before the official Model 29 came out in late 1957.

To find an original one, with original grips(pretty rare itself after 70yrs), in such great condition, I was giddy as a school boy.

It definitely "Made my Day"😁😁😁
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Wow, nice! I hope you find the lock-up and timing are in good shape. No surprise with its age to find one that nobody should pause to shoot due to 'too nice' of condition - photo looks perfect for some range or field time, some cylinder line and wear on the muzzle bluing. No indications of misuse, looks well cared for, no rough handling marks, and as you wrote, original grips, they look in excellent condition.
 
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Wow, nice! I hope you find the lock-up and timing are in good shape. No surprise with its age to find one that nobody should pause to shoot due to 'too nice' of condition - photo looks perfect for some range or field time, some cylinder line and wear on the muzzle bluing. No indications of misuse, looks well cared for, no rough handling marks, and as you wrote, original grips, they look in excellent condition.
Timing is perfect. Lockup is tight.

And yeah I usually look for vintage items that are not "too nice" to shoot. That's why I like pawn shops. Nature of the product selection is its not too nice, and usually a great deal as most staff don't know enough to recognize a rarity like this. To them it was a regular old S&W, and priced accordingly. So many good deals found at pawn shops. Just look above at my shotgun post. 200 bucks. Book value about 4k. The lever action was 300.

Here in retirement heavy Florida the scenario of a widow dumping all her late husbands guns at a pawn shop to get rid of them is daily occurrence.
 
noelekal
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Oh man! Wryfox, that is a find!

Stocks alone on that one are worth entry level Omega watch money to someone who wants them for restoring a scarce 1950s N-Frame Smith & Wesson to original appearance ... but are serial numbered to the original revolver which defeats true originality.

On that long-snouted beauty there are acres of luscious blue steel and rich walnut. So far above plastic framed, land fill grade pistols that can only compare in a manner most piteously! And, it's chambered for the glorious .44 Magnum!
 
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