This one turned up in Australia of all places. Bought by a guy while he came to the US to shoot at Camp Perry many years ago.
Category Archives: Historical
Colt’s Short Lived .22 Cadet Target Pistol
In the 1990s Colt came out with a .22 rimfire pistol. It was no doubt intended to compete with the ultra popular Ruger .22 pistols and be an affordable plinking and target pistol. The Cadet was the shorter barrel version with fixed sights. The gun had a heavy barrel and it was accurate. I ownedContinue reading “Colt’s Short Lived .22 Cadet Target Pistol”
Bonnie & Clyde 1911
from 1911wiki The Death of Bonnie and Clyde: On the night of their demise Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot by 112 rounds of ammunition by Louisiana and Texas lawmen. Bonnie Parker had received 26 entrance wounds while Barrow had received 17. In their stolen Ford V8 coupe authorities retrieved an assortment of firearmsContinue reading “Bonnie & Clyde 1911”
Model 70, US Property, with a 14X Unertl
A true classic in .30-06 Springfield.
Unertl Team Spotting Scopes
Among the rifle scopes and tubes sights made by Unertl, they also made super spotting scopes of various sizes. Not often seen on the market because most of them are still being used by various private shooters, clubs and military shooting teams.
Unertl Military Spotting Scope
My friend, Canvas & Cosmoline on instagram has been collecting military spotting scopes for a few weeks and has turned up this Unertl 20X spotting scope. Which, if you want he has put up on ebay.
Extended BAR Mags
Modern 30 round mags and period AA 40 round mags. Either would have been good for movement to contact, the assault or static defense from barricade.
Mystery Colt Prototype – A Horse With No Name
I’ve seen Colt’s patent for this .22LR pistol several times in the past, but only now realized that the actual prototype has been in the wild since October 2008. It also passed through RIAC’s hands in 2011, who I believe was the source of these photos. The anodized blue section is the magazine. https://patents.google.com/patent/US3665631A
Unertl Refurbishing
Elwood P Suggins shows people in the Unertl collectors group how to replace your crosshairs. He later said he uses dental floss. Not my choice, I prefer the tungsten wire. Just finished sprucing up a Unertl 4X Small Game Scope for a friend. Installed a new 0.0006″ reticle, greased the turrets and repainted the graduationsContinue reading “Unertl Refurbishing”
1950 Model 70 Supergrade In .22 Hornet.
The fellas over at pre64win.com shared pictures of this beautiful Model 70 in the .22 Hornet. I’ve always wanted to like the Hornet but never could get them to shoot as accurately as I think they should. One of these days I will give’em another go.
Scattered Shots 