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A few for smiles. Squirrel getters, trap line pistols - Post em’ up, boys.

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Colt Frontier Scout 9 1/2”
Ruger Single Six, flat gate
Ruger Bearcat

Shoulda known ol’ huntsman would have one for each day of the week, and two for Sunday

Not really that old but model 17 and model 18.

58 years old - not a safe queen. Lots of use and memories.

Hard to believe that 1969 is old but it's C&R so I guess the ATF agrees. Colt Officer Match

Mfd. 1957-1958

Appreciate a well cared for and well used firearm with history behind it.

Here's a couple of semi oldies. The old Single six has gone a million miles with me and finished off a few truckloads of trapped coyotes. Along the way there were lots of raccoons, skunks, rabbits, grouse and a few snakes. I found a Hunter holster in a bin of used holsters for a couple of dollars. I turned it inside out and resewed it. I was pretty short on funds back then. Still have the holster today and still wear it when I'm out with the Single Six.





This S&W is a 22/32 Kit Gun I picked up recently. Haven't found an appropriate correctly handed holster for it yet.

Question, why did you turn the holster inside out. I have one for my Single-Six, so am I missing out on an improvement?

My guess is he is left handed. Great sixguns Mart!

I had to make it correctly handed. I feel sorry for right handed people. They never know the joy we experience daily, overcoming obstacles and functioning, most times flawlessly, in a right handed world. Drop a right hander in an entirely left handed world and they would be terribly lost.

Thanks MOGC. That SS and I go way back.

got another one....

Huntsman, I never get tired of seeing those Colts.

That is a beauty for sure. I notice you put a trigger shoe on most of your colts, is it to help with the heavy pull?

My targetsman’s trigger is heavier than I like but don’t want to do anything to it. Mostly because I really don’t know about them and don’t want to experiment on it.

nah, it's because I just like them. Have a bunch of them and every time I get a new gun, I go thru them and see if I have one to fit. To me, they make the pull more consistent.

A nice one! I never run across a Woodsman around here. As far as that goes, Colt's in general (other than 1911's) are scarce in this neck of the woods.

Here's one I recently picked up. Stevens Model 10, tip-up single shot target pistol. Made 1919-1933. Latch visible on left side, manual cocking striker knob visible sticking out the back. Black hard rubber grips. Kind of an odd duck, but nicely balanced.

This shop (Firing Line Aurora,CO) still has (on consignment) 3 4" 3rd series Match Targets, 1 6 incher, 1 second series Sport, 4 3rd series Sports, 1 first series Target. I bought 4, and the owner cherry-picked the lot, before putting them out for me to rummage thru...... prices on the remaining, run from $599(Sports)to $1200 on the 6" MT....

Damn! I've always appreciated their history and looks, I have no experience with them. It's Ruger, Browning and S&W around here. I do have a bud that likes the High Standard guns.

Have you had a chance to shoot that on paper yet Gary? It was fun ringing steel with it (slowly!) at Joe's.

Not too old but ran across this in a pawn shop, 1987 in the box with browning basketweave holster that still had the sticker on it. 225 otd.

first blood for the 2nd MT.....

I want a collection of the High Standard Model C, in .22 Short. I wish autos today were were offered in .22 Short. Really like that round, always have.

Well done, as always!

and a pair for the 3rd MT this morning.....

Only one I have anymore, early Ruger Single Six engraved flat gate. I received this revolver on Christmas morning back in 1970. Man, the plinking and hunting I did with this thing! On Saturday morning, when I'd get my allowance, I'd get on my bike and ride down to the hardware store and buy as much 22LR ammo that I had money for, burn it up in a heartbeat, and then have to wait until allowance day the following Saturday! Lol! I've had all kinds of 22LR pistols since then, Colt's, Remington's, H&R's, Browning's and more, but this is the only one I still have.

The old flat gate is a good one. My son bought one (way too cheap) from a bud, gave it to me. The factory grip was broken, so I made ebony grips for it. I like the way you engraved your grip frame.

A number of years ago, I picked up a pre-war Colt Officers Match which is a very slick, very accurate .22. Wearing Python grips, also shown with OEM grips

And, the old S&W Kit gun I bought back ihe '70's, used, from a bud. I added the larger S&W grips, still have the originals.

Good guns, all.

DF

Thanks, but I didn't engrave it. My dad found this used way back then and wrapped it up for me for Christmas morning.

I can visualize a wide eyed, grinning youngster...

DF

Wow! Very nice story. And like the strap engraving.

Another Stevens No 10, but this one is an early gun that got sent back to the factory sometime after 1931 when Hi-Speed 22 ammunition became available, it got a warning stamped on the barrel. I think the lock was the weak point, it's quite a heavy built gun otherwise.


added warning stamp



Hear is a real old time design, a Remington Model 1891 Target in 22 Long (not long rifle, that was just getting developed back then).


A couple Deringers form the 1870's, one 32 Long rimfire and one 22 Short -


Not the most user friendly way to extract cases -


Just to clarify, as stated above, these are Deringers, not Derringers.....