Saturday, April 2, 2011

Pinfires.



Hard to believe you can't get this ammunition anymore. Beautiful little concealable carry pieces. French, I think, and 7mm caliber. Fold down triggers. I carry some old guns often- Colt Pocket Models in .32 acp and .380. Sure would be nice if these had modern ammo. Quite fashionable. Borrowed from a friend just for the experience. His MOTHER had them in her collection.

Who could ever object to being shot with such a fine, stylish, vintage firearm?
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4 comments:

  1. Old NFOApril 2, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Those are a couple of nice ones! Not even any specialty manufacturers out there anymore???

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  2. RobinApril 2, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    Somewhere I think I saw machined pinfire adapter cases that loaded a primer inside the case with a pin to strike it. Can't recall where I saw them or cost.

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  3. TamApril 4, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    The info on pinfire reloading was in the article on the Lefauchaux by Garry James in the recent issue of Guns & Ammo Surplus Firearms.

    H.L.E. Books (hlebooks.com) supposedly offers reloadable 7mm, 9mm, and 12mm pinfire revolver cartridges.

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  4. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    Whoa, Tam nailed it.

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