Thank you gents for the kind words. Yes the hammer rifles have really jumped in value in the past 5 or so years. I remember when all people wanted were the big hammer dangerous game stoppers (which I have no interest in) and if you like BPE or small/medium bore doubles the prices were not as bad...
"As a kid, I used to abide by the judgment of Brooks Brothers in New York. I think I'm away from that now."
-Fred Astaire
For those that are interested, here's an unofficial LASD page that has a Popular Science article on the Department's trianing from May 1940.Originally Posted by Kirk H.
http://www.badgehistory.com/badges_33_48.html
Regards,
Tecolote
Not my gun but I thought this might be appreciated on this site.
I tell you that a Thompson SMG is one awesome piece of hardware!
"As a kid, I used to abide by the judgment of Brooks Brothers in New York. I think I'm away from that now."
-Fred Astaire
I like gatlings better, though why I cannot tell.
Sarge
Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years!
Well, they'd go better with your pith helmet and whiskers.
All hat, no Packard.
Cool link. Intersting to see the Sgt. with the 4" K-frame with cut away trigger guard and bobbed hammer. Thanks for sharing.
Kirk H.
I figured it's about time I added a photo of my latest. While I was at a local gun shop I saw something that had a Carcano action but looked like no other Carcano I had ever seen. I went home and did a little research and went back the next day to buy the rifle. It turned out to be a Carcano Type "I", made for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1938-39. The IJN ordered these rifles because after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1937, virtually all Japanese rifle production was going to the Japanese Army.
The Type I has a standard Carcano receiver and bolt, but everything else follows the design of the Japanese Type 38 Arisaka. The butt stock looks like it is split, but that is the two-piece stock construction typical of Japanese rifles. The IJN specified the two-piece stock like the Arisakas. The Italian arsenals producing these rifles generally used beech for the stocks, though I've heard of some walnut examples having been found. This one has a beech stock. This rifle is chambered in 6.5x50mm (6.5 Japanese), and even came with the capture tag.
I've read conflicting reports as to the number produced, ranging from as low as 60,000 to approximately 130,000. In either case, that is a relative drop in the bucket compared to the number of Arisakas produced. Once delivered, these Type I rifles generally did not see much front line use, being relegated mostly to training and rear echelon use. It was also reported that many were destroyed in warehouse storage by an Allied bombing raid.
In any case, they aren't terribly common and this is perhaps the scarcest rifle in my collection.
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Quite a find, Kilroy. I thought I was pretty familiar with my WWII small arms, but that's one I've never heard of!
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