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[Dimner]

Personally, I have a zombie rifle ready as well. Just smart to be prepared. I also keep my garand ready with PC cast 178 grain bullets for nazi zombies.

Thats kinda an inside joke for me and my friends. We tend to do some drinking during deer camp and there is a video game with a zombie mode where you try and survive the nazi zombie hoards.

 

[Ian]

Gotta have the zombie ammo to go with the zombie assault rifle...

 

[Snakeoil]

From the top:
1870's bowie
Rem. .41RF Derringer
No-name double barrel percussion Sat nite spl.
Colt's 1849 Pocket Navy

The Colt was one of a matched and cased set that belonged to a late friend's great uncle. He was a Col. in a NY artillery unit. Both guns were carried by him in Civil War. Family had no interest. Case is long gone

 

[RicinYakima]

Half octagonal and button magazine are the best looking lever action rifles, IMHO. Had an 1889 Marlin Safety in 32/20 at one time, but a collector offered me so much for it, that it found a new home. Bought a Browning Model 53 and Marlin 45/70 Cowboy with the funding.

 

[Glaciers]

Half octagonal and button magazine are the best looking lever action rifles, IMHO. Had an 1889 Marlin Safety in 32/20 at one time, but a collector offered me so much for it, that it found a new home. Bought a Browning Model 53 and Marlin 45/70 Cowboy with the funding.

The carbine Winchester 92 & 53’s with a button magazine just about the most pleasing to the eye rifles out there.
A friend who has been gone for 25 years now had a Winchester 92 SRC short rifle with a button magazine. About as neat as you please. That one would really ring the cash register big time.

 

[glassparman]

"Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military carbine, Old military carbine, Old military carbine, zombie apocalypse shotgun, Old military rifle"

Well, starting on the left in the cloth case:

1898 Swedish Mauser, 1886 Portuguese Kropatschek, 1936 Turkish Mauser converted from 1888 Commission Rifle, Siamese Mauser, M95 Mannlicher Straight Pull, 1884 Trap Door, 1873 Swiss Vetterli, AR in 6.5 Grendel playing peekaboo, Golden State Arms BM59 from the 60's, 1954 Russian SKS, Egyptian FN49, Zombie Shotgun with belt of Zombie indigestion pills, Egyptian Hakim.

Don't get me started on the other two rows!

 

[462]

To my eye, a Winchester lever action's best configuration is a sporting rifle, with a 24" or longer octagonal barrel, full length magazine, and crescent butt plate. And, the long receivers of the '66 '73, are '76 are the best. May not be the most practical, convenient nor pleasant to shoot, but they sure have eye appeal.

 

[Glaciers]

My problem is I like all Winchester levers, but that far exceeds my financial capacity

 

[Glaciers]

Gotta have the zombie ammo to go with the zombie assault rifle...

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That looks suspiciously like a 45acp

 

[Glaciers]

"Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military rifle, Old military carbine, Old military carbine, Old military carbine, zombie apocalypse shotgun, Old military rifle"

Well, starting on the left in the cloth case:

1898 Swedish Mauser, 1886 Portuguese Kropatschek, 1936 Turkish Mauser converted from 1888 Commission Rifle, Siamese Mauser, M95 Mannlicher Straight Pull, 1884 Trap Door, 1873 Swiss Vetterli, AR in 6.5 Grendel playing peekaboo, Golden State Arms BM59 from the 60's, 1954 Russian SKS, Egyptian FN49, Zombie Shotgun with belt of Zombie indigestion pills, Egyptian Hakim.

Don't get me started on the other two rows!

Seems like you’re somewhat focused on your collecting and shooting category of firearms.

 

[Ian]

That looks suspiciously like a 45acp

So does the chamber

I'm reasonably certain it's the only one of its kind in existence.

 

[Glaciers]

I would think so

 

[Bret4207]

The carbine Winchester 92 & 53’s with a button magazine just about the most pleasing to the eye rifles out there.
A friend who has been gone for 25 years now had a Winchester 92 SRC short rifle with a button magazine. About as neat as you please. That one would really ring the cash register big time.

I saw a button mag 32-20 at a show once, the pistol gripped version, so a 53 maybe? I was drooling all over the floor. Then I saw the price tag, and this was 20-25 years back! While there was a time your run of the mill 94/92 was "just an old lever gun", the button mags, the half octagons, etc never seemed to go cheap. Half octagons were fairly common in my youth.

 

[Snakeoil]

As I sit here at my computer reading this thread, it just occurred to me that all I have to do is look up for some vintage pieces.

Again, from the top:

* Stevens Little Scout falling block in .22 - This was my Dad's when he was a kid. I used it to play Army when I was younger.
* Reilly 20ga "London Best Gun" SxS shotgun. All engraved, Damascus barrels and gold inlay in the stock with my Great Grandmother's initials.
* Springfield 1868 .50-70 Trapdoor conversion. Was originally an 1863 musket. I understand that Bannerman made these. I shot it once when I was a
teenager using an original cartridge that an old guy in a gun shop gave to me when I told him I had the rifle.

The Remington Army is a very early Dixie replica that a friend gave to me years ago.

Also on the rack is an original leather quirt on the left and a well-used bullwhip on the right.

 

[RicinYakima]

* Springfield 1868 .50-70 Trapdoor conversion. Was originally an 1863 musket. I understand that Bannerman made these. I shot it once when I was a
teenager using an original cartridge that an old guy in a gun shop gave to me when I told him I had the rifle.


Bannerman only sold the rifles after they were taken out of service. They were made by Springfield Armory, MA

Originally, the trapdoor Springfields were created to convert Springfield Model 1863 rifled muskets to breech-loading rifles at a relatively low cost. This conversion consisted of replacing the percussion lock with the breech-loading trapdoor mechanism, and relining the barrels to convert them from .58 to .50 caliber. This proved problematic, because in the field, the lining tended to separate from the barrel.

To correct this problem, the Model 1868 used a new barrel instead of relining the original older barrel. The new barrel was slightly shorter, 32.5 inches, compared to the 36.5-inch barrel used on the Springfield Model 1866. The shorter barrel was affixed using only two barrel bands, instead of the three used on the Model 1866. Since it lacked the middle barrel band, the sling was affixed to the upper barrel band instead. The Model 1868 also differed from previous models in that it used a separate Allin type receiver with the barrel attached to it. The Model 1868 was also the first trapdoor conversion to use the cartridge extractor covered by U.S. Patent No. 68,009, issued August 27, 1867 to W.H. & G.W. Miller. The Model 1868 had an overall length of 517⁄8 inches.[1]

Over 50,000 Model 1868 rifles were manufactured, chambered for the .50-70 450 cartridge. This model served as the basis for the definitive Springfield Model 1873 series of rifles in .45-70-405 caliber, which was adopted in 1873 as the standard military longarm of the United States armed forces for the next 20 years.

 

[oscarflytyer]

Half octagonal and button magazine are the best looking lever action rifles, IMHO. Had an 1889 Marlin Safety in 32/20 at one time, but a collector offered me so much for it, that it found a new home. Bought a Browning Model 53 and Marlin 45/70 Cowboy with the funding.

if the sale funded BOTH the 53 and Marlin, then yeah he offered a lot! Dang!

 

[Snakeoil]

Everyday that I type up a post to this group, I see the same junk sitting on my desk and always think, "Gee, I should post a pic of this in that thread about vintage guns. Of course the thought departs as quickly as it arrived and I never get around to doing it.

So, here it is, almost 2 months since GPM started this thread and I've managed to remember. And the funny thing is the gun that started this thread is the same gun I'm about to post. But this reply is not about the gun, but rather about the holster for the gun.

This harkens back to a time when no man worth his salt ventured out into the public without a jacket, waste coat (aka vest), tie and hat on. But because they were well dressed did not mean they were all well-mannered. So, it was necessary to be well-armed as well as well-dressed. For those who did not want to strap a holster to their belt or put on a shoulder holster, but were also not the type to simply stuff a pistol into their pocket. somebody came up with the idea of a pocket holster.

As you can see, it is cut to fit nicely and snugly into the pocket of your outer jacket, keep the pistol upright and easy to grab in an emergency, yet be quite unobtrusive, other than the added weight to that side of the jacket.

So, without further ado, here's the gun.



Here's the gun in the holster


And here are the specs on the back of the holster than confirm that they belong together (I know this group by now.) Note the holes punch for a hammer thong to keep it in the holster should you stumble on your way out of the saloon. Note that the holes appear unused, as they should be. Afterall, what kind of noodnik would have a pistol in a holster that would require manual dexterity to remove given that the chances were high that you too, would be high. This is one of those treasures that you stumble upon in a flea market/antique shop that has sat there for years because nobody knows what it is. I'm talking about the holster, not the pistol.

 

[popper]

Old guns are neat but after marching with an 03 for 3 months and shining it every nite nope, none here.

 

[RicinYakima]

Snakeoil! I have the same set up for a .32 S&W, 3 1/4", but the holster is not so nice. An armed society is a polite society.

 

[glassparman]

Thanks for the write up snakeoil!

I actually still shoot the "one that started the thread". I have a huge bag of virgin British .380 brass and the correct Berdan primers for them. The bullets in the picture are from Brad's Bullets because he offers that vintage .361 150 gr round nose bullet. If I had that mold, I'd cast them myself.

The gun was free . . . in a box with five other vintage revolvers. This was the only one I thought safe to shoot.

Mike