First off, I collect only .22rf single-shot firearms made in US or Canada. However, I've long been fascinated with the old H&R Handy Guns. Unfortunately all I ever saw or heard about them was 410 and 28ga single-shot scatterguns. Not exactly suited to my .22rf collecting parameters...
Then...
Anyone else have a Wildcat 500 in their herd? I recently found a very nice one, made by Precision Industries Division of Ozark Mountain Arms in Ozark, MO.
There's an old website about these rifles which seems to have been abandoned in 2006. But it gives some idea as to just how few of...
I now know what "Museum Quality" means! Couple of weeks ago I won a little Stevens 14 1/2 Little Scout, .22rf single-shot rifle. Since this little gun was no longer made after 1941, makes it almost 70 years old.
We've all seen those old boys' rifles which come up for sale quite often. They've...
Old, small single-shot .22rf boys' rifles found today are usually beat up for decades by young boys. They were then consigned to a handy corner of a leaky old barn to assassinate rats, pigeons, snakes and other invaders. (Most ended up looking like that gun at top in the photo at the bottom of...
This Garcia Bronco (formerly FIE) skeleton-stock .410ga single-shot is an excellent item for backpacking, canoeing, etc., in the back woods. Weighs in at only 3 1/2 lbs, quickly and conveniently breaks down to only 20" length. Chambered for the more powerful 3" rounds.
You can carry both slug...
I need info from anyone who owns, or knows anything about the Hopkins & Allen No. 822 rifle in .22rf listed as a "full loop." I've seen many .22rf single-shot lever-operated rifles from several different manufacturers, but NOTHING like this "full loop" lever.
I've got the info from Jim...
I've been researching these little guys for nearly three years now. My findings have been published in Mossberg collector newsletters and on Mossy web sites. But I need MORE INFO.
So far I've only had data on less than 100 of these guns furnished to me. Oscar made approximately 32,000 during...
Another Mossberg Brownie owner inherited the gun from his Dad and with it was an excellent little holster. I collect Brownies but have never seen one of these holsters. It's professionally made and stamped on back PATENTED 1914, so it's no doubt been a mass-produced item back then just for the...
I need a specific article on page 18 of this issue regarding the Schall pistol. OR, if you have this issue and want to keep it, I'll pay for a photocopy of the pages containing the Schall information.
GUN WORLD, NOVEMBER 1995 ISSUE :help:
Thanks in advance for your help, best regards ~ ~ ~ FFF
These litle guns were sold in 1953 for just under $20. Am looking for one in ANY condition. If you have one you're willing to sell, please name a price. I don't like putting a price on another man's horse. Below is an old American Rifleman ad showing what they look like.
Thanks in advance...
I see lots of the newer, sophisticated, leatherworks discussed here for ALMOST every conceivable purpose: sport shooting; hunting; competition; concealed carry; law enforcement; military; etc., etc..
How about Collectibles?
There are some really unique old rigs out there. I ran across one a...
Found a small .22rf single-shot rifle at an auction in another state: a Tobin. I collect old s-s 22s so bid and won it. I'm trying to find more info on it, but I need your help.
The only identifying marks on it are on top of the barrel and are pictured below. Briefly, here's what I've learned...
I recently read somewhere about new efforts being made to obtain an amnesty period for owners of weaponry needing to be made legal. In what I read was the statement that only one crime has been committed with a legally registered Class III weapon, and that was by a LEO who used it in a crime of...
Looking for a nice Mossberg Brownie, 4-shot, derringer-type .22rf pistol. Below is copy of an old ad for them, showing what they look like. Please advise serial number, condition, and price you're asking. Please don't ask for offers.
Thanks in advance. FFF