View Poll Results: Which firearm types do you own?

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  • Shotgun (single, double, pump, lever, bolt)

    291 31.91%
  • Shotgun Auto (non MSSA)

    96 10.53%
  • Rifle (single, double, pump, lever, bolt)

    408 44.74%
  • Rifle Auto (non MSSA)

    177 19.41%
  • MSSA

    66 7.24%
  • Pistol

    78 8.55%
  • Black powder (rifle, pistol, shotgun)

    35 3.84%
  • Air/Gas (pistol, rifle)

    313 34.32%
  • un-armed

    305 33.44%
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    Quote Originally Posted by sAsLEX View Post
    Rep for first to tell the record this holds.
    Ummmm, World's ugliest finish on a firearm?

    Sorry, but that'd look so much better in blue or Parkerising.

    Not Chrome - it wouldn't get ya home...
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    We still need to organize a shoot up!

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    A bit of trivia for all you knowledgable firearms persons on this board.

    This rifle is for auction on a site in the US,

    current bid is US$125,500

    Can any of you tell me why?

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    Too old I suppose.

    To anyone interested in collecting old firearms this is one that is very much sought after.

    1st generation, 1860 Henry, serial number 275, iron frame. Calibre .44 rim fire.

    They only made 300 of these with the iron frame. Most were made with what we refer to as brass frames but in actuality were a type of bronze.

    Hence its rarity
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Merde View Post
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    Too old I suppose.

    To anyone interested in collecting old firearms this is one that is very much sought after.

    1st generation, 1860 Henry, serial number 275, iron frame. Calibre .44 rim fire.

    They only made 300 of these with the iron frame. Most were made with what we refer to as brass frames but in actuality were a type of bronze.

    Hence its rarity
    Oh I like it alright mate!
    Just didn't have any idea what was special about it.

    Although I remember reading about a guy who went hunting up the Corromandel with a .44 rimfire a few years back, he has only been able to find about a dozen rounds in NZ.
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    MMMMMMM Did anyone see the new PSD 6.8mm.
    Looks and feels like the M4 but with more punch.
    It was on Future wepons on Discovery ch last night and again this morning.
    I wish I had that when I was in Afghanistan. Short barrel too
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Merde View Post
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    Too old I suppose.

    To anyone interested in collecting old firearms this is one that is very much sought after.

    1st generation, 1860 Henry, serial number 275, iron frame. Calibre .44 rim fire.

    They only made 300 of these with the iron frame. Most were made with what we refer to as brass frames but in actuality were a type of bronze.

    Hence its rarity
    I'd picked it as a Henry circa 1800s but google as I might (all combinations of Henry, lever action, auction, hex barrel, antique) I couldn't find the pic anywhere.

    If I had, I'd've shamelessly posted what it was as if I knew all the rest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    We 'athiests' consider Wolf 'one of us' inasmuch as his approach to matters of philosophy mirrors our own. The fact that he chooses to live by tenets driven by a fantasy of the supernatural that he finds personally appealing and culturally relevant is neither here nor there.
    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny side up View Post
    It is amazing what you can do with a big hammer and a lot of care.
    Thank Eris for the FSM!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by deanohit View Post
    Oh I like it alright mate!
    Just didn't have any idea what was special about it.

    Although I remember reading about a guy who went hunting up the Corromandel with a .44 rimfire a few years back, he has only been able to find about a dozen rounds in NZ.
    I have a .56 rimfire in my gun safe, just aching to be fired.

    Found brass in the US

    Just need a mould that will throw a bullet of .56 at 350 gns.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolf View Post
    I'd picked it as a Henry circa 1800s but google as I might (all combinations of Henry, lever action, auction, hex barrel, antique) I couldn't find the pic anywhere.

    If I had, I'd've shamelessly posted what it was as if I knew all the rest.

    I've been drooling over this site for years now

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Merde View Post
    A bit of trivia for all you knowledgable firearms persons on this board.

    This rifle is for auction on a site in the US,

    current bid is US$125,500

    Can any of you tell me why?

    I guessed it was a 44 Henry - but had no idea why it was worth so much, I was thinking it must have been owned by somebody famous.

    Never realised they were THAT rare.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    I guessed it was a 44 Henry - but had no idea why it was worth so much, I was thinking it must have been owned by somebody famous.

    Never realised they were THAT rare.
    Any Henry is rare, from memory they only made a few thousand of them.

    The iron frame version is the pinacle of collecting lever action rifles.

    Have a look at the web site I posted in response to Wolfs comments.

    Lots of wonderful toys and they will post to NZ (mostly)
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    I was thinking it must have been owned by somebody famous.
    Yeah, that thought had crossed my mind, too.

    Knew it couldn't have been William Cody's Sharps, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    We 'athiests' consider Wolf 'one of us' inasmuch as his approach to matters of philosophy mirrors our own. The fact that he chooses to live by tenets driven by a fantasy of the supernatural that he finds personally appealing and culturally relevant is neither here nor there.
    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny side up View Post
    It is amazing what you can do with a big hammer and a lot of care.
    Thank Eris for the FSM!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    I guessed it was a 44 Henry - but had no idea why it was worth so much, I was thinking it must have been owned by somebody famous.

    Never realised they were THAT rare.
    The next rarest Winchester is referred to as the "transitional model"

    They took the Henry and put a side loading gate on it, blanked off the top end of the magazine tube.

    This was the fore runner to the 1866 "Yellowboy" and there were about 50 made.
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    The person I was looking after in Afghanistan was buying old guns and rifles over there and shipping them back to the states a lot of the guys there were doing that. They would pay around $100 U.S then sell them for around $500-1500 each,
    They are very expensive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sAsLEX View Post
    Hey would be nice but aint got that coin, but its only the stock that is different to the P so can always upgrade at a later time.

    Off to sea for a bit soon to save money for the purchase, don't think it will stretch to Khales though
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    Quote Originally Posted by sAsLEX
    Amazing that they can shoot decent groups at all with the amount of movement and shock going into the scope!
    Thats why you should also always do a decent bit of research and invest in a good set of rings. I have seen $6000 rifles miss a target at 100yards because the chap was too stingy to spend $150 on a set of rings
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