What's the most obscure handgun you've ever carried?

[Mr.510]

Baby Browning with a spare mag... in a Camel hardpack rolled up in my T-shirt sleeve! This was my "concert rig" for a decade. Lots of pat-down searches at club doors but nobody ever checked my "smokes". I even wore it to a Nirvana show in 1990. Also Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Mother Love Bone shows as well as a hundred other bands that never went anywhere. That was a great time to be in Seattle....

 

[JMusic]

Rossie revolver

Jim

 

[cuzzinjack]

A Liberty Plinker .22 which was the only gun I had ,at the time, small enough to conceal on an unarmed security job. My brother dropped it on a sidewalk and THE CYLINDER BROKE IN HALF. Well made piece! CJ

 

[cdsdss]

ASP 9mm

The tough part was finding a holster that fit well.

 

[Charles S]

Wow.... That is an incredible piece. I would give my left... Lol body part to own that pistol.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

They don't make them like that anymore (sigh)..............

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Well, the gun wasn't so obscure, but the method of carry was unusual. While vacationing in a certain place, I carried a Walther PPK in a sports-type plastic water bottle shrouded in a zippered nylon cover. It was totally inconspicuous, and quite fast to access by tugging the zipper, and snatching the gun from an opening cut into the side of the bottle. If I'd have wanted to go one further, I'd have added a matching tennis racket bag with a folding stock AK in it.................

 

[Lucky Derby]

2" Colt SAA Sheriff's model in .45 Colt. Gun was from a limited edition collection of Sheriff's models of various barrel lengths. Set was made in the late 80' or early 90's. I only had the one though. Gun was traded away long ago, unfortunately.

 

[hemiram]

FTL Auto-Nine. Bought as one of my first attempts at finding a decent little BUG.

Horrible little .22 auto. Extractor flew off on third shot, and again on first shot after it was replaced. First time was my fault, I put stingers in it, not reading the manual stating "standard velocity" .22LR were required. I was using the exact ammo specified when it happened again.

I sold it, and bought a Beretta 950 .25, and I still have it. I had a bunch of PPK clones, and even a real PPK and gave up on them. Some were commonly found ones, like the Erma one I had, others I haven't seen much since. All the little .22's were unacceptable, IMO, reliability wise. The .25's and .32's were all pretty good though.

 

[joe_security]

cdssdss, Thats super cool ! Where did you find that rare bird ? Be careful with that thing , it has to be worth a good chunk of change.

 

[herohog]

9 m/m Astra 400 (9 m/m Largo that is) and my AMT AutoMag III in 9mm Winchester Magnum (9x29)!

 

[rmfnla]

Ortgies .32 auto.

I loved the grip safety!

 

[SaxonPig]

Don't know if I would call it "obscure" but I have packed this S&W "Registered Magnum" at times. Seems to shoot full power Magnum ammo good enough for SD use, no?

 

[HOWARD J]

Bauer .25 ACP with glaser safety slugs

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[Mudinyeri]

This one's definitely "obscure." I owned, and would frequently carry while hunting, a Ruger Hawkeye .256 Magnum single-shot.

Wish I still had it. I sold it to my uncle who sold it at a gun show IIRC.

 

[Oyeboten]

1880s Webley 'Bull Dog' in .450 Adams.

Carried that for a Month when I first got it and had tried it out a few times. Pretty good punch actually.


Colt 'Sporting Model' .38 Auto made in 1903. Carried that daily for about five years.

Pretty good Ballistics... slim, light, elegant, no geegaws sticking out...old factory ammo supposedly being 130 Grain, 1050 FPS.

Characteristically, a very accurate and comfortable Pistol.

 

[RevolvingGarbage]

Bauer .25 ACP with glaser safety slugs

.25acp and safety slugs???

The assailants best friend!

 

[cdsdss]

joe_security: It took a long time and a lot of work to find it. Plus a trip to Iraq to be able to pay for it

I know I should keep it a safe queen, but I just can't resist carrying it from time to time.

 

[FTSESQ]

I know that I'm late to the party, but... how's about a browning model 1910?

 

[garyhan]

Webley RIC .455. Patent 1867.

gary

 

[bannockburn]

Astra Model 600 9mm.

 

[Naphtali]

In the late 1960s I carried in my brief case two bizarre handguns - a Webley Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) 455 Webley with 2.25-inch barrel, alternately a Uberti-made?? 1858 Remington 44 revolver with barrel, loading rod assembly shortened to 2.5 inches.

The Webley was the largest bore factory snub nosed double-action revolver I could find. The Remington was a stunt, to see whether it could be done. I gotta tell ya, the Remington was neat-o to handle.

Both revolvers were disposed of when I obtained my second S&W Model 60. The first one was poorly assembled. I returned it to Smith for repair. The shipper lost it during transit back to me. Smith wanted to send me a check. Since I was [then] in the army, I insisted they send me a revolver, stainless steel being appropriate while non-stainless would have had severe corrosion problems. They did.

 

[gb6491]

Maadi Helwan 9mm

Regards,
Greg

 

[Bohemus]

Not really what you would call "handgun" but I carry my Vz.58 in condition one from time to time...
I bet its pretty obscure CCW

 

[cdsdss]

Only carried it once, but I couldn't resist seeing the Miami Vice movie strapped with my Bren Ten. Not the most concealable weapon to carry on a hot July day, but how often do you get to get your Sonny Crockett on?