Random Spoon Pics Thread - Page 69

Jim Bremner · 03-07-2020, 09:27 PM

Got pic's of the magazines? I might have some

Jim Bremner · 03-08-2020, 09:31 PM

Anything look familiar?

sc_rufctr · 03-08-2020, 10:00 PM

Gorgeous... Very Old School. I love the grips, I'm guessing they're Bakelite.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Very nice find, Fred. I can't help but notice the similarities between your Browning and my old High Standard Sport King.

Bill Douglas · 03-09-2020, 12:11 AM

2nd from the bottom looks like one. It says .22 or something on the bottom.

Jim Bremner · 03-09-2020, 07:32 AM

Bill, yes. 22 LR Browning. it's too bad you're not in the States. I don't think ITAR rules will let me ship it to you.

varmint · 03-09-2020, 09:11 AM

Jeff Higgins · 03-09-2020, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Gorgeous... Very Old School. I love the grips, I'm guessing they're Bakelite.

Yup, bakelite. Unfortunately, it appears that maybe they are old enough to have dried out or something. They are quite brittle. I now have a set of aftermarket hard rubber stocks on it so I can shoot it without worrying about it. Funny, though, I have an even older Walther P38 given to me by my father-in-law when I married his daughter. He acquired it "from a German acquaintance" in Italy in 1945... Anyway, it has bakelite stocks as well, and seems to be holding up just fine.

Bill Douglas · 03-09-2020, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

Bill, yes. 22 LR Browning. it's too bad you're not in the States. I don't think ITAR rules will let me ship it to you.

Thanks for thinking of me for it. I'm sure Fred would be VERY keen.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

Bill, yes. 22 LR Browning. it's too bad you're not in the States. I don't think ITAR rules will let me ship it to you.

ITAR does not apply to .22 target pistols at all.
There are plenty of other regulations mostly at the receiving ends where gun regs are stricter, but ITAR is about defence/military technologies. Not .22 pistols like this.

If you wanted to , you could get it shipped (via specialized shipping companies and intermediate dealers)
But the cost of the paperwork and shipping would be more then a .22 like that is worth.

id10t · 03-09-2020, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by svandamme

ITAR does not apply to .22 target pistols at all.
There are plenty of other regulations mostly at the receiving ends where gun regs are stricter, but ITAR is about defence/military technologies. Not .22 pistols like this.

If you wanted to , you could get it shipped (via specialized shipping companies and intermediate dealers)
But the cost of the paperwork and shipping would be more then a .22 like that is worth.

I know of someone who got in trouble for selling a scope out of the US and customs caught it. She had no idea ITAR even applied to anything but firearms and obvious weapons.

If a Buckmark mag will still work for ya, they are still made and commonly available and Browning is international. Hit this page to find a retailer in your country - https://browning.eu/dealers/

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

well a scope is not a .22 target pistol is it??

A scope can be a military/defence technology...

A simple tube with a crosshairs and up and down turret isn't
but if you get the fancy tactical ones that SF uses, big magnification, special reticles and matching turrets it will be ITAR.

Either way, a .22 isn't a scope, my answer was bout the .22.

fred cook · fred cook's Garage

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Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

Anything look familiar?

2nd from the bottom is the Medalist/FN150/Challenger I magazine! I sent you an email just a few minutes ago. Thks for looking!

fred cook · fred cook's Garage

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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Very nice find, Fred. I can't help but notice the similarities between your Browning and my old High Standard Sport King.

Quite a nice example! I've always like the High Standard pistols. A few years ago, I came across a set of left hand grips done by Lew Sanderson for a High Standard. It took me a while, but I finally found the correct HS that they were made for. My son is left handed so that year for his birthday, I gave him the pistol with the Sanderson grips for a birthday present. He was very pleased with that present!

Jeff Higgins · 03-10-2020, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by fred cook

Quite a nice example! I've always like the High Standard pistols. A few years ago, I came across a set of left hand grips done by Lew Sanderson for a High Standard. It took me a while, but I finally found the correct HS that they were made for. My son is left handed so that year for his birthday, I gave him the pistol with the Sanderson grips for a birthday present. He was very pleased with that present!

Why, thank you. I lucked into this one at a gun show many years ago. My buddy already had his mitts on it, but I explained to the seller that he already had two, and no man should have three while his good buddy goes without. Obviously, the three of us came to an agreement.

I bet your son is very happy indeed...

911boost · 911boost's Garage

I have a very similar Walther Jeff that my Grandmothers brother "acquired" in Africa during WWII.

abisel · 03-25-2020, 07:56 AM

Curious. What are the brain trust thoughts on this spoon?
https://fnamerica.com/products/rifles/fn-ps90-standard/

911boost · 911boost's Garage

They are easy to shoot, and do not kick really at all. My teenagers have shot them with me and they enjoy shooting it as well. You can get a hand spoon that uses the same ammo, the FN Five-seven.

The issue is the ammo, that can be difficult to find and it is typically expensive. I know an FN dealer and a group of us bought a lot of it in bulk (think 10 thousand rounds +) so that made it a little bit more reasonable.

Since the standard mags are 50 rounds, I am not sure how that would affect getting one now with a lot of states having the mag capacity laws. I have had mine for quite some time.

flipper35 · flipper35's Garage

Ruger has a new hand spoon that is a few hundred less than the Five-Seven that shoots the 5.7mm rounds as well.

The PS90 is great if you are left handed or ambi as well.

Jeff Higgins · 03-25-2020, 10:02 AM

We had a guy shooting one of the FN pistols in the 5.7mm a few years ago at my club range. While there was clearly no recoil, it had an absolutely ferocious bark to it. Massive muzzle flash as well. A really attention-getter.

I kind of questioned its utility then, and still do. It was apparently developed to defeat some class of common body armor, which I'm sure it does. Beyond that, other than as a kind of cool curiosity, I can't see a whole lot of use for it. While it is touted as a possible choice for the recoil sensitive as a defensive round, I just can't see it. It's too big to carry. In the home, that blast and muzzle flash will be a real issue for anyone lighting one of these off in their living room. Pretty darn disorienting.

Not so sure of the "stopping power" of this little guy, either, so follow up shots might be important. It was developed for the sub machine gun, where those follow up shots come at a pretty rapid rate. Not so sure about its single hit ability to stop an intruder before he takes it away from the sort of person they say it might suit as a defensive arm.

flipper35 · flipper35's Garage

The P90 fires at 900rpm so even the 5.7x28 would be effective in CQB/PDW and the military/LEO can get the rounds that penetrate lesser armor well.

That said, the hand spoon (FN or Ruger) would be a blast for plinking or open carry in the woods for a backup. It may not be a bad purse spoon for those that have a hard time with some slides and the little rounds are moving at 2350/2800fps. Point blank would be a fair distance for those speeds.