Drop-dead Beautiful Wheel Gun

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 05/16/2017 at 19:35 • Filed to: None

10

27

 A coworker just bought this. It’s not a perfect specimen, but gosh, is it beautiful. And the “U.S. Navy” stamp just kind of makes me feel all squishy inside. The want is powerful.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/641836034

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 19:41

4

Here’s a shot of my modest pistol collection...

wiffleballtony > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 19:44

0

Looks CA legal.

wafflesnfalafel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 19:56

0

nice - I work with a guy who is a big revolver enthusiast, he would be jealous

RallyWrench > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 20:04

2

That is a purdy piece. This is what I picture when thinking of beautiful wheel guns though...

RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z) > wiffleballtony 05/16/2017 at 20:07

1

Shh quiet or Dianne Feinstein might hear you

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wiffleballtony 05/16/2017 at 20:14

0

I don’t know why it wouldn’t be, unless it had a flash suppressor or something. Are you in Ca?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wafflesnfalafel 05/16/2017 at 20:15

0

I own a couple of S&Ws. Too many car parts I wanna buy to ever think about buying guns. This one, you could hang on the wall.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyWrench 05/16/2017 at 20:17

0

That photo is cropped so tightly that I have no sense of scale. Is that 1" drive, or what? Are you seriously enamored with that impact wrench or are you trolling me?

Alfalfa > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 20:25

0

I love me an old-fashioned revolver. Which is why I have 2, but neither are as nice as this.

RallyWrench > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 20:28

0

No trolling at all, that’s a damn pretty gun you shared. I’m a part-time racing mechanic and am seriously enamored with Paoli’s stuff. It is 1" drive, for centerlocks.

Tristan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 20:55

1

Ditto. I have a Walther PPQ M2 9mm that I use for target practice and daily carry, and I have a .22 LR that’s sitting in a closet broken. Guns are expensive, and so are car parts. I only get to pick one.

wiffleballtony > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 20:58

0

Putting US Navy on it might make some people think it’s a military gun. It’s a joke. I’m originally from Ca. I’m in AZ where we don’t really have what you would call gun laws.

wiffleballtony > RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z) 05/16/2017 at 20:59

0

Ironically she used to carry a revolver.

Funktheduck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 21:00

0

Very nice. Love revolvers.

arl > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 21:28

0

Beautiful old gun.

I’ve got a used, police trade in S&W Model 10-8, 4" barrel. Put some Hogue grips on it and it handles very, very nice. Super smooth trigger on it.

crowmolly > Tristan 05/16/2017 at 21:35

1

Such a great trigger on the PPQs

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyWrench 05/16/2017 at 21:55

1

Friendly trolling, of course. So I called it: 1" drive. I am sticking a star on my forehead. Yeah, that gun is beautiful.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wiffleballtony 05/16/2017 at 21:57

0

The Navy stamp just makes is really special. I might look for one some day, and I wouldn’t care how pretty it was, so long as the mechanicals and the barrel were still good and it had that same Navy stamp. Arizona? We probably have enough gun laws here that we can spare a few for you.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Funktheduck 05/16/2017 at 21:58

0

If I had to stake my life on a handgun, it would be a revolver.

crowmolly > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 21:59

0

And the “U.S. Navy” stamp just kind of makes me feel all squishy inside.

Me too. Something about the history; what these guns have seen.

A little while ago the LAPD sold off some Ithaca model 37s which made me feel the same way:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/07/12/vintage-lapd-ithica-shotgun-lottery/

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > arl 05/16/2017 at 22:00

1

I’ll have to look that one up. I have a 4-inch Model 66 and a five-shot nickel plated Chief’s Special. If I could carry, though, I’d use probably a compact .45 ACP.

arl > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 22:02

0

Hard to argue with a 45!

wiffleballtony > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 22:11

0

Sharing isn’t caring

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > arl 05/16/2017 at 22:11

1

Single stack, light load, maybe 5+1 or 6+1. As long as the other guy doesn’t have a rifle, if you’re not close enough to use the gun, then maybe you should be running anyhow.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wiffleballtony 05/16/2017 at 22:35

1

Definitely not, in this case. Let’s pick a state that neither of us like and share some of California’s excess gun laws with them. Florida, perhaps?

wiffleballtony > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/16/2017 at 23:08

1

I agree with that.

Tristan > crowmolly 05/17/2017 at 00:21

0

Indeed. I’m a big guy- 6'7" with appropriately sized hands. The PPQ feels just right in my hand.