That's a very nice start. When are you going to get serious??? Just joking of course there is tons of history represented in those pieces. Just looking up the history on each piece is what started me purchasing firearms in the first place. You can learn a lot about how the world got where it is today by studying the arms it uses/used.
My entire handgun collection in one picture.
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okcorral1881
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East of Toronto
Awesome collection!
Thanks for all the kind words guys! My girlfriend was actually over for the weekend when I took the picture and her response was "I actually thought you had more guns than that." Best girlfriend ever. In response to some of your questions:
Yes the Savage is a .380, unfortunately I don't have 12 (6). I love the gun and I'd like to pick up a 1915 and a 1917 to go with it, although it jams constantly with any ammo I've tried in it. Think I'm going to try a different mag if I can find one. How do your .32s work?
The drum is a 32 round snail drum on a LP08 (aka Artillery Luger). Cool thing is its exempt from the mag capacity laws. You need a special tool to load it which I had to buy from a guy in Malta of all places. Unfortunately I don't have the stock for the pistol - I bought a repro from IMA years ago but it wouldn't attach.
I do still have the CZ38, it's next to the Savage in the second picture. I'd never sell it, not only is it a super cool gun but it's one of the very rare Finn contract guns. I did get rid of the two French M1935s because they were postwar and one of the 1911A1s to fund one of the 1911s.
The first handgun I never bought was the Webley Mk.VI back in 2003. Most of the best stuff there I got between 2009 and 2011, before and after I went to Afghanistan, when I was making tons of money and didn't have many expenses. Unfortunately I've had to reprioritize since!
Nabs - appreciate the Bodeo love! Those were actually surprisingly difficult guns to find and they're some of my favorites. Underappreciated
The oldest gun in the collection should be the Chamelot-Delvigne 1873, but I'd certainly buy older. I've had a couple of percussion revolvers over the years but sold them for various reasons. I don't buy anything newer than the end of WW2 and probably wouldn't buy anything much older than the Napoleonic Wars. Mostly I buy military guns but have a definite soft spot for commercial (mostly American) handguns from 1900 to WW2. For the military stuff I generally prefer stuff that's actually been used in a war - I generally don't buy say Swiss, Swedish or South American stuff (although I would very much like to get some Paraguayan or Bolivian Mausers from the Chaco War!). That said some of the Swiss stuff is mechanically interesting and unique enough that I've been contemplating making an exception, and any Finn marked Swedish guns I'd be all over.
Yes the Savage is a .380, unfortunately I don't have 12 (6). I love the gun and I'd like to pick up a 1915 and a 1917 to go with it, although it jams constantly with any ammo I've tried in it. Think I'm going to try a different mag if I can find one. How do your .32s work?
The drum is a 32 round snail drum on a LP08 (aka Artillery Luger). Cool thing is its exempt from the mag capacity laws. You need a special tool to load it which I had to buy from a guy in Malta of all places. Unfortunately I don't have the stock for the pistol - I bought a repro from IMA years ago but it wouldn't attach.
I do still have the CZ38, it's next to the Savage in the second picture. I'd never sell it, not only is it a super cool gun but it's one of the very rare Finn contract guns. I did get rid of the two French M1935s because they were postwar and one of the 1911A1s to fund one of the 1911s.
The first handgun I never bought was the Webley Mk.VI back in 2003. Most of the best stuff there I got between 2009 and 2011, before and after I went to Afghanistan, when I was making tons of money and didn't have many expenses. Unfortunately I've had to reprioritize since!
Nabs - appreciate the Bodeo love! Those were actually surprisingly difficult guns to find and they're some of my favorites. Underappreciated
The oldest gun in the collection should be the Chamelot-Delvigne 1873, but I'd certainly buy older. I've had a couple of percussion revolvers over the years but sold them for various reasons. I don't buy anything newer than the end of WW2 and probably wouldn't buy anything much older than the Napoleonic Wars. Mostly I buy military guns but have a definite soft spot for commercial (mostly American) handguns from 1900 to WW2. For the military stuff I generally prefer stuff that's actually been used in a war - I generally don't buy say Swiss, Swedish or South American stuff (although I would very much like to get some Paraguayan or Bolivian Mausers from the Chaco War!). That said some of the Swiss stuff is mechanically interesting and unique enough that I've been contemplating making an exception, and any Finn marked Swedish guns I'd be all over.
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Very nice indeed!! A wicked pile of history there. All them guns must be worth at least a hunnert dollars, huh?
A gathering of items such as the ones you have is nothing to be sneezed at. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to share. Appreciated very much!
A gathering of items such as the ones you have is nothing to be sneezed at. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to share. Appreciated very much!
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MIRAMICHIER
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- Miramichi,Nb
I see by the second picture you had to move into the house,the deck was to small in the first picture.Nice collection would like to have a Colt Diamondback maybe not old enough.Good Luck
I actually asked for collector status, mainly because I'm disinclined to renew my outdoor gun club membership in January when I'm not likely to use it until spring. I had to fill out a form justifying what I wanted to collect and how the gun I was purchasing at the time fit into the collection, and that was it. I've never had an inspection from the CFO, and I've never had to justify a gun purchase since (including for stuff like my .22s which clearly didn't fall into my stated collection of military guns). In fact I had the city cops over at my house last year for an attempted break in and they didn't even ask about my guns.
About the only "special" treatment I've ever had from the CFO is getting to be only friendly terms with some of the people at the office from calling alot. I won't say they've put a rush on my transfers, but they certainly never seem to take very long either. In fact I've several times given vintage weapons lectures at my reserve units where I took my guns and they always bent over backwards to help me when I called for ATTs.
I know alot of people have had issues with their CFOs / CFC over the years but in all honesty they've never been anything but courteous and professional with me.
About the only "special" treatment I've ever had from the CFO is getting to be only friendly terms with some of the people at the office from calling alot. I won't say they've put a rush on my transfers, but they certainly never seem to take very long either. In fact I've several times given vintage weapons lectures at my reserve units where I took my guns and they always bent over backwards to help me when I called for ATTs.
I know alot of people have had issues with their CFOs / CFC over the years but in all honesty they've never been anything but courteous and professional with me.
- Location
- Niagara Region
Beautiful collection. My friend has a Bodeo revolver his father gave him. I've been trying to locate ammo for it; do you have any suggestions where I might look for some?
