Whitney Wolverine

[albino rhino]

Looking to buy a whitney wolverine , never seen it in canada but my wife wants one so im trying to find one

 

[Bookworm]

Olympic Arms is now making them

Dave

 

[MTF]

I happen to have two of the old ones, but I'm not ready to sell yet. But I am curious what it is that your wife finds interesting in them. They're nice guns and interesting from a collecting point of view, but if you want a "field gun", there are plenty of others that are perfectly good available. I used to live in Washington state, and saw some of the early Wolverines that Olympic Arms is making. I never shot one, but they're close enough to the originals that a guy from Olympic told me that the parts interchange. They seem OK. Let me say, though, that if you decide to take one apart, be very careful about putting it back together. It's easy to make it not work.

 

[albino rhino]

Cause she is a woman and goes on the premise that its a " pretty" gun instead of functionality or actually useful

 

[MTF]

Well, they are pretty. Which is, I suppose why I want to keep the two I have. However, if you're going to actually shoot and take care of a .22 pistol, my personal opinion is that your wife would be better off with one of the more traditional .22s. They're not as expensive and they seem to work. The newish Walther P22 looks pretty good, although I've seen comments by owners about ammunition feeding problems. Something like the Colt Woodsman is really elegant, and both High Standard (which can be tricky to take apart) and Browning put out nice guns. She might look at the Beretta .22s. They look more modern and they work. TRADEEXCANADA usually has the older ones at very reasonable prices. I hope you both have a nice time with them. Looking for one is half the fun.

 

[le pelican]

Just show her a Beretta Neo. Same lines.

 

[BCRider]

GOOD GREIF! ! ! ! I see why she likes it. It looks like some Science Fiction sort of art deco design.

 

[marshall]

Well, they are pretty. Which is, I suppose why I want to keep the two I have. However, if you're going to actually shoot and take care of a .22 pistol, my personal opinion is that your wife would be better off with one of the more traditional .22s. They're not as expensive and they seem to work. The newish Walther P22 looks pretty good, although I've seen comments by owners about ammunition feeding problems. Something like the Colt Woodsman is really elegant, and both High Standard (which can be tricky to take apart) and Browning put out nice guns. She might look at the Beretta .22s. They look more modern and they work. TRADEEXCANADA usually has the older ones at very reasonable prices. I hope you both have a nice time with them. Looking for one is half the fun.

You must mean Ruger? HI Standard are easy to take apart

 

[ian_in_vic]

The Wolverine is possibly the coolest looking gun ever designed, but then it was more or less designed to appeal to kids back when gun companies could do that. If a gun company tried that today they'd be kicked off the planet.

 

[MTF]

Marshall, you're right about the Ruger, of course, but I've always found the old High Standards (I guess they were "Hi Standards" in those days) tricky. As you so rightly point out, the newer ones are not. I'm old and I tend to think of old things. But then again, it may just be my natural inabilities in engineering skills.