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May 03, 2018, 07:50 PM
Syngin1066
I don’t know how much of a unicorn it is, but I have a mid 90’s Italian Beretta Inox that is new in the box.
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May 04, 2018, 05:51 AM
SIGfourme
Darthfuster--i'm looking at your HK's with suppressors attached. The HK's seem to be 45 caliber and the top 2 suppressors end caps look 45ish. The bottom suppressor endcap looks like a 22 caliber. HK 45 CT only came in 45. ??
May 04, 2018, 07:27 AM
turtlebaykid
There is only one gun that I might call a unicorn. It is a stainless steel Winchester model 70 in .308 Winchester with an 18" barrel. According to the Browning historian, it is a one-of-a-kind built by USRAC in 2005 for the SHOT show. It is a nice rifle.
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May 04, 2018, 08:58 AM
fz4vgq
Not a unicorn but I know there were very few of these made and most of the ones sold got shot alot in IMHS events. Browning Buck Mark Unlimited Silhouette model
May 04, 2018, 01:03 PM
Z06
My German unicorn. It all started in Portland, Oregon in the late 1950s with MAD Magazine. My interest in drawing was stoked by the great illustrators that MAD featured back then… and the GUNS they chose to draw! Probably due to WW II, most of them were exotic pistols, SMGs, and machineguns of that era. The one gun that imprinted on me above all others: The Broomhandle Mauser! (I am guessing/speculating that two of my contemporaries might also have been taken with this fine German handgun… Star Wars Blaster ...hmmm.) I drew them, mostly during class at St. Thomas Moore grade school (Not a real smart idea there). Later, when I finally could scrape $5 together, I sent away for a full size solid aluminum flat black painted “Broom”! Touted in the back-of-the-comic book ad as: “Same Size, Same Weight as the REAL THING!” It was MAGNIFICENT. Skipping ahead some years I was finally able to get my father to buy a REAL C96 at Andy & Bax Surplus Store in Portland. (The store of many of my wants & dreams back in the day) The price: $17. Same price as Nambus, Lugers, P38s… just another reason for me to keep working on building that damn time machine. Over the years I had several other Brooms, a Bolo 9, two Red 9s, 2 better grade .30 cals; one with matching wood stock/holster. All long gone. That was until a year ago when a friend of nearly 50 years came to visit me in Arizona. I always knew of his extensive collection of WW I & WW II guns and accessories, but I did not know that when he turned 80 he decided to sell it all. I asked if by any chance he had any of his Brooms left. He said he only had one left and that was due to the scheduled buyer dropping dead less than two weeks before my friend left to visit me! I asked what he wanted for it, it was the RIGHT price; SOLD. It is an all #s matching 1916 Prussian Contract C96 RED 9. It is by far the best Broom I’ve ever had and I only had to wait 70 years to finally get it.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Z06,
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May 04, 2018, 02:23 PM
pillboxesghost
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Originally posted by Z06: My German unicorn. It all started in Portland, Oregon in the late 1950s with MAD Magazine. My interest in drawing was stoked by the great illustrators that MAD featured back then… and the GUNS they chose to draw! Probably due to WW II, most of them were exotic pistols, SMGs, and machineguns of that era. The one gun that imprinted on me above all others: The Broomhandle Mauser! (I am guessing/speculating that two of my contemporaries might also have been taken with this fine German handgun… Star Wars Blaster ...hmmm.) I drew them, mostly during class at St. Thomas Moore grade school (Not a real smart idea there). Later, when I finally could scrape $5 together, I sent away for a full size solid aluminum flat black painted “Broom”! Touted in the back-of-the-comic book ad as: “Same Size, Same Weight as the REAL THING!” It was MAGNIFICENT. Skipping ahead some years I was finally able to get my father to buy a REAL C96 at Andy & Bax Surplus Store in Portland. (The store of many of my wants & dreams back in the day) The price: $17. Same price as Nambus, Lugers, P38s… just another reason for me to keep working on building that damn time machine. Over the years I had several other Brooms, a Bolo 9, two Red 9s, 2 better grade .30 cals; one with matching wood stock/holster. All long gone. That was until a year ago when a friend of nearly 50 years came to visit me in Arizona. I always knew of his extensive collection of WW I & WW II guns and accessories, but I did not know that when he turned 80 he decided to sell it all30 cal. c. I asked if by any chance he had any of his Brooms left. He said he only had one left and that was due to the scheduled buyer dropping dead less than two weeks before my friend left to visit me! I asked what he wanted for it, it was the RIGHT price; SOLD. It is an all #s matching 1916 Prussian Contract C96 RED 9. It is by far the best Broom I’ve ever had and I only had to wait 70 years to finally get it.
I also own '96 Mauser pistols (about a dozen or so). Re-finished "Broomhandles" are pretty common. I possess four (4) WW1 era M96 examples. A .30 cal wartime commercial, .30 cal. bearing the Imperial Army acceptance mark and two (2) M1896/16's (or "Red 9's"). None of these pistols have a blued bolt, blued hammer or blued carrier for the internal lock work. These parts and the rear sight blade originally were "in the white".
Not trying to be snarky or come off as a jerk; but what you consider a unicorn (because of condition??) most collectors would consider a very pretty but incorrect attempt at a restoration! I can't see them well, but the bolt stop, safety lever and trigger should be fire blued not rust blued and none of these pistols were ever "hot dip blued" from the factory.
IMO 99.9% of all Lugers, M96s, P38s and PP/PPKs will never be "unicorns" -- they just made way too many! Yes, I have very nice examples of all of the above. They are no longer inexpensive to purchase, but they're not rare!
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May 04, 2018, 02:43 PM
Z06
The "unicorn" part to ME is what it meant as an icon gun as a kid. Also I only found out 2 years ago my grandfather, born in Hannover in 1866, became a Prussian Officer in 1898, one year after my father was born in Hamburg. As an adoptee I never knew my birth parents were born in Germany until I was 68. THEN I started collecting a few German items to commemorate them. The repro stocks I just got from CMR in GB.
As far as this THIS unicorn C96 goes; the $450 that I paid I am fine with. The machineguns take up all my big ticket spending.
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May 04, 2018, 07:00 PM
WCCPHD
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May 04, 2018, 07:14 PM
coloradohunter44
I have a Benelli MP95. The trigger must be a whole pound or so. Insanely accurate.
It's the only one I've ever run across for sale.
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May 04, 2018, 07:22 PM
FenderBender
I've got a "4th gen" Steyr M357-A1, it's my carry gun, I understand they only made 1000.
May 04, 2018, 07:51 PM
pulicords
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Originally posted by PGT:
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Originally posted by SilentMike: My 3" Smith 66 is probably the most uncommon handgun I own.
They are cool, aren't they??
I have a real affinity for 3" barreled revolvers and own a 3" Model 66 S&W too. My favorite 3" unicorn though is my Colt (factory 3") Python. I bought it in the mid-1980's for less than $200.00, when I saw it in my LGS. No box, but it was the "real deal" and the first thing I did when I got home was to send off for a Colt letter to verify authenticity. I found and added the Fuzzy Farrant grips later!
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May 04, 2018, 07:56 PM
lewk
No one has a longslide hkp7??
May 05, 2018, 08:52 AM
darthfuster
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Originally posted by SIGfourme: Darthfuster--i'm looking at your HK's with suppressors attached. The HK's seem to be 45 caliber and the top 2 suppressors end caps look 45ish. The bottom suppressor endcap looks like a 22 caliber. HK 45 CT only came in 45. ??
The bottom suppressor is the unicorn. It is in 45 acp. What you are seeing is the wipe module with wipes installed. These are designed to make a shorter suppressor with fewer baffles have the same signature as a full size suppressor. The wipes have a smaller orifice so they make a seal with the projectile as it passes through.
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May 05, 2018, 09:56 AM
lyman
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Originally posted by pulicords:
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Originally posted by PGT:
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Originally posted by SilentMike: My 3" Smith 66 is probably the most uncommon handgun I own.
They are cool, aren't they??
I have a real affinity for 3" barreled revolvers and own a 3" Model 66 S&W too. My favorite 3" unicorn though is my Colt (factory 3") Python. I bought it in the mid-1980's for less than $200.00, when I saw it in my LGS. No box, but it was the "real deal" and the first thing I did when I got home was to send off for a Colt letter to verify authenticity. I found and added the Fuzzy Farrant grips later!
those Farrant's are a collectible, and unicorn, as well,
