Vintage handguns and those who still carry them

[Cowboyroy45]

I was curious, does anybody carry vintage/obsolete handguns? Things such as Mauser C96s, Lugers, GI 1911s, Browning Hi-Powers, etc. Reproductions accepted. I sometimes carry an Astra model 900 (Spanish Broomhandle), and very often carry a Cimarron "wild bunch" 1911 that sports vintage parts. I've even carried an Enfield No.2 before.

 

[CQB27]

I have been known to carry this old war horse around my property when I am knocking around the house on a day off......S&W 1917, shipped to the U.S. Army in 1918.

I don't tote it into town because I only CC when out and about in public.

 

[CQB27]

I recently picked up this S&W 38/44 Heavy Duty and plan to do the same with it. It's a transitional model, left the factory around 1956.

 

[Cowboyroy45]

That's a neat 38/44. That and a 1917 have been on my want list for a while. I like those grips. I used to have a pre-victory Canadian contract hand ejector in .38 S&W. That one rode around in my truck with me quite often. Only when I was puttering around in "safer" areas though. It wasn't a serious carry gun.

 

[Cowboyroy45]

It had been nickel plated at some point; but it was in great shape mechanically.

 

[CQB27]

It had been nickel plated at some point; but it was in great shape mechanically.

The elk stag grips are by Patrick Grashorn. Those vintage grips that have been jigged on the revolver of yours look really cool. I love old school individual custom touches like that.

 

[Bushwick100]

I picked up a deployment bag full of guns from my late-mother in Law. I kept a few and left the rest in Oklahoma, I did bring Back a old Rossi revolver probably made in the 1950's, a Older AK-47, and a few Other Guns, The Rest I'm Giving To My Brother-in-Law.

 

[Fish Fry]

Most of my carry guns are 3rd generation S&W or early J frames -


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[Cowboyroy45]

Aye. That one had numerous nicks and dings under the nickel plate. Including a very small dent in the side of the frame toward the front. I think it actually saw combat. Maybe it was hit by shrapnel. If only guns could talk.

 

[Cowboyroy45]

Older Smiths are surely hard to beat.