Very cool, Fred. It's great to see you are into the double action Colts. I've been learning a lot from you.

On a different note, but hailing from about the same time, here is my old Model 70. Serial number says it's a 1950 manufacture. It's just a run-of-the-mill .30-'06. This was one of just two hunting rifles I owned when I was younger, with the other being a T/C Hawken in .54 caliber, so I could take advantage of muzzle loading seasons. Unfortunately, as I got older and acquired a pretty diverse array of (often unusual) hunting rifles, this poor thing started get left at home. It sat unloved and overlooked in the back of the safe for a good two decades. It's kind of a heavy, unwieldy thing as hunting rifles go, going well over ten pounds with a scope. I guess I didn't know any better when I was younger... Anyhoo, the scope is gone, it will be wearing a peep of some kind from now on (starting with the XS Sight Systems "ghost ring" shown), and will be getting a bit more use from now on.

The old soldier:

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Beautiful wood and checkering! The peep sight is cool too.

This to replace a gun my grandfather left me that disappeared. This one is an exact match and just 21 digits apart from the original. Probably made on the same day in 1956 as grandpa's.

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If it were me, I would wait for the right one to come along. The "wrong" one would never satisfy the Bond geek in me. I suspect you would not be asking if you didn't have the same inclination. You might help the process along by talking to some local gun/pawn shops and have them looking for one on your behalf.

Gotta love that Winchester "red" walnut. That, and just the care and attention we put into such things as simple as hunting rifles back then.

I admittedly just lucked into this thing. I had been hunting for a few years with a borrowed "camp gun" belonging to one of the old Seattle cops I started hunting with in my late teens (my dad had passed away by then, and never took us hunting, but that's another story). As an aside, I wish I had that "camp gun" today - a sporterized '98 Mauser in .257 Roberts. Oh well... Anyway, I really "needed" my own hunting rifle, but as a starving student, had to "settle" for a used one. I found this on the rack at a local pawn shop; I think I paid well under two hundred bucks for it. Took a lot of crap over this "big heavy thing" for years, until pre-'64 M70's suddenly became "special". None of that mattered; not then, not now. It was my damn hunting rifle. :) I just feel bad now, having left it behind for so long. Fairer maidens stole my heart, but now I've come to appreciate this old girl more so than ever.

I have had a PP .380 (interarms), a PPK/S interarms .380, and I now have a PP in .32. The first two had feed problems and I would not stake my life on them. The PP was made in Zella in 1935 and goes bang every stinking time. They were first made in Zella, but the allies bombed the crap out of that place in WWII ,then in Ulm. After the war arms manufacturing was banned in Germany so operations were moved to France , Manhurin and marketed by interterms in the US. Now they are owned by S&W. The early guns are the best in my book. Based on my experience with the first two I had, there would have only been one very short James Bond movie. Go Here for more info:Modern Firearms - Walther PP & PPK

Blahahah! Now that's funny. :D

This is the model PP I have now, Easy to identify by the 90 degree safety position.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1425523243.jpg

SOLD! Send me a PM ;)

Very handsome... I'm Jelly ;)

Thanks. I usually have a policy of not buying guns/cars/things unless they are second hand priced but look like new. But in this case I was at an action and got involuntary hand movement so it went home with me.

Since we're all showing our 380s I thought I might share my newest acquisition.
The Colt Government 380.

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With my love for the 1911, how could I resist?

Over the past few months I've been crazy busy so I forgot to share some of Dave's art work. A true craftsman.

The Big Boy

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That is a sexy spoon! :drool:

I too, am in the market for a PPK - but I will likely opt for a new one that's made under license by Smith & Wesson, since the S&W version has a couple of improvements over the Interarms version. . The feed ramp has been improved to help prevent FTF's, and the dovetail is lengthened to help minimize slide bite. Some of the earlier S&W manufactured PPKs had a recall - engaging the decocker would fire the weapon!

While I am a Bond fan myself, which does influence my choice of a .380 spoon, I'm looking for a stainless variant like this one (from Walther US site):
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I thought Bond fired the 7.65mm from his PPK.

Also, this is fantastic, what a great find! So sorry you needed to look for a replacement.

sorry Craig T ....not for sale...Henry thanks for the comps...

I knew that ;). Besides...the search is half the fun.

This is the 1944 Walther PP 7.65mm my Uncle brought back from France after WWII. It was passed to my Father, and now me. He brought it back with this holster. Femaru, rare jungle variation with a canvas main piece and leather top flap and belt loop.
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Yep but his best firearm was his Walther P5 :)