once again a thread takes the road less traveled :rotf:

maybe we need a sawed-off forum :rolleyes:


Charlie - yes it would be nice to see them - but with our state's current attitude towards firearms, i would not expect to see a NY government agency do anything like that again.

Most gun forums I've seen have a NFA Title II section. Maybe we need one of those. That's where all the sort barrel shotguns fall under. SBS weapons must be fired from the shoulder though. The short barrel without the stock like that Ithaca counts as a NFA "any other weapon" It's a smooth bore pistol. If you have a SBR you can cut the stock off of it and all you have is a big pistol, but if you do that to a SBS, you need another $200 tax stamp to make a shotgun pistol. I think the .410 revolvers are exempt because the bore diameter is less than 1/2 inch and are rifled.
http://i.imgur.com/IW8simF.gif

i was kidding - we are doing fine with Parkers and the longer the barrels the better

Amen!:cool:

I know, can you imagine someone cutting down a Parker to 18.5" and making a Joe Biden style Home Defense shotgun?:nono:

In 1978 my apartment was burglarized and I lost eleven guns. A mint Maynard Civil War carbine, an 1873 trapdoor carbine, a beautiful Smith carbine...both nearly new, a fantastic Spencer carbine, an 1876 Winchester in 45/60, my grandfather's old Remington model 11, a BSA double and an Auto - 5...that is all I can recall now.

They caught the guy two days later on his way to LA (I was living close to SFO.) The cops put an add in the paper saying that if anyone had lost some items in the resent rash of burglaries that they were to go to the police department and collect their stuff.

So I went over there. I asked about my guns. "What guns?" Was their reply.:cuss:

One of the problems with being a resident of Calif. Chicago, New York and a few other areas around the country.

This thread got me wondering, did they ever make that Savage in a Magnum? I've always thought that none of the A-5 clones were anything but 2 3/4.

Destry

I got to take pictures eventually
 

Well a few snowstorms and college exams have sucked up most of my free time but I had a productive long weekend. I have updated photos of the Trojan, and I got to put 100 rounds through the winchester 22, it's a sweet shooter.

pay no attention to my bathroom decor, brightest lights in the house
http://i.imgur.com/inGdp63l.jpg

There is a small crack in the stock
http://i.imgur.com/tIY178ll.jpg
bot bad though

Found some color on the water table
http://i.imgur.com/HIfJaf1l.jpg

i see shiny
http://i.imgur.com/2WG3ZuAl.jpg

under the fore end
http://i.imgur.com/M9QJ4Ghl.jpg

I found some case color hiding from the years
http://i.imgur.com/39QZg4Il.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HrgaESkl.jpg

checkering is almost gone
http://i.imgur.com/y1W31wYl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ZcwHHETl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/me79wRul.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tlvTZADl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aQ2dpLKl.jpg

The left barrel choke is 0.705" or tighter, the right is looser Maybe Imp mod and full?
http://i.imgur.com/obZQFKvl.jpg

Both barrels look great inside
http://i.imgur.com/fPi2ZNbl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IPhmYuRl.jpg

winchester 61
 

For those who care: the Winchester 61
http://i.imgur.com/Kttwz0Il.jpg?1
Rusty glory
http://i.imgur.com/jbSgRNjl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XRA1yxNl.jpg
after oil and 0000 steel wool
http://i.imgur.com/f2aNss2l.jpg

looks clean on the inside
http://i.imgur.com/jdpiMC5l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Zdzx95tl.jpg?1

I put 100 rounds in a fist sized circle at 50 feet.
probably hadn't been shot in fifty years