Here you go tonydisab:

Another rare Python I bought last year, 1 of 55 made by Colt for Lew Horton. Ported barrel stainless snub.

Thank you Rogue

Lots of exceptionally cool handguns (and one or two others a bit larger).

Me? I really don't have anything I'd consider rare, oddball or unique; I just never got into that sort of thing. Heck, the oldest gun I own was made in the 1950s (my Dad's Beretta 1934), and that post-war example isn't particularly rare. I'd post a pic, but I don't recall which of my backup drives the few pics I took of it ages ago resides, plus the one photo-hosting site that I had a couple of images uploaded to locked me out from my account when they decided to go to a for-pay business model. If I can recall which safe the gun resides in maybe I'll take another pic or two, but don't count on it.

Value-wise, considering how silly the market has become my highest value gun has to be my base P210 Legend. Like the 1934 I don't recall where I have those pics stored on my network, and for the one or two I uploaded those were at the same hosting site I no longer have access to. Plus it's not like the vast majority of us don't know what a Legend looks like.

These are the ones that I have that may qualify. Ed

This is a Chris Kyle commemorative Springfield TRP. 1000 made, and mine was given to me by my wife for my birthday last year. And, it just so happens to have the serial number of my birthday.
She definitely put thought into that one.


This is an experimental prototype of today's current generation of Dan Wesson Guardian's in 9mm.


I haven't seen very many of these, and I don't think that they are all that rare, but I really like it.
It's a S&W 622 VR (Vented and Ribbed).


and then, a factory only fired, factory nickle p228. Not that rare or really uncommon, but definitely a looker.

Lot's of boner material here

I've got several rare Smith & Wessons....

1 of 116 M-617, 4" with non underlug barrel.
1 of 200 M-617 6" barrel also, no underlug.

Have a very early Combat Magnum, the Pre M-19, that was the 25th CM built. Later given to their West Coast Rep as a Dealer sample. I bought it for $450 tagged as a M-15!

A FIVE inch barreled K-38 instead of the usual 6".

A pair of M-66-2's in three inch.

A pair of consecutively numbered M-29's with smooth combat triggers, smooth Target stocks and YELLOW frt ramp inserts. Yellow inserts fairly rare and consecutively number rare as well. Factory lettered with the three weird options too.


FN in MT

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I have a 1943 M-1 Garand that is all Springfield Armory as best as I can tell including, receiver, bolt, barrel, op-rod, stock, etc. I will be inheriting a Winchester M-1 Carbine that looks like it was never issued. My grandfather bought it in the 1960's and it looks brand new.

[URL= ]A Centennial , not a model 40. original nickle, still has grip safety pin[/URL]

For the weirdest how about my Jezail.

Most valuable, WW1 era 1911.

Colt Ace ELN



A couple nickel P228's





Colt Gold Cup ELN





Sig P226SL



P228 Stainless/ Ilaflon (Times 2; Was lucky enough to get a second one!)

I have some rarities and some oddities.

Rare, because it is a 1936, 4 digit serial Winchester Model 70. Odd, because it is chambered in .25 Gibbs.



Rare, because it is a first production year (1930), 4 digit serial Colt Officer's Model.



Slightly rare, because it is factory nickel Model 19 with case hardened hammer and trigger, and target grips. Probably prettier than rare...



Odd. Just plain odd. "Baby Hammerless" in .22 short, with nifty, concealable folding trigger. Has about a 40 pound trigger pull, the bore is not centered in the barrel, the front blade sight is missing (not that it would help), it doesn't lock up, and the hand doesn't advance the cylinder. But it's really concealable. Puts all them newfangled pocket pistols to shame, I tell ya.

"[BUFFETT]I wish I had a pencil thin moustache..."[/BUFFETT]

The title of Prettiest belongs to this beauty of a Factory Class A engraved Model 66-1 S&W:



Uncommon/Rare and a bit odd belongs to this .45 ACP P9S from HK:

quote:

Originally posted by ed32hall
I haven't seen very many of these, and I don't think that they are all that rare, but I really like it.
It's a S&W 622 VR (Vented and Ribbed).

no, these are rare...made only in 1996 and in small numbers. They also made a 4" barrel VR (slot vs. holes).

I have a 622VR I got in a trade w/ a friend. I added the same grips but its currently got a Nill-Griffe palm-rest grip setup I got from Numrich when they cleared some out last year.

I wanted a 622VR back in college but it cost a month's rent back then (not much but too expensive for a starving student). I've looked for years and only a random trade w/ my friend put one in my safe (since added 422's and 2213 as well)

Sig P226 Two-Tone in .357 Sig used by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.






Smith & Wesson 4563TSW. The 4566TSW is some what easy to find, these are dang hard to find now.




Smith & Wesson Model 681.




Smith & Wesson Model 629 Mountain Revolver. Not the Mountain Gun. This was the first one introduced by S&W and is not marked with Mountain on the barrel like the later Mountain Gun.




Glock 32 RTF2

Dam! Why did I sell that Rocky Mountain Arms Patriot pistol????

There was a time when only like 2 AR pistols were on the market, RMA Patriot and Oly OA-93.

My pistols are boring, with the top dogs being a 42 Colt 1911A1 or my Danish surplus P210. I have an unfired Springfield 4800 in 5.56mm (IMBEL MD-1 sporter) of which ~200 were imported.