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I would say this H&R Sportsman 9-shot break top revolver made in 1940 is my favorite 2022 purchase.
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It looks like a handful. How do the ol fingers feel after a magazine through it?View attachment 1125079
Picked up a .380 Micro Desert Eagle with everything at the last show. Maybe one magazine shot through it.
I bought three. A Bula Arms M-14, new. Possibly better than any of the originals. A very nice K-frame Smith, in .38 Spl. Lots of good honest wear. Timing is perfect, lockup good, .005 cylinder gap and no play in the crane. All matching #s. A C&R from Simpson's Collector Guns. The third gun is a type 14 Nambu, made in 1935 and apparently never fired after leaving the factory. Gun is 99% with no detectable wear visible on the finish. The inside of the gun is slobbered with cosmoline, as is the matching magazine. This can be seen in the last pic.
These early Japanese pistols exhibited a fit and finish equal to any Luger I have ever seen. The polishing is exquisite, the finish is a deep, rich, rust blue and the small parts are strawed. The grips are mahogany.
Before anybody starts, these is no way in HELL that I will ever attempt to fire this pistol. If I want to shoot a Nambu, and I can ever find any ammo, I will buy a "shooter grade " gun and shoot that one. These guns aren't in the same class as Lugers, or SAA Colts, but they are very collectable and their values have gone up in recent years. I paid $1700 for this one and I feel that I stole it at that price. A 98% type 14, with a Holster and two non-matching mags sold recently for $2200. That gun had been fired. That lowered its value. Finding an 83 year old unissued and unfired military pistol isn't easy to do. The value is reflected in its pristine condition.
Love that Anschutz. What scope is that?With some difficulty I could limit my 2022 purchases to a little over a dozen. There are a couple of rifle and a couple of handgun purchases that are outstanding enough to make me happy that I could add them to my humble collection.
A SIG P210-1 in excellent condition is one of them
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A Korth 30 series was incorporated into my Ratzeburg Korth collection.
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I am very fond of Anschutz Stutzen, often enough erroneously called Mannlichers, this one is a 1533
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I have been intrigued with Weihrauch falling block rifles lately and this excellent HW52 with its scroll engraving is just ... lovely.
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So what were the highlights for you in 2022?
Love that Anschutz. What scope is that?