Odd handguns?

[Slowbalt]

Hey all, been collecting and shooting for quite a while and recently been drawn back into it again. However I find myself being particularly interested in odd looking or functionning firearms. Tavor, rhino, mateba, uts15 etc... What do you guys think are odd or inovative handguns?

Remember, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!

 

[quackquack]

Bolt action single shots are odd. For a .22 no, for a handgun yes.

 

[Hitzy]

Nagant revolvers, Webley I think it was made a semi-auto revolver that was weird...

 

[drache]

I always have to laugh at the .308 conversion kit for a 1911

 

[Slowbalt]

Now that's serious overkill! Odd indeed!!

 

[jporietis]

Styer Hann

 

[MTF]

I collect handguns with unusual actions and with unusual cartridges. Because handguns were in development early in the 20th century (and the end of the 19th), there are a lot of unusual guns among them. I suggest that you do a little research among guns 1885 through 1930, and decide if those are the kinds you want. They are hard to find in Canada, and that may turn you away. But there are some, and some of them are awfully interesting. I picked up a .455 Webley autoloading pistol from 1913, and spent a few months finding a few cartridges for it. Unfortunately, many were made in .25 and .32 (popular European cartridges) and are unobtainable without a "prohibited" license. It is one of the sad things about Canadian gun laws. A 1900 Browning is "prohibited". Sad.

 

[ciphery]

Oddball-
Nagant revolver(cylinder moves back and forth as it indexes to form a gas seal), wildly auto(only gas blow back pistol),webbly auto revolver (only auto revolver)

 

[jsmurd]

Or you could just find a Dardick gun, then you could fire trounds

 

[JTF#]

The AMT .30 cal was pretty crazy

 

[Dexter Morgan]

The 460 Rowland 1911 looks pretty cool.

Another guy just posted here about making one. Not something you see every day.

 

[9Guns]

The CZ-52 pistol is interesting as it is a roller locked pistol.

 

[canuck]

The only "odd" handgun I own is a Fiala M1920
I only have the one barrel (there should be three) and the grips are not correct

here is some info....
http://www.littlegun.info/arme americaine/artisan d e f/a fiala 1920 gb.htm

 

[Einhander13]

Baikal MP-446C Viking
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Russian polymer frame/steel frame DA/SA 9mm army pistol. I can find almost no info on it.
The gun looks striker-fired, but is actually hammer fired and the hammer is in the usual position in a recess in the back of the gun.

$535 on Interammo, $699 in steel frame with 6 magazines.
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[effinggoof]

LeMat Revolver was certainly odd...it had 42 cal rounds in the cylinder, and a 16 ga shotgun in the middle.

And before someone ####s all over me...yes, there were a variety of calibers both originally and in modern reproductions.

 

[kolchak75]

nice gun...

 

[BrassOnRails]

Lignose 3A is odd

 

[Dr.K]

I always found Bisley style single actions to look funny when parked next to a "normal" SAA. And reproductions are plentiful and cheap.

 

[Kirk1701]

I've always been a fan of Savage automatic pistols. They have a really unique action. They were even up for trials against the 1911. Unfortunately, most were made in .25 and .32 so are naturally prohib.

 

[KMD]

Webley Fosbery