1 April 2019

[DrHenley]

It's pretty neat when a gun has a story.

[cwo4uscgret]

Here's one of the other Colts I acquired during the above mentioned trade. This one is a Colt Police Positive Special; .38 Special, shipped to the Cleveland (Ohio) Police Department in 1929.

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Cleveland, OH Police Positive Special .38 Special made in 1929

[cwo4uscgret]

So a rhetorical question that most gun folks should know the answer to...

Who put the AR in the AR-15, AR-16? Why the answer would be: ARMALITE. The basic Armalite came in two flavors; AR-18 (Select fire) and the AR-180 (Semi-auto only).

The Armalite 18 and 180 were made in 3 places; England, Japan, and California. Mine is from Sterling, made in England.

I bought my AR-180 when I lived in Michigan; it came with a 20 round Armalite marked magazine and 3x40 round Armalite Magazines including one still sealed in plastic. I found the scope on-line; it is an original Armalite Scope; similar to the early Colt AR scopes.

[cwo4uscgret]

So new (to me) I haven't even chambered a round. Every time I buy a lever action gun I end up trading or selling it. Hopefully that will stop with this gun I just bought today; the Marlin 1895M Guide Gun chambered in .450 Marlin.

The .450 Marlin is an effort to create a modern version of the .45-70; except it is more of the .458 family.

[DrHenley]

In a tubular fed levergun, there really isn't a pressing need for the 450 Marlin (458x2 with a longer belt) other than giving ammo manufacturers cover for making hot 45-70 equivalent loads that don't blow up weak actions, since no weak actions were chambered in it. Tubular magazine lever guns handle the 45-70 just fine.

Where it shines is in bolt action rifles where it becomes a 458 Win Mag lite. Chambering 45-70 in a bolt action has been done but you really need a bolt action designed for big rimmed cartridges like the Siamese Mauser or the MAS 46. This gets around that and lets you have a 45-70 equivalent in a bolt action.

I hear Browning is chambering the BLR in 450 Marlin now.

[cwo4uscgret]

Revolver Tuesday.

Here's a classic - Dan Wesson .44 Magnum.