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Post by AxeHandle on May 11, 2009 9:25:57 GMT -5
Picked this one up to show the kids what was possible before 1900...  |
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Post by gunman42782 on May 11, 2009 13:53:52 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by wickerbill on May 11, 2009 20:51:06 GMT -5
Axe
Is that a 30 cal.
Bill
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Post by AxeHandle on May 12, 2009 6:52:16 GMT -5
Yup... 30 Mauser.... Not the little wuss 30 Luger..
We have loading dies and brass for it!
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Post by Ken O'Neill on May 12, 2009 18:42:02 GMT -5
Very, very neat. Have you ever shot it?
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Post by AxeHandle on May 12, 2009 18:55:29 GMT -5
Actually bought a box of factory ammo and shot it once!
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Post by Charger Fan on May 12, 2009 21:21:44 GMT -5
Check this out. I got this (Jan 1976) magazine recently, for a Dan Wesson article. It's also got a pretty extensive article on those 'ol "broomhandles" too, including a detailed list of running design changes to the gun (with serial number ranges) from 1896 to 1934.   |
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Post by AxeHandle on May 12, 2009 21:50:06 GMT -5
My first exposure to the old urchin was the one my Father In Law from my first marriage brought back home with him after the second world war... Back then they were all BIG money. I don't remember any real specifics about it. I was involved with an evil anti gun yankee when the first batch was inported in the late 80s & early 90s and missed them all.. I have been assured that for the bggest part those gun were all rags... This gun of mine is really in good shape...
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Post by church on May 13, 2009 7:48:25 GMT -5
Mine was from that early 90s wave of Sino importation.
1920s standard gun, externally pretty clean and internally rotten. Previous owner got it 90 percent repaired, and relined. Florida outfit called "The Broom Closet" did the work, and did it well-unaware if they are still around.
Did a round of Silhouettas with the piglet in '98. Easy to connect-gun shot great and 7.63 Mauser shoots very flat. Didn't knock over anything, just clanged 'em loudly. It ejected directly straight up, and once in a while dropped its empty brass back on the gun itself.
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Post by nonpcnrarn on Jun 11, 2009 2:46:48 GMT -5
You mean Old Top Feeder!
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Post by Charger Fan on Jun 11, 2009 11:08:53 GMT -5
Yeah, looks like the do feed in from the top, huh? ;D
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 11, 2009 12:03:30 GMT -5
Those old broomhandles have always intrigued me, but, I will probably never own one due to them being incredibly expensive, ammo (and components) being incredibly hard to find, and the collector value. But nice broomhandle
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 11, 2009 13:39:33 GMT -5
Every time I watch Clint Eastwood shoot em up with the class III broomhandle with the shoulder stock in the movie Joe Kidd I am inspired to get mine out and play with it....
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Post by the priest on Jun 11, 2009 15:38:15 GMT -5
Every time I see that pistol I think of that movie, the bell tower, etc.
A quality literary reference Mr. Handle. Proof that you are more diverse than firearms and cotton apparel. ;D
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 11, 2009 16:34:19 GMT -5
Well we all knew thta already. I liked thta movie too. When you get to AZ I think we're going to have to play with your toys one day Axe. Then we ca nplay with some of mine, and I convince Mom to make us some milk and cookies
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