My new toys

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Apparently I have far more revolvers than pistols. Though I did forget one of the pistols for this pic.

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It was a busy two weeks. The Best Wife in the World bid this for me as an early anniversary present:







That's an Inglis made, Nationalist Chinese contract, Browning Hi Power with detachable holster/shoulder stock.

This arrived to me on site, via a friend:

Sten Mk II kit with 8 mags to turn into a semi post-apoc beater.



And I wound up buying these:

Viking era, found north of Archangelsk, was billed at some point as a throwing axe, but the seller and I agree it is most likely a small shaping axe.





Again from the Battle of Kulikovo, but appears to be a mount for a battle standard--it's bronze and not sharp.

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After 13 months of waiting for federal paperwork, my happy switches are home from the dealer's vault.

Stemple Suomi KP31



Reising SMG, WWII made



All the pics are now on my own site. I had to shut Pbucket down.

Also just got this. Probably 1871-1873, W&C Scott & Sons, 10 gauge damascus

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Some of the old pics went away. I changed hosts. Here's some new toys.


Winchester Model 12 trench gun, 1944 mfr



1936 Tula sniper with original scope, not a Ukraine refit.



Japanese Type 97 Sniper with scope and case.



Walther G41, though the mag is non-standard but appears to be a factory mod.

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Been getting a lot of old stuff lately.

Winchester, 1944, September



Williams and Powell, fits my wife perfectly. About 1880







Also about 1880.  Westley Richards Best Grade.











Henri Pieper, Belgium, 1883. This has the patent for the monoblock breech he invented.









Mortimer, Edinburgh, about 1840.  Percussion damascus 12 gauge.









Drilling, Robert Faller, Germany, about 1920.  16x16 over 8X58R Sauer rifle. I stripped the varnish and oiled the stock.  2X Zeiss optic is original.











Cape gun. Unknown maker, Germany, about 1800.  Originally flint converted to percussion. Caliber .61.  Polygonal straight left, rifled right.  I rebrowned the barrels, relaminated the cheek, and did two stock repairs.

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It's been a while. Here's a classic.