S&W M19-3, 2.5" barrel
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Model19hangingadjshopped750x.jpg

Here's mine.http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/P97/MahanRugerSide1pagesize.jpg

Titanium Desert Eagle in 50 AE

Catman253 , I'll never make a picture as good as you, here is my new Ed Brown Special Forces pistol.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/500magnumnut/EDBROWNSPECIALFORCES.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/Rembrandt51/Firearms/omega3bbl.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/Rembrandt51/Firearms/omegamags.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/Rembrandt51/Ciener22.jpg

S&W Model 686-5 Plus, 3" barrel, brushed stainless

"All in...on the river"
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/686-5woodhoguesshopped750x.jpg

SBH .44, buffalo horn grips, some BCA work

Shaken, not stirred....
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/WaltherPPK-SADJshopped750x.jpg

Catman, are you going to divulge the secret to the levitating picture of your M19-3?... both gun and picture are superb!

Catman, are you going to divulge the secret to the levitating picture of your M19-3?... both gun and picture are superb!



Lay it on a very clean sheet of glass....?

Ceiling Wax ;)

CZ Model 27, Late war manufacture in Prague under Nazi occupation. With original holster and extra magazine.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/CZMod.jpg

Here are mine
1907 Savage Pistol
http://savagela.org/Images/Images/1907%20LS.JPG

AMT Hardballer
http://savagela.org/Images/Images/AMT%20LS.JPG

Shaken, not stirred....
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/WaltherPPK-SADJshopped750x.jpg


Show off :D


Tcj

Great pictures, Catman253. How do you like your PPK/S?

Great pictures, Catman253. How do you like your PPK/S?

It's a great little pistol, chambered in .380, and was my first CCW gun back in the day.

It will bite you on occasion but it is reliable and I never felt "under-gunned".

I went to a Smith .38 J-Frame Chief's Special for a while and then I found a nickel Model 10-5 round butt and that's been my carry gun since then.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Model10-5nickel.jpg

Like that model 10. I had a very smooth 50s vintage model 10 in my younger, dumber days and foolishly let it go for a song.

Recently, I received my concealed carry permit, but my 1911 and 4" model 19 are a bit much for shirt sleeve weather. I want something that will fit in my pants pocket without hanging up, and the PPK/S looks like it would fill the bill nicely. A .380 ACP is my minimum.

"The Pink Panther" Kel-Tec 357SIG
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/stendak/2005_0917Pink357SIG0010_edited.jpg

S&W Model 14-2
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/M14adjshop750x.jpg

Over the last 45 years I've had more than a few good handguns. Probably my favorite over the last ten years has been a little Rossi 22 lr.

I had a little 4 inch Smith kit gun that had been armaloyed. Carried it for years and then it got stolen. When I went to replace it I found this little Rossi new in a pawn shop near where I lived. I was going to buy another J frame Smith but when I saw the little stainless Rossi I kind of fell in love. It resembled the old Model 19 Smith 357 I first owned, except, it looked like it had been washed and shrunk a little. I bought it on the spot.

Wonderful thing was it shot like a house afire and was one of the most accurate small handguns I've ever owned.

I can't tell you how many bricks of ammo have went thru this little six shooter, but a bunch. I like it as much as I did when I first saw it and it's probably the most shot revolver I own.

S&W Model 36-1 3" barrel
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Model36-1shop750x.jpg

I'll show off too!

My newest acquisition, a springfield Champion wearing a set of custom Desert Ironwood grips from Hakan Pek (http://www.imageseek.com/hakan/)
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/9250908/170216467.jpg

A full size 1911 and Browning hi-power practical, both with Pek grips.

alyeska338.....Recognise the wood??????
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/9250908/138810102.jpg

Ruger Vaquero, .45 colt, with a set of rosewood grips I made. Hardest part was setting the Ruger logos. Hardware came from a set of old Blackhawk grips.
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/6636837/127607051.jpg

Last one, a Springfield XD 9 that has been Hardchromed and accurised by Tripp Research
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/6636837/109201611.jpg

Shaken, not stirred....
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/WaltherPPK-SADJshopped750x.jpg


Oh, now this one is just entirely too beautiful for mortal eyes.

A very nice touch with all the Ian Fleming paperbacks.

Catman, I've been lusting after a 3-inch Model 36 since my rookie year, and that was a looooooong time ago. My partner had one that looked similar to yours, only a lot more worn. I begged him to sell it to me, but he wouldn't turn it loose, now he's retired and still won't let it go. Thanks for posting that, for a moment I was a newby with a razor-cut, pressed uniforms, and shiny new shoes................that squeaked when I walked. Didn't sneak up on anyone 'til I got smart and found better shoes!

Papajohn

I'll show off too!

alyeska338.....Recognise the wood??????
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/9250908/138810102.jpg

I think it turned out real nice! What's your opinion, Chris?

I think it turned out real nice! What's your opinion, Chris?

I've never seen a nicer grain in a piece of maple!
Thanks again for such a great grained blank!

Last one, a Springfield XD 9 that has been Hardchromed and accurised by Tripp Research


If you don't mind my asking what exactly did Tripp do to accurize the XD?

let me correct myself....
hardchromed by Tripp,
accurized by Canyon Creek.[trigger job][sights][guide rod]

Several months ago, my aunt asked if I would look at my late uncle's guns and check on their condition and maybe tell her what they were.

I was thrilled, having never seen any of his guns with the exception of a pair of revolvers I had seen as a child forty-plus years ago.

He was a machinist and mechanic for Piedmont Airlines (later USAIR, USAirways, etc.) for his entire career and was very talented so I figured he didn't own any junk.

I was right. When I got there, she started pulling guns out from under the bed...the long guns first. A Wichester Model 70 XTR with presentation walnut furniture, a Red Letter Winchester 20 Gauge single shot, a Mossberg 500 with walnut stocks and 30" blued barrel, several single shot 12 gauges, a Stevens 12 gauge side by side, an old rabbit eared 12 gauge side by side (wall hanger), a nice little Sears .22 semi-auto rifle which turned out to be a Marlin manufacture and several others. They had been stored in the ceiling joists in the attic in the years since his death.

Then the handguns...the first thing out of the big cardboard box was a S&W Model 28-2. She was afraid it was stolen because it said "Highway Patrolman" on the barrel .

There was also the CZ Model 27 WWII manufacture pistol that I recently posted and a Herbert Schmidt small frame .22 single action revolver.

And there were also the two revolvers I had seen as a child. A stainless steel pair of .22 caliber, ten shot single action revolvers with walnut grips...that my uncle had made.

I had always remembered those guns, even though I had not seen them in over forty years and remember being so impressed that my uncle had made them himself.

I got all of the guns disassembled, cleaned up and lubed and re-assembled and, in fact, shot most of the rifles and handguns (had to make sure they worked and were safe ) but I hesitated to take apart the revolvers because it appeared that my uncle had even manufactured the individual screws for these guns and I was afraid I'd never get them back together. He had used the Herbert Schmidt revolver as his prototype and built two copies of it in stainless steel.

Two things my aunt told me...my uncle never put sights on these guns because he didn't want his kids (my cousins) to shoot them and that the grips were made from a black walnut tree from his mother's (my grandmother's) back yard.

It appeared that one of the guns had been test fired but the other looked pristine. The oil had long since dried up and the actions were gummy and stiff.

I cleaned them up, and there were some timing and lock up issues as well as a push off problem with one of them so I have rendered them inert and inoperable. I've polished them with Flitz and commissioned a woodworker friend to construct a pair of milled walnut, crushed-velvet lined shadowbox display cases so that his two grandsons can each have an example of his craftmanship to display.

My uncle's hand-built .22 caliber single action revolvers (circa 1963)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/BuddysGunsadjshopped750x.jpg

One of the walnut shadow boxes I had built to preserve and display them
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Singlegunbox750x.jpg

Now those are masterpeices, I hope his grandsons realize how much he loved them. (not the guns)

My uncle's hand-built .22 caliber single action revolvers (circa 1963)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/BuddysGunsadjshopped750x.jpg

One of the walnut shadow boxes I had built to preserve and display them
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Singlegunbox750x.jpg[/QUOTE]

Wow, great looking guns.

Can I play again???

Just picked this one up from a friend...it belonged to his father, and as he's not into guns, sopld it to me for a song.
Using Clawson's collectors guide I have narrowed it down to a Colt 1911, model 1911 of U.S. Army, built in the whereabouts of may-july 1918. According to the Serial, and the markings inside the slide, it dates to the "black Army" finished colts. All fit the 1918 criteria, except for the WWII era arched Remington rand Mainspring housing.
According to the book, Colt finished the guns in this period in a rough finish, making the blueing appear almost black. It also stated that the finish often seperated from the metal, flaking down to the bare steel.
Well according to my friend's dad, when he bought this gun in the 50's, it had a terrible black finish, one he referred to as parkerizing, but peeling. Some time during the seventies he had it ........Hardchromed.........yes, I heard you all just groan, but actually,
I feel it really saved the metal from further damage. It's safeties, trigger and mainspring housing were deep blued and hi polished, and whoever did the work took the time to really preserve the rollmarks and Ordinance proofs.
Value wise, I know that as a collector, it's value is slammed due to the hardchrome, but as a shooter, I feel that with a replacement trigger and trigger job, a new front sight [pinned], I'll have a solid 1911 that'll shoot forever.
Yes, I've changes every spring in the gun so far to a set of Wilson Combat springs, and she feels tighter already!
So please enjoy the pics of the resurected warhorse, and pleas, add some comments.
I also must add that she wears a set of Hakan Pek desert Ironwood grips right now, till I deceide what fits her best.
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/11919985/173827284.jpg
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/11919985/173827278.jpg
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/11919985/173827269.jpg
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/11919985/173827215.jpg
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/11919985/173827290.jpg
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/682422/11919985/173827256.jpg
Thanks for lookin'
Chris~

http://www.michaelyohn.com/guns/trio.jpg
http://www.michaelyohn.com/guns/sixgun.jpg
http://www.michaelyohn.com/guns/family.jpg
http://www.michaelyohn.com/guns/cowboy.jpg

My pistols, top & clockwise.....S & W 686PP 357, S & W 22A, Bersa Thunder 380 duo tone, S & W MP40 & S & W Sigma SW9VE

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l52/TxPhantom_2006/JimsPistols8-19-06006.jpg

My wifes pistols top two ....S & W 642 38spec, & Baby Desert Eagle 9mm & bottom two ....Taurus PT22, Walther PPK/S 380.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l52/TxPhantom_2006/JuanitasPistols8-20-06.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k175/mikeyd33_2006/ME001.jpg



From the top.

S&W Model 500
Kimber Custom II
Kimber Raptor
Glock Model 21
Charter Arms Bulldog
Bersa Thunder 380

My Barbeque gun...hot off the grill...

Model 19-3 2.5" nickel with custom elk stag grips by Patrick Grashorn of Grashorn's Gunworks.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/M19-3BBQGunadjshopped750.jpg

Gun show find from last week in Greensboro, NC

Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman .357 Magnum (1979)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Model28-2boxadjshopped750.jpg

Another find from the Greensboro show.

This one's for oldfella...he likes the floating guns... :)

Model 15-3 Combat Masterpiece 2" barrel (1975)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Model15-3adjshopped750.jpg

txphantom, have you had any problems with your 22a i have a 22s that ftf very often? mason

S&W Model 25-5 6" barrel in .45 Colt
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Model25-5s750.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/imashooter2/pictures/kimber3-760.jpg

Grampa's old Bullseye gun. A 1917 vintage commercial Colt.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/imashooter2/pictures/1911-R.jpg

Since you brought up vintage Colts...

Colt Model M 1903 Pocket Pistol in .32 ACP
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Colt1903ModelM640x480.jpg

S&W Model 13-3, .357, 3" barrel, FBI Issue

Revolvers

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/dennylattis/Ruger1.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/dennylattis/SW11.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/dennylattis/CARBINE.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/dennylattis/CaspianCCW-1.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o317/brushedchrome/510GNR003.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o317/brushedchrome/NewBlackhawk005.jpg

Thanks for the nice pictures Catman.. and the others, too.
Always looking for beautiful backgrounds.
Here one of my current favorites.
It's a Korth Combat .357 Magnum Revolver.
(www.thehandgun.net)

We should put those on a website?!

Kimber Pro Carry II.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e11/gunfighter48/KimberProCarryII.jpg

Here's my some of my single actions. Uberti 1862 Pocket Police .36, Ruger NMSuper Single Six and Freedom Arms Mini
http://www.hunt101.com/img/414506.JPG
My CZs 50, 83 and a 75
http://www.hunt101.com/img/391649.JPG
My Smith Model 58 .41 mag
http://www.hunt101.com/img/388846.JPG

CD

My Uberti 1851 Navy .36 caliber.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r110/jdfnp27/IMG_1224copy.jpg



My Ruger New Vaquero .45 Colt

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r110/jdfnp27/IMG_1227copy.jpg

This is my latest back country gun, a Smith & Wesson 686 Plus seven-shot with a 3" barrel.
We took it with us into New Mexico's White Mountain Wilderness last week.
While the speedloaders carry Remington Golden Sabers the Smith is stoked with Federal 180 gr. Cast Core.

This is my latest back country gun, a Smith & Wesson 686 Plus seven-shot with a 3" barrel.
We took it with us into New Mexico's White Mountain Wilderness last week.
While the speedloaders carry Remington Golden Sabers the Smith is stoked with Federal 180 gr. Cast Core.

I got a similar setup for the back country but with a Ruger GP 100 3 inch 6 shot, got mine stoked with some Buffalo Boar this stuff is approaching 800 ft lb's, now that's what I'm talkin about!

Tom j

http://www.buffalobore.com/ammunition/default.htm#357

Heh...I'd have gotten some of Buffalo Bore's hot stuff before going but I didn't know if I'd have the gun in time. If it didn't come through I'd have taken my old-style Vaquero for which I do have some Buffalo Bore loads in .45LC.

Glad you reminded me, though. I'll have to place an order over the weekend.

Heh...I'd have gotten some of Buffalo Bore's hot stuff before going but I didn't know if I'd have the gun in time. If it didn't come through I'd have taken my old-style Vaquero for which I do have some Buffalo Bore loads in .45LC.

Glad you reminded me, though. I'll have to place an order over the weekend.


Glad I could help, I just love their stuff, what to pick up some really hot stuff for my Marlin 1895 45/70 they call it a magnum load! Say how do you upload pictures what to post my Ruger.

Tom j

http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=43497155fr9.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=43497155fr9.jpg


Really nice what model is it and who makes it?

Tom j

Really nice what model is it and who makes it?

Tom j


that would be the 460 xvr from s&w performance center with a 12" barrel that was taken from the s&w web site because i cant take pictures if my life depended on it : ) but mine pretty much looks like that one i have a bit different scope but same color

Here's another (http://shootersforum.com/showthread.htm?t=38154)

My Blackhawk .45

The nader warning is turned off, the cylinder forcing cone is recut and the cylinder is .452. it has a trigger job and is 50% engraved. With the machine work it shoots like a dream, one hole at 25 yards. It is a handfull for hot loads but seems to love them. I like Unique and a cast 240 grain bullet.

This one had the Nader warning turned off, the trigger stoned, springs changed, cylinder cut to .452 and the forcing cone cut so that lead bullets could be used....it loves Unique and a 240 grain hard cast bullet. One hole groups at 25 meters....it is 50 % engraved then reblued....the work done by Harris Outfitters in Rolla Missouri

This pistol is a combination Gold Cup Match, and has the complete short officers slide asembly and barrel, with matching serial numbers, to convert it into a fixed sight short bbl. defence wepon. one of 250 made by Colt.
Chubbo
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/8986DCP_0933Colt_Officers_Match.jpg

Here is my S&W Mod. 27 with 3 1/2" bbl.
Chubbo
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/DSC00661.jpg

How about a Smith 325pd, 4" barrel. 45acp. She came stock with the Arhends grips she wears, along with a set of Hogue rubbers. Fiber optic front sight that screams here I am!
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1600/682422/1127617/318230817.jpg

Everyone is afraid of the recoil of these wheelguns, but honestly, this gun is easily controllable. so far, i've shot up to a 265 grain Keith bullet with no issues. keeping all weights to a limit of 850-900fps. The Scandium and titanium make it light as a feather.

Got to admit I'd be afraid to fire the same gun in 44 mag. Hoping Smith makes one in 45 colt.

Here are a couple of my Model 29s. A nickel 6.5-inch -III, and a 3-inch Lew Horton.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03013.jpg

My custom, Jack Huntington built Ruger SRH in .475 Linebaugh wearing an Ultradot 30 red dot.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC02935.jpg

speaking of model 29's................

here's a 629 "ranger"

She's a 4" heavy barrelled, smooth cylindered, limited model.

she's one gun of three.

She came with the green combat grips pictured here, and a set of Rubber hugues.

Sent for the factory letter, says they were special ordered for a sporting goods company's exec's out in colorado. Sure would pay anything to find the other two!!!!

I'd post, but I got two problems:

1. Can't decide which is my favorite, mighty fond of all of 'em.

2. My photography would be plumb embarassin' compared to some of the stuff I see here!

Chris, I'm not seeing your pictures for some reason. Are they attachments or embedded in the message?

Here's one of my 475's by Huntington


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d62/jwp475/475HuntingtonHorseBack003.jpg

Ruger P95 (9mm) very reliable. Bedside pal.
Springfield 1911 Micro Compact (.45), my carry buddy.
Missing a wheel gun, hunting for a 44 mag now to add to the family.

speaking of model 29's................

here's a 629 "ranger"

She's a 4" heavy barrelled, smooth cylindered, limited model.

she's one gun of three.

She came with the green combat grips pictured here, and a set of Rubber hugues.

Sent for the factory letter, says they were special ordered for a sporting goods company's exec's out in colorado. Sure would pay anything to find the other two!!!!

Sorry guys, never added the pic:o

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1600/682422/1127617/318673720.jpg

That is one cool revolver, Chris!

That is one cool revolver, Chris!

It's unfired too!

the guy that owned it before me never shot it, but dry fired it on snap caps enough to make a cylinder line...:(

Here is my S&W 629 Magna Classic. The grips shown are the ones that I like the looks of, but the larger full round butt finger groove grips or the Goodyears that came with it are better with hevy loads. There are eight removable front sight combinations that came with this revolver.
Chubbo

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/8986DSC00596.JPG

My Colt Cold Cup Commander. It has Mammoth Ivory grips.
Chubbo
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/8986DSC00592.JPG

Those are some PRETTY grips on that Gold Cup Commander!

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq195/biggun1895gs/100_1193.jpg

Biggun -- that is really very nice!!

Don't shoot long range, and don't have anything bigger than deer to hunt...so these three could easily do it all for me.

.22/357/41mag
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/ribbonstone/IMG_4003.jpg


Yes...are well used, even beat up a bit in some cases....but that's becasue they ARE used (for many years in the M57's case) and i expect them to have evidence of the good times.

Wife got me the .22 less than a year ago....the .357 was in a shoe box with a ruined ejector rod and extractor star (owner had dropped it...hard and far) and got repaired, while the M57 is a Katrina survivor (Nickle plate and a thick coat of RIG saved it).

Biggun -- that is really very nice!!

550 rds through her, so she's purring right now. Will drill a hole at 25 yards from a free rest. Only a month old. I need to start reloading!

629 and my 637
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/JB59901/44%20Magnum/000_0001-1.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z132/HonkerHunter_photos/4543.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z132/HonkerHunter_photos/002-1.jpg


The top gun is a Ruger Super Redhawk in 454 Casull and the bottom gun is a Ruger Super Blackhawk in 44 magnum....

A

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/P97/P90DC.jpg

Hi,
http://www.biblesnack.org/myrugerlcp.jpg Ruger LCP with Crimison Trace Laser
http://www.biblesnack.org/lookatyou.jpg
http://www.biblesnack.org/waltherpps_laser.jpg Walter PPS 9mm
http://www.biblesnack.org/browningbuckmark.jpg Browning Buckmark 9" Bull Barrel and Scope

this isnt my exact gun, but its a link to the gun i purchased for my father last christmas...its a nice sidearm and he really loved the gesture.

http://www.davesguns.com/serverpics/UsedPage/EMF-A-Uberti-New-Dakota.jpg

Only pic I have at the moment...

From L-R:
FN Herstal 5.7
STI VIP 1911 .357SIG (Sold this one, most overpriced POS I ever owned)
Kimber 1911 TLE/RLII .45ACP

And my trusty Mossberg 500 Tactical 12GA Pump

Not pictured: S&W M&P .40S&W Compact

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/CWGW1/Lexi/P1010088.jpg

Here are mine! Circa 1920,.38 Special, model 1905, M&P http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/HPIM0808.jpg Model 1934 Beretta .380acp http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/HPIM0837.jpg K-22 Masterpiece, pre-17, 5 screw, circa 1953 http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/misc047.jpg Pre-37, circa 1954, .38 special, Airweight http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/HPIM0811.jpg K-38 Masterpiece, circa 1957, 4 screw http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/misc037.jpg model 36, circa 1961, 38 special http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/HPIM0947.jpg Model 25 -2, circa 1970, 45acp http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/HPIM0847.jpg model 43, Airweight, .22, circa 1974 http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/win712/HPIM0950.jpg