Picture of the Day - Unusual Guns

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Drulov Model 70 in .22LR.

 

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Goncz carbine

 

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Bergmann Simplex with extended magazine. (Victorian era TEC-9? Either way neato and better than the other kind of Simplex. )

 

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Schönberger-Laumann 1892, an early auto.

 

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Goncz carbine

Antonio Banderas used one against Silvester Stallone in the movie Assassins. Didn't have that fancy wood, though.

 

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Preban Daewoo K1A1.

 

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80s-era, Russian RGS-50M Grenade Launcher

 

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South Korean S&T Motiv K11 Dual-barrel Airburst Weapon. Top barrel is a 20×30㎜ grenade launcher. Bottom is a conventional 5.56㎜. The concept is similar to the failed US XM29 OICW.

 

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Experimental, caseless ammunition S&W 76:

 

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W+F Bern Swiss 1882 Cyclist Revolver, 7.5㎜

 

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Photos of the Model 45A prototype bullpup rifle worked on in The Philippines in 1945 in the closing days of the war. It was in .30'06 and fed from BAR magazines. The carry handle is also an optic. The war ended and experimentation ended.

 

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Provisional IRA improvised grenade launchers

 

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Rare, factory made Beretta 92 SBR, with extended magazine. Only 27 were made for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on a special order.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

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Rare, factory made Beretta 92 SBR, with extended magazine. Only 27 were made for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on a special order.

Um....that firearm appears to have the dreaded and infamous "Shoulder thing that goes up"....
Andy

 

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Beretta M1935 with early silencer.

 

[bradsteen]

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Beretta M1935 with early silencer.

Proof that things can be quiet but still not stealthy.

 

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Beretta M1935 with early silencer.

And if you miss, you can club them over the head.

Which is quieter, a "Pfft" or a "Thwack"?

 

[Jay Walk]

Beretta 950 BS, in .22 short

Yeah, you read that right, a .22 short blowback, and it functions just as you would expect, which is NOT AT ALL.

 

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Cobray Ladies Home Companion in .45／70 Government. (Basically a Streetsweeper turned handgun and rifled barrel to evade the legal classification of the original.)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TygqLGNnXJE

 

[bradsteen]

Cobray Ladies Home Companion in .45／70 Government. (Basically a Streetsweeper turned handgun and rifled barrel to evade the legal classification of the original.)


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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TygqLGNnXJE

Hands down one of the least practical pistols ever created. Love how the casing reamer doesn't align with the 45/70 chambers.

Interestingly, he mentions in the video that it couldn't have a handguard due to NFA and the 1-hand rule. That might have been true at the time, but now that AR pistols are common I've seen plenty of other pistols based on rifle patterns with a handguard forward of the magazine. I wonder if someone did a modern (less crappy) version of this if they'd be able to get away with it.