Rare or Unusual Firearms?

[YETI]

I love things with a good story behind them. Like my Land Rover Discovery II, it's a 2000 "Launch Edition" which means it painted in a color called Kinversand. Only 200 were made and not many are left.

Along those lines, when I graduated from Marine Corps Boot Camp on 1993, my dad gave my his Sig P226. I've carried it for years and never really thought about it other than it is a great and reliable pistol. Recently, I came across a post somewhere in which they mentioned there were a few with misprinted slides. They were supposed to say "Tyson's Corner, VA" but the misprints say, "Lyson's Corner." Again, only a few made it out before the factory discovered the misprint.

I went and checked mine and lo and behold, I have one of the Lyson's Corner 226's.

Anyone else have any unusal firearms?

 

[Ron Dan]

Not super super rare but I love West German classic series Sigs. This 228 is still something I carry regularly.

 

[Jake wade]

One of my favorite heirloom pieces is an 1848 pepper box that my grandfather gave me. It’s locked up in one of my cabinets right now, so I don’t have a pic but here’s something similar. Mine has 6 barrels as opposed to this one.

 

[YETI]

One of my favorite heirloom pieces is an 1848 pepper box that my grandfather gave me. It’s locked up in one of my cabinets right now, so I don’t have a pic but here’s something similar. Mine has 6 barrels as opposed to this one.

That is definitely a rare firearm!

 

[Jake wade]

That is definitely a rare firearm!

If these things could talk.

 

[wburns]

I have a few oddballs. This is my twist action French Darne in 16ga. You move lever on side of action and the barrels twist sideways to load and unload. I use it every season for fun.

 

[Milo'sSyndicate]

Always on the hunt for oddball SIGs, that's a beauty you got there. In 2012 my agency Lt. let me off the hook for a few days for LE SIG 2xx series armorer's class, run then by Dennis Carroll down in Springfield. Figured it'd be a roomful of Cops, turned out to be a roomful of super secret squirrels fr LE and MIL, and the hook was set. BOLO: you're looking for the SIG 1911s produced when they were still called SigArms, came in blue or red hard cases. Serial #s under 5000 preferred, the lower the better. These early runs were made with Caspian frames/slides, and a menagerie of higher end "custom" WC parts, etc., installed by another roomful of true crafstmen. LE geeks look for the #s in the 10XX for their favorite service call, 10-54 for example would be livestock on the road, 1033, etc...