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The 1867-77 Peabody Rifle

On my trip through the mid-west I had an opportunity to look at a 1867-77 Peabody rifle. The movie will be completed so as well as the one at Forgotten Weapons. Here are some of the still pictures that I took of this beautiful rifle.

The side of the receiver.

A series of […]

Another 22 single shot pistol

This post is about another interesting pistol that I had an opportunity to look at while on my trip through the mid-west. This pistol is the S&M single shot pistol, called the SM Sporter 22 lr. It is a single shot pistol with an automatic opening bolt, much like a semi-auto pistol, but it stays […]

Sunday Answer 1-18-15

This is the bolt and bolt carrier for the Cetme model L.

It is part of the kit that I received from Apex gun parts.

https://apexgunparts.com/product_info.php/cPath/51/products_id/5057

I also bought some of there magazines.

It is a interesting looking gun and one that I am looking forward to build in the future.

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what is it Saturday 1-17-15

This one should be easy.

Gardner Gun Manual

Today’s post is going back to the Gardner Gun. These are a series of manuals for both the Pratt& Whitney and the British/Dutch manuals.

 

Pratt & Whitney Gardner Gun Manual

Dutch Gardner manuals

British Gardner manual (b/w)

British 2-barrel Gardner manuals (1886 & 1894)

British 1-barrel and 5-barrel Gardner manuals

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Interesting Spanish pistol

On my trip through the mid-west I had a great opportunity to look at a number of great gun collections. At one of the stops I had a chance to come across a unique Spanish pistol. The pistol is not the unique part but the magazine is. It is a double column magazine that was […]

Sunday answer

This magazine is the shorten version for the silenced Chinese sub machine gun.

This is a look at the larger magazine that was issued with this weapon.

This is the Sub machine gun.

This is the special 7.62×25 cartridge that was used with this weapon.

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Sunday Answer 1-4-15

This is the bolt from a Holloway HAC 7 rifle.

You can see how it sets in the bolt carrier here.

And finally the complete rifle.

I use to own one of these when they first came out, wish I would have kept it.

 

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Tokarev 22 trainer

I kind of have a thing for Tokarev pistols. I do have a variety of them and I also think they are one of the interesting hand guns to come out of WW 2. They combined the design of John M. Browning with the manufacturing techniques they had available. I am not going into the […]

Making the miniture Gardner Gun “The Receiver”

In this post we will start with the making of a miniature Gardner Gun. The very first step that Joe did was to find someone with a Gardner Gun that would allow him to study and measure it. That was no easy task but one that he prevailed at. Joe spent a number of months […]