Guns & Gun Related Stuff

[Boji]

Speaking of......

Here is a fun one.....
My 22 TCM


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It shoots these......
(1st one on the left.)


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It belches a LOT of fire!!

Rock Island I assume. Recoil wise, how does it compare with a 1911 .45acp?

[royal0014]

Many moons ago, I had a 1911 clone chambered in .30 carbine
Don't remember the brand, probably a chinese knock-off.
It got traded off pretty quick ....

[Meridian_Mike]

Rock Island I assume. Recoil wise, how does it compare with a 1911 .45acp?

Yep.... it's a Rock Island.

The recoil isn't bad at all.... maybe about like a 9mm of less.

[1967redrider]

Great looking wheelguns!

You guys are going to hate this but I love it. My most recent acquisition with plenty of extras. 9mm Luger, these are termed "truck guns" but I'm not sure where that nickname came from.

I call her, Delia, from a Johnny Cash song. "The kinda evil that makes me wanna grab my sub-mo-sheen . . ."

I dig it!!

Thanks, David.

I've put 100 rounds of Winchester brass through it so far, not a single jam. There's some torture tests on YouTube for anyone interested.

[Ridgegrass]

"The Little Man's Hand Was Like Lightning, The Bad .44 Was The Same"
That .44 Spoke, And It Said Lead And Smoke, And 17 Inches Of Flame."

Mr. Shorty, Marty Robbins.

J.O'.

[Boji]

Since we’ve kinda been talking oddball calibers, another is the .327 Federal Mag. It’s a fast one at 1700-1750fps. Pure fun to shoot out of the Ruger Blackhawk. The little Ruger LCR not so much
It has a different sound, a 44mag is a “boom” the .327 is a “crack”.
The nice thing is that any gun chambered for the .327 can also shoot.32 H&R Mag and .32 S&W.
I’m the queen of everything.32 including.32acp and 32-20. Like them all.

[Dan In MI]

I’m the queen of everything.32 including.32acp and 32-20. Like them all.

About two years ago, I went to a gun shop near where I worked at the time. They had a very nice little Colt chambered in .32 ACP. If I recall correctly, it was over 100 years old. Part of me wishes I would have just obtained a Michigan driver's license and bought it.

[Boji]

About two years ago, I went to a gun shop near where I worked at the time. They had a very nice little Colt chambered in .32 ACP. If I recall correctly, it was over 100 years old. Part of me wishes I would have just obtained a Michigan driver's license and bought it.

That would have been a Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless. If I saw one I would be very tempted even tho I'm not a big Colt fan.
Mine is a Berretta 81FS, also called a Cheetah.

[Meridian_Mike]

I’m the queen of everything.32 including.32acp and 32-20. Like them all.

I have a couple of 32-20 firearms...

One is a S&W M&P Model 1905 and the other is a Winchester model 1873.

NOW... that Winchester '73 shoots like a 22 rifle for sure!!

[Meridian_Mike]

This one is a 32 caliber.....

[1967redrider]

Cool old vest pocket, MM. Is it functional?


I like this Harrington & Richardson Model 732 chambered in .32 S&W Long. You can fire it without hearing protection outdoors. Indoors it might make your ears ring somewhat.

[FRJ]

That would have been a Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless.

John Browning's sweet little 32.

[Boji]

Picture with the 2 guns, the revolver is a Cimarron, has 2 cylinders, .32 H&R and 32-20. And the Berretta 81FS .32acp
The other revolver is a Ruger LCR that shoots all .32 except the 32-20.

[Quick Steel]

FRJ, Your Browning is beautiful.

[Dan In MI]

That would have been a Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless.

John Browning's sweet little 32.

That's it! It was a nice little pistol, in excellent shape. FRJ's looks great, too.

All these .32s are making me think of picking up a Smith and Wesson Model 30.

[FRJ]

Boji, you have three very smart looking handguns there and probably more.

Thank you, Quick Steel. It is a gem.

Thank you, Dan. The 32 auto is often ridiculed for self defense.
Of course we know that there are more powerful cartridges for self protection but the 32 is tame for multiple shots if necessary and it will make a bad guy bleed in pain if I gain the upper hand in a combative situation.

[Boji]

The ammo manufactures are making up better self defense loads in the various .32 calibers. I recently picked up Federal Personal Defense .32 H&R Mag, jacketed hollow points, 85 grain, 1120 fps. I sure wouldn't want to get shot with it!

[Boji]

Boji, you have three very smart looking handguns there and probably more.

Thank you. Funny thing is I'm mostly a S&W gal but sold both of the .32 cal Smiths that I had. (At a LARGE profit I might add)
I just shoot the Ruger LCR better plus it is the designated gun to have in my Mini Cooper and not as big a loss if it were stolen.
Picture of the "good stuff" was back a page or 2.

[treefarmer]

Since the conversation seems to be around 32 caliber weapons, here are a couple for your viewing pleasure:

.32 S&W model 1 1/2 Tight little revolver, most of nickle finish is gone and both grips have a small piece missing at the butt.

32-20 Winchester 1892 Rifle A sweet shooter that hasn't been fired in about 20 years.

Treefarmer

[cudgee]

Since the conversation seems to be around 32 caliber weapons, here are a couple for your viewing pleasure:firearms pictures 006.JPG011.JPG
Treefarmer

Beautiful Winchester.

[treefarmer]

Thank you, Sir.
Treefarmer

[jerryd6818]

"The Little Man's Hand Was Like Lightning, The Bad .44 Was The Same"
That .44 Spoke, And It Said Lead And Smoke, And 17 Inches Of Flame."

Mr. Shorty, Marty Robbins.

J.O'.

[mrwatch]

"The Little Man's Hand Was Like Lightning, The Bad .44 Was The Same"
That .44 Spoke, And It Said Lead And Smoke, And 17 Inches Of Flame."

Mr. Shorty, Marty Robbins.

J.O'.

Marty Robbins was popular in 1958, two girls sang his song for school assembly , Hang down your head John Dooley. He died in 1982

[Paladin]

"The Little Man's Hand Was Like Lightning, The Bad .44 Was The Same"
That .44 Spoke, And It Said Lead And Smoke, And 17 Inches Of Flame."

Mr. Shorty, Marty Robbins.

J.O'.

Marty Robbins was popular in 1958, two girls sang his song for school assembly , Hang down your head John Dooley. He died in 1982

Now I have learned something here this morning. I did not realize the Marty Robbins did the Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley song. I recall it being done by the Kingston Trio, tho.

Ray

[jerryd6818]

I too learned something about the "Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley" song. It was Kingston Trio for me too.

More info from Wikipedia --

""Tom Dooley" is a traditional North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Tom Dula (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley"). One of the more famous murder ballads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio, which reached No. 1 in Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and also was top 10 on the Billboard R&B chart, and appeared in the Cashbox Country Music Top 20.

"Tom Dooley" fits within the wider genre of Appalachian "sweetheart murder ballads". A local poet named Thomas Land wrote a song about the tragedy, titled "Tom Dooley", shortly after Dula was hanged.[2][3] In the documentary Appalachian Journey (1991), folklorist Alan Lomax describes Frank Proffitt as the "original source" for the song, which was misleading only in that he didn't write it.[4] There are several earlier known recordings, notably one that Grayson and Whitter made in 1929, approximately 10 years before Proffitt cut his own recording.

The Kingston Trio took their version from Frank Warner's singing. Warner had learned the song from Proffitt, who learned it from his Aunt Nancy Prather, whose parents had known both Laura Foster and Tom Dula.[5] In a 1967 interview, Nick Reynolds of the Kingston Trio recounts first hearing the song from another performer, and then being criticized and sued for taking credit for the song.[6]

Supported by the testimony of Anne and Frank Warner, Frank Proffitt was eventually acknowledged by the courts as the preserver of the original version of the song, and the Kingston Trio were ordered to pay royalties to him for their uncredited use of it."

More:
"Tom Dula (pronounced locally as “Dooley”) was born in 1845 in the Appalachian hill country of North Carolina. As a youngster he fell in love with Ann Foster, but he had to leave his love behind when the Civil War broke out and Tom and his three brothers went off to fight Yankees. His brothers were all killed in battle; Tom survived and returned home three years later—only to find that Ann, believing he would be killed, had married an older man named James Melton.

Tom began courting Ann’s younger cousin Laura Foster and impregnated her. On May 26, 1866, the night they were to elope, Laura disappeared. Many believed that Ann, still in love with Tom, had murdered Laura. In fact, Ann told authorities where they could find her cousin’s buried body. When they found it on September 1, 1866, they arrested and jailed Ann.

Laura had died of multiple stab wounds, and the crime garnered national attention. Shortly after her body was found, Tom fled and hid out in Tennessee; he too was soon arrested and jailed.

Authorities tried and convicted 22-year-old Tom Dula, and hanged him on May 1, 1868. The night before his execution, Tom wrote, “I am the only person that had any hand in the murder of Laura Foster.” As a result of his confession, Ann was later acquitted of the crime.

After Tom’s execution, a local poet named Thomas Land wrote a song about the tragic event, cementing its place in American folklore.

In 1958 the Kingston Trio recorded the song and sold more than six million records. The ballad, loosely based on actual fact, helped launch America into the Folk Music era."