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Thats right. Lets see the ones with the warts. The ones you hide in the back of the safe and won't take to the range because someone might see them. Rusty, gunked up, scratched to h-e-double hockeysticks or just plain FUGLY.

I'll start with a triple play:

Colt M1903 in .32
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H&R American Double Action in .32
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And pretty enough, but it is a fake!
Colt Civil War Centennial, a single shot .22 "replica" of a percussion revolver:
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Oh come ON! 124 views and only one other guy with an embarrassing gun!

OK, Martin08 gets a rep point for being MAN enough to show the warty one.

And, Martin08, if I've just made a horribly embarrassing mistake on your gender, I send you another rep point later!
 
This is the ugliest gun I own. I call it the "Caspian Auto Ordnance mutt gun".

The back end of the scope mount is broken off. (whoever had owned this before me must've dropped it on the ground or something at least once) I just took off the broken section and threw it away, and now I just hold on the Trashco ProPoint with one bracket. (believe it or not, it DOES hold zero... )

Whoever owned this thing before me had cut the frame down and then epoxied or crappily welded on a magwell, god only knows why they cut the frame down. Last summer the magwell just fell off the gun because of the pounding I've been giving it with the loads I have worked up for it.

The gun has a crappy bake on type finish on it that's worn off in a few places.

This gun rattles a bit too, but the fun part is, somehow, the Wilson BBL and Comp keep the bullets going straight. From a rest this POS still will basically allow a good shooter to put bullets through the same hole at 25 feet, so it's "accurate enough" for killing bowling pins. [laugh]

I like this gun but if it somehow or another blows up or dies in the middle of competition, I'm not going to complain too loudly, since I've gotten my money's worth out of the thing.

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greenemachine said:
[shocked] Wow... A j-22 that shoots 100%? I have one that I can't even put a mag through without jamming or stovepiping. Sometimes the little guy even goes full auto on me.... Kinda scary!
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Do a careful check of the bolt face. These Zamac (zinc alloy) slides can bulge if the pistol has been dry fired too often. Also check the bores of the firing pin and sear to make sure there aren't any burrs that are keeping the firing pin forward while cycling. If the face of the bolt is bulged or the firing pin cannot be caught by the sear, it can cause unwanted slamfiring.

Also, if you can be sure the bolt face is flat and the sear is properly catching the firing pin, use some more powerful CCI Mini Mags to help with the stovepiping problems.

Here's a link to some great information on the Jennings. http://www.bryco-jennings-jimenezarms.com/forum/
 
martin08 said:
Do a careful check of the bolt face. These Zamac (zinc alloy) slides can bulge if the pistol has been dry fired too often. Also check the bores of the firing pin and sear to make sure there aren't any burrs that are keeping the firing pin forward while cycling. If the face of the bolt is bulged or the firing pin cannot be caught by the sear, it can cause unwanted slamfiring.

Also, if you can be sure the bolt face is flat and the sear is properly catching the firing pin, use some more powerful CCI Mini Mags to help with the stovepiping problems.

Here's a link to some great information on the Jennings. http://www.bryco-jennings-jimenezarms.com/forum/
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Thanks!
 
Much more accurate (and safer!) to call it an unwanted slamfire. [smile]

I couldn't be held to the particulars - but I do seem to recall that I read about an unwanted slamfire case involving an SKS (?) being successfully prosecuted.
 
trophygrl said:
haha-- you know what that is! [laugh]

i am trying to find out how i can save it, if i even can
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It is supposed to be in the white, so very careful buffing would help clean it up. No bluing or plating!

Does it operate? I won't bother asking if you have ammo for it [laugh]

These folks make a reloading kit, but I'm not sure what is involved in importing it...

http://hlebooks.com/11mm73/prices.htm

Mine (does not qualify for this thread)

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greenemachine said:
how does a malfuntion classify as a NFA violation?
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It doesn't, well, it depends on how much tinfoil you have. [laugh]

All I know is that if I had a semiautomatic firearm that went "full auto" on me, I'd be getting a gunsmith to address it, ASAP. NFA crap aside, it's possible an unsafe condition exists which is allowing it to happen to begin with. Not sure how some of those SNS type guns are designed, but on a modern handgun usually several safeties have to be defeated/broken/inoperable in order for a pistol to start "machine gunning." so I'd generally take that as a warning sign that something really bad is going on in there.

-Mike
 
namedpipes said:
It is supposed to be in the white, so very careful buffing would help clean it up. No bluing or plating!

Does it operate? I won't bother asking if you have ammo for it [laugh]

These folks make a reloading kit, but I'm not sure what is involved in importing it...

http://hlebooks.com/11mm73/prices.htm
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the gate opens... and the cylinder spins... the hammer will come back ...beyond that she won't move.

i have been trying to find out how to bring it back to life
 
trophygrl said:
the gate opens... and the cylinder spins... the hammer will come back ...beyond that she won't move.

i have been trying to find out how to bring it back to life
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You probably won't find a youtube tutorial [laugh]

If you are adventurous, videotape yourself carefully disassembling it. I believe the only non metal parts will be the grips, so penetrating oil and time should help. The video will help you get it back together properly [smile]

I added a pic to my post above of the same pistol in pretty much original condition.
 
namedpipes said:
If you are adventurous, videotape yourself carefully disassembling it. I believe the only non metal parts will be the grips, so penetrating oil and time should help. The video will help you get it back together properly [smile].
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I have done that more than once with old .22s I have been bringing back to life. I've set the tripod up on the table. Point the video camera straight down at the work area and tape... Every so often, stop disassembling and just hold it steady. Let the camera record a nice still picture of things. It has been useful more than once.
 
martin08 said:
Got it right the first time, Namedpipes. But I'm a guy with more than one ugly gun.

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Shoots 100%. Sits in the ceiling tile above my desk. Butt Ugly.
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mine will go threw almost the whole box of mini mags before it starts to malfunction
 
drgrant said:
It doesn't, well, it depends on how much tinfoil you have. [laugh]

All I know is that if I had a semiautomatic firearm that went "full auto" on me, I'd be getting a gunsmith to address it, ASAP. NFA crap aside, it's possible an unsafe condition exists which is allowing it to happen to begin with. Not sure how some of those SNS type guns are designed, but on a modern handgun usually several safeties have to be defeated/broken/inoperable in order for a pistol to start "machine gunning." so I'd generally take that as a warning sign that something really bad is going on in there.

-Mike
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Yeah, I don't trust that pistol as far as I can throw it. I probabbly should just throw it! Needless to say, I don't shoot it at all. It scared me with that whole slamfire incident. Since then it just sits in it's box, and looks sad not to be shot.[sad]
 

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