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Title: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 24, 2017, 08:22:55 AM: Is it like this ?
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: billt on June 24, 2017, 08:43:04 AM: I think back in the 50's and 60's, Browning offered some of their automatic pistols in a, "Renaissance Gold" theme that looked like that. They're worth big bucks today.

https://www.google.com/search?q=browning+hi+power+renaissance+gold&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqt4SNztbUAhUH1GMKHVhRCvAQsAQIKQ&biw=1600&bih=562
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: alfsauve on June 24, 2017, 09:17:34 AM: Brings to light the word, pimp.
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: Timothy on June 24, 2017, 09:32:27 AM: The Broomhandle C96 makes me laugh!

I watched Joe Kidd the other day and Clint's Mauser had like a 50 round magazine or something!

LOL!
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 24, 2017, 12:23:24 PM: I vaguely remember some Western where the bad guy had a C96 with a stock and long barrel.
The 20 round detachable boxes on Mauser's didn't come out till the 20's or 30's when they brought out the full auto, "Schnellfeur" (sp ?) to compete with the Astra 902 in the Chinese market.
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: Big Frank on June 24, 2017, 12:45:06 PM: I don't think I ever watched one of this guy's videos all the way through before but I found this fascinating. I've seen pictures of guns with gold applied in various patterns but the only thing I knew about was the wire work.
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 24, 2017, 01:49:47 PM: Quote from: jumbofrank on June 24, 2017, 12:45:06 PM
I don't think I ever watched one of this guy's videos all the way through before but I found this fascinating. I've seen pictures of guns with gold applied in various patterns but the only thing I knew about was the wire work.

I'm working my way through all 1000 of the Forgotten Weapons video's.
In Range, not so much.
CandRsenal is also awesome.
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: Timothy on June 24, 2017, 06:29:28 PM: Quote from: tombogan03884 on June 24, 2017, 12:23:24 PM
I vaguely remember some Western where the bad guy had a C96 with a stock and long barrel.
The 20 round detachable boxes on Mauser's didn't come out till the 20's or 30's when they brought out the full auto, "Schnellfeur" (sp ?) to compete with the Astra 902 in the Chinese market.

Clint had the bad guys Mauser after he kilt em in the bell tower! One scene, the bad guy loads a ten round stripper clip... later Clint takes the ten rounds and fired forty or fifty round without a reload!

Amazeballs! LOL

Magic self loading Broomhandle!
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: billt on June 24, 2017, 07:21:25 PM: Quote from: Timothy on June 24, 2017, 06:29:28 PM
Clint had the bad guys Mauser after he kilt em in the bell tower!

Don't forget the one who's skull he smashed in with the swinging pot. After ol' Lamar fell through the trap door!
Title: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: Timothy on June 24, 2017, 07:31:58 PM: Quote from: billt on June 24, 2017, 07:21:25 PM
Don't forget the one who's skull he smashed in with the swinging pot. After ol' Lamar fell through the trap door!

Yup!

Ol' Lamar, aka Don Stroud..
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 25, 2017, 05:56:00 AM: Here's what he should wave used.
Title: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: Timothy on June 25, 2017, 08:39:32 AM: I handled a C96 pistol a few years back. Cool...

I read that the rear sight was adjustable to 1000 meters. I expect that probably wasn't a practical range!
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 26, 2017, 05:51:44 AM: W.M.D. (Karamojo)Bell, the elephant hunter always carried a C96, but he use it on natives and presumably small game. He prefered 6.5, 7, and 8 mm for elephant.
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: les snyder on June 26, 2017, 07:35:15 AM: re: golden guns... years ago a friend had his STI vapor deposited with titanium nitride (TiN) which produced a golden finish.. at the Area 6 match in Ga that year when the Georgia Tech engineers in attendance heard it was TiN and not gaudy gold, they all wanted to see it
Title: Re: So, you do you're own gun work ?
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 26, 2017, 07:55:43 AM: ROFL, TiN is a heck of a tough coating.
We used it on a lot of the tooling at T/C.