Robert White
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Retired military, military and law enforcement gunsmith, firearms historian and writer.
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Do you own an Army surplus M1 Garand? Is the serial number 283898? You Could be 'All Shook Up' and setting on a million dollars. Somewhere out there is Elvis Presley's issued M1 Garand.
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Zelený Sport Defence in the Czech Republic just posted these images from their recent warehouse move. A bunch of M1928 and M1 Thompson subguns, from 80 years of arsenal storage. The only legal way these could ever come back home is in torched condition as parts.
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Stationed in Korea 3 times. I was always impressed with the load they put on them.
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The CMP recently received significant quantities of surplus ammunition, and it appears to be American-made Lake City stuff from the 1960s, at least according to the crate stamps. .30 carbine, M2 ball, and .22LR, etc.
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Interesting news out of the CMP recently, they have set aside some surplus ammo to sell in FY 24, some M1917 Enfields are coming up, some 5,000 M1 Garands have recently come in as returns from the Turkish military, and 10,000 M1911s from the Army have been received.
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You never know what you'll find in pawn shops. Royal Hong Kong Police .38 Colt police positive.
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Luger collectors will be happy about this. Royal Tiger Imports is bringing in some nice collectables out of Africa. This includes:
P06 Navy Lugers,
all-matching DWM Lugers,
Persian contract Artillery Lugers,
Kreighoff Lugers,
and much more.
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You never know what you'll find in a pawn shop. Frame from 1923 Police Positive and barrel from a later Detective Special.
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Restoring old guns, to me at least, is therapy. Learning their history, design etc is relaxing. Being retired after 35+ years of smithin' and not having the pressures and time limits of running a gunsmith shop brings back the joys of the hobby.
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Ah, those 'Hammerin’ Humpbacks'. John Browning, you were a genius.
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Here's one of mine I don't post often. My Iraqi Tariq in 7.65mm. Given to me for a job well done by the 3rd SFG. Bring back paper and one mag came with it. The emblem on the pistol grip is a tribute to "Tariq Ibn Ziyad" who was the leader of Iraq and invaded Spain in 711.
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During the Irish Civil War the Mauser C96 was nicknamed "Peter the Painter" as the pistol grip looked like a paint brush handle.
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A good combination. A Webley WG Army on top of a 1935 edition of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence.
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Nice combo. An Iver Johnson Super Enforcer in .30 carbine and a Smith and Wesson model 19 in .357 magnum.
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The Czechoslovakian CZ ZKR 551 target revolver was designed by the Koucky brothers around 1955-1956. It was specifically designed for .38 Special wadcutters.
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Both in .32 and in surprisingly good condition for pawn shop finds.
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Iver Johnson swing out cylinder model from the 1880's.
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This is the most complete collection of Mondragón designs that I know of. The history and design of each of these is a good read.
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Feeding these old Model 1913 Smith & Wesson .35 autos is a bit of a challenge.
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Winston Churchill was fond of the Mauser C96 and used one at the 1898 Battle of Omdurman and during the Second Boer War.
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Here's a fun one. Dutch contract FN 1922 in .380 ACP. Crest of the late Queen Wilhelmina on the top of the slide.
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Wyoming Arms' Parker Pistol didn't sell well and they closed in '92. LaserAim bought the plans, added a laser mount. They didn't last long either. Interesting gun though. Don't loose the ejector.
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Only 12 prototypes and just over 100 production models were ever made of the Pieper Actionless 47. It's a combination of the patent of French Madame Lombert, the money of a Brussels engineer, Nicolas Pirard and the technical knowledge of Maurice Tono-Lambert.
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A light powder coat on the bullets make cleaning much easier.
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I thought you folks here would enjoy this one. Check out the serial number. I came across it while fixing guns at Fort Polk long ago for 4/10th MT before their deployment to the sandbox. Sorry for the photo quality but we were fixing 100's of guns a day to get them out on time.
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A little stag appreciation. A S&W model 1917, a North American .22 LR and the knife is a Randall Sergeant's model.
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The Japanese Type 26 revolver is an amalgamation of design features from other revolvers made during the time period. The revolver has a design flaw in that the cylinder freewheels when not engaged, so during movement, such as in combat, it may rotate to an already fired chamber.
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Heckler & Koch HK4 (.380 ACP / .32 ACP / .25 ACP / .22 LR).
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I figure this little .500 Nitro Express would make a fine squirrel gun.
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I truly enjoy shooting this ol' 1952 dated Webley Mk IV revolver. Always makes me feel like I should be in an old black and white movie with Humphrey Bogart. Picked it up from Allen's Armory down in Florida over ten years ago at a great price.
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Smith and Wesson Victory model .38 Special with a WWII Case Quarter Master's knife.
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Henri Pieper's 1893 gas seal revolver may have lost the Russian contract to the Nagant but was popular in Mexico.
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The Czechoslovakian CZ ZKR 551 target revolver was designed by the Koucky brothers around 1955-1956 and became popular in Czechoslovakia and amongst other shooters in Europe and Australia.
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U.S. Dept of State Diplomatic Security Service model 19.
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Mauser 1910 in 6.35mm. You rarely find them with the original box.
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