Traditional Knife and Gun Picture Thread

Onebigbill · Oct 12, 2019

Duckdog said:
The seasons are upon us.

- Stuart

Nice Browning auto. I like the Queen Drake Well barlow too!

redsparrow · Oct 12, 2019

Duckdog said:
I'm taking this Savage 99E (1964) to friend's farm today to try out some new .308 Win. ammo. Along for the ride are a Crown Cutlery Coke bottle hunter (1916-1919) and a Michael Tison small folder (1979). Although the Savage's scars were honorably earned, I may need to try my hand at refinishing the furniture - or just spend that $$ on ammo.

- Stuart

You have some desirable firearms Stuart, thanks for showin' 'em. If I may... enjoy your 99 as is, those marks are memories. The temptation to restore is strong, resist if you can, let another generation decide on the refinish and definitely buy more ammo.

Horsewright · Oct 12, 2019

Duckdog said:
I'm taking this Savage 99E (1964) to friend's farm today to try out some new .308 Win. ammo. Along for the ride are a Crown Cutlery Coke bottle hunter (1916-1919) and a Michael Tison small folder (1979). Although the Savage's scars were honorably earned, I may need to try my hand at refinishing the furniture - or just spend that $$ on ammo.

- Stuart

One of my bucket list rifles for sure. Was at a gun show down in Bakersfield back in the spring. I located a pretty nice 99 in .243 and was really close to buying it BUT there was that Browning Mod 95 in .30-06 over there calling me. Its siren song was strong and I kept going back to look at it. Then I'd go back and look at the 99. Walked back over to the Mod 95 and the guy says make me an offer. I came in with a stupid low ball offer and he said that'll work. We were walking over to the table to do the paperwork and he says, you run cattle up in Tehachapi? I says yep. You make knives? I says yep. He was from Glenville a very small mountain ranching town in our county. He'd seen quite a few of my knives and his wife is the teacher at the local school. Several of her students wear em to school and would show them to her, kinda like the ole days everywhere else too. Anyhoo, last two gunshows that Savage 99 has still been there but I didn't have the cash. Maybe mid Nov it'll be mine. Specially if we have a good show next week!

Onebigbill · Oct 12, 2019

Duckdog said:
Franchi Instinct SL 20 gauge.

- Stuart

I used to have a Franchi International Trap over & under (12 Ga). Franchi makes very nice guns. Your knife is very interesting and beautiful.

Onebigbill · Oct 12, 2019

Not a great photo but a very interesting gun/history.

Ripcord 82 · Oct 13, 2019

S&W 629 Classic,44 mag. and a Boker Tree Brand Copperhead.

black mamba · Oct 13, 2019

Rip, my primary deer hunting handgun is almost the same as yours, and the most accurate revolver I've ever fired.

And my custom skinner from BluntCut (Luong La) in high hardness CTS-XHP stainless and Asian satinwood burl is a staple in deer camp.

Ripcord 82 · Oct 13, 2019

black mamba said:
Rip, my primary deer hunting handgun is almost the same as yours, and the most accurate revolver I've ever fired.

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And my custom skinner from BluntCut (Luong La) in high hardness CTS-XHP stainless and Asian satinwood burl is a staple in deer camp.

They are accurate. I used to get 1-1/2" groups at 50 yards and 4 to 6 inch groups at 100 yards off the bags. Like I say," used to". I shake to darn much now days.I am really liking your skinner.That's a very nice knife.

black mamba · Oct 13, 2019

Thanks, Rip! I once fired a 2¾" 5-shot group at 75 yards with my handloaded 270 gr Speer Deep Curl over Accurate 4100 powder. MV was right around 1275 fps. As usual, the first four were in about an inch and a half, and then I pulled the last one.

Duckdog · Oct 14, 2019

Will Power said:
Really beautiful gun and in an interesting bore/gauge
Lot of interesting guns in your arsenal

Regards, Will

Onebigbill said:
I used to have a Franchi International Trap over & under (12 Ga). Franchi makes very nice guns. Your knife is very interesting and beautiful.

Thanks, Will and Bill. I bought the 20 gauge Franchi to lighten my load while pheasant hunting, but it's become a rabbit gatherer, along with a 20 gauge Beretta AL-2 (1973-1975). Both are fun and better than I am.

Onebigbill said:
Nice Browning auto. I like the Queen Drake Well barlow too!

Thanks, Bill. That's a Miroku made Browning 12 Magnum from 1987. It's a thumper, but I like taking it and a Remington 1100 12 gauge from 1979 to dove hunts to get my buddies talking about guns they've had. And thanks for the Queen nod.

JOELSM said:
The scars are beauty marks. Spend $ on the ammo, keep her fed.

redsparrow said:
You have some desirable firearms Stuart, thanks for showin' 'em. If I may... enjoy your 99 as is, those marks are memories. The temptation to restore is strong, resist if you can, let another generation decide on the refinish and definitely buy more ammo.

Horsewright said:
One of my bucket list rifles for sure. Was at a gun show down in Bakersfield back in the spring. I located a pretty nice 99 in .243 and was really close to buying it BUT there was that Browning Mod 95 in .30-06 over there calling me. Its siren song was strong and I kept going back to look at it. Then I'd go back and look at the 99. Walked back over to the Mod 95 and the guy says make me an offer. I came in with a stupid low ball offer and he said that'll work. We were walking over to the table to do the paperwork and he says, you run cattle up in Tehachapi? I says yep. You make knives? I says yep. He was from Glenville a very small mountain ranching town in our county. He'd seen quite a few of my knives and his wife is the teacher at the local school. Several of her students wear em to school and would show them to her, kinda like the ole days everywhere else too. Anyhoo, last two gunshows that Savage 99 has still been there but I didn't have the cash. Maybe mid Nov it'll be mine. Specially if we have a good show next week!

Thanks, guys, and I'm content with leaving it "as is". It was owned by a fellow from out West (Wyoming, I think) who hunted elk with it on horseback hunts. It came as he hunted it: iron sights in a rugged leather saddle scabbard. I'm not changing a thing (though my last few sessions with iron sights give me pause). And I don't have a horse (sorry,Dave

Horsewright ).

- Stuart

Ripcord 82 · Oct 14, 2019

Guess you could call this knife a Traditional also. My Dad carried it in WWII and he passed it on to me and I carried it on my first tour of duty in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. The rifle you see in the picture is my sniper rifle I used during my second tour of duty with the 82nd Airborne Division, a scoped out M-14. I qualified at 1000 meters with it during Sniper school at Fort Bragg between tours.The picture on the front of my helmet was just for the picture and is a picture of Jesus by the rock. It would have made to easy a target if left on the helmet.

Beard&Owl · Oct 14, 2019

Really been enjoying my GP100 lately. Probably my favorite handgun I've owned.

garryt · Oct 15, 2019

Ripcord 82 said:
Series 70 Colt 1911 with Case Barlow

One of my favourite handguns ever. Shame I live in the UK nanny state..........

Ripcord 82 · Oct 15, 2019

garryt said:
One of my favourite handguns ever. Shame I live in the UK nanny state..........

It's my favorite too. I have many handguns but the 1911 is the one I cut my teeth on,so to speak, and it has remained my favorite in all my years, especially the series 70. And though you can't see it, there is a 1911 in the picture of me in post 931. The barlow is one of my favorite patterns also.I can remember carrying one of them even when I was a kid.

Michael Sankewitsch · Oct 29, 2019

This is what's with me lately.

Ripcord 82 · Oct 31, 2019

Glock 21 and GEC # 81 Dixie Stockman

willard0341 · Oct 31, 2019

Colt frontier six shooter
44-40 that was produced in 1893.

. Bottom one is mine and was the first run after ww2 (1956) 45c. Pre war colts are too much money and too many variables for fakes. I bought the one piece walnut grips and dad fitted them to my firearm.

Ripcord 82 · Nov 1, 2019

willard0341 said:
View attachment 1223494 Colt frontier six shooter
44-40 that was produced in 1893.View attachment 1223467. Bottom one is mine and was the first run after ww2 (1956) 45lc. Pre war colts are too much money and too many variables for fakes. I bought the one piece walnut grips and dad fitted them to my firearm.

What an honor!

315 · Nov 1, 2019

Not as old as

willard0341 contributed, but I picked up this Ruger Wrangler today. I have a Single Six from 1969 and another from the early 80’s, but the color on this one just sorta spoke to me so I thought why not. Cabelas points on my credit card left me to come up with $86 to walk out the door.

willard0341 · Nov 1, 2019

Ripcord 82 said:
What an honor!

315 said:
Not as old as willard0341 contributed, but I picked up this Ruger Wrangler today. I have a Single Six from 1969 and another from the early 80’s, but the color on this one just sorta spoke to me so I thought why not. Cabelas points on my credit card left me to come up with $86 to walk out the door.

very nice! I like that color out of the 3 (?). I hope you have a quantity of cci quiets for a pleasant plinking experience. 85$ is a steal, thanks for posting it. I’ve looked at the new bearcats just can’t seem to part with the coin. Have a good weekend. Ode