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My love for the M1 rifle, AKs, and AR-15s are well known but I have a real weakness (sickness?) for Ortgies pocket pistols. I own several of these little handguns in various calibers and here is a photo of 6 of them which I found laying around.
"Nothing can ever be made 'idiot proof' because idiots are simply too clever"!
Mark T. Christian
I've got 2 S&W wheelguns, 3 Ithaca shotguns, 2 Winchester rifles, (one a 22 the other a Mod. 70 in .30-06), and 2 Garands. Those are the only 'makes' I have more than one of.
If and when I can come up with the money, I hope the Garands will outnumber all of them put together!
"The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised!"
-- Gen. George S. Patton
referring to the M1 Garand
Mark, there are two of those been sitting in the shop for a long time. They look the same , but one is twice the price of the other. Nazi markings or something like that make that so?
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
At one tine the Ortgies was the most popular pocket automatic pistol sold in Europe from post WWI until production ended in 1929. The original Ortgies caliber was .32 ACP but a .25 was soon added along with a larger.380, which was not too popular. These were always considered well made guns and had some very interesting features. Actually Rory the arrival of the new and highly advanced double action Walther PP series made the older "out dated" looks and SA firing mechanisim of the Ortgies obsolete over night and their production ended quickly as Ortgies sales dropped of to near zero. BDJ, there are a number of collector nitches in Ortgies pistols and some variations are rare and hard to locate such as the double safety model and the later guns with screws securing the stocks (grips). These pistols pre date the Nazis by several years and were not a standard issue pistols for German armed forces, although many were privately purchased and carried by German military personel as well as police during the war. I also enjoy collecting PPs and here are three of the several which I own (and I'm always looking for more).
"Nothing can ever be made 'idiot proof' because idiots are simply too clever"!
Mark T. Christian
Anything JCHiggins (particularly like the model 20 12ga. pump)
Springfield/Savage/Stevens single shot rimfires
Savage 99s
"If a candidate for president doesn't mind driving someone else's cars, living in someone else's houses, spending someone else's money, or being married to someone else's wife,,, maybe we should elect this candidate ,,,,, to be SOMEONE ELSE'S PRESIDENT!!"
Reichsrevolvers. Obsolete for over 100 years. I still shoot mine often Have about 7 or 8, both 1879 and 1883 models.
Partial to very early 1910 sidelatch Mausers pistols too.
There was a cowhand once who said that Shakespeare was the only poet who wrote like he'd been raised on red meat.
No man in his right mind will play with a gun. I've seen show-offs doing fancy spins and all that. No real gun-fighter ever did. With a hairtrigger, he'd be likely to blow a hole in his belly. L'Amour
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"Nothing can ever be made 'idiot proof' because idiots are simply too clever"!
Mark T. Christian
"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long..."
If and when I can come up with the money, I hope the Garands will outnumber all of them put together!
"The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised!"
-- Gen. George S. Patton
referring to the M1 Garand
"Nothing can ever be made 'idiot proof' because idiots are simply too clever"!
Mark T. Christian
Love them Beavers
"The only thing you do better than me is drive that Diamante, and that's just because I've never been in it!"--Little John
Springfield/Savage/Stevens single shot rimfires
Savage 99s
"If a candidate for president doesn't mind driving someone else's cars, living in someone else's houses, spending someone else's money, or being married to someone else's wife,,, maybe we should elect this candidate ,,,,, to be SOMEONE ELSE'S PRESIDENT!!"
Unknown Gatlin
I also like U.S. military firearms of the 20th century. I have 6 Garands, 5 M-1 Carbines, 1 BAR, and a Browning 1919A4 in 30-06.
Joe
"Never let school interfere with your education"
Partial to very early 1910 sidelatch Mausers pistols too.
There was a cowhand once who said that Shakespeare was the only poet who wrote like he'd been raised on red meat.
No man in his right mind will play with a gun. I've seen show-offs doing fancy spins and all that. No real gun-fighter ever did. With a hairtrigger, he'd be likely to blow a hole in his belly. L'Amour
Stolen from, and with thanks, to Kiwibird
"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long..."
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