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When you open a Merwin Hulbert, all the fired cartridges fall out. The unfired ones remain.

I am anxious to show off my .38 Merwin Hulbert with highly engraved and personalized "White" handles. It was clearly a presentation piece, possibly gifted to a Police Chief upon retirement. I do have it, padlocked, under a huge pile of other things. Just like this other than the handles:

I got everything years ago from gun shops and web sites, and I've actually stopped collecting them entirely. Odd, but I don't recall ever visiting a Gun Show. I enjoy my small collection, but the scratch has been itched.

Obviously none of these are meant to be fired. All antique and Black Powder, except the Nagant which although smokeless, uses bizarre cartridges that are very hard to find. Many antiques were very safe when new, but a century has created altered grain structures, and it is entirely possible...

This one is rare. It's much larger than you might think, shoots .455 Cartridges. Almost 1/2 inch ! But BP and a short cartridge and low velocity.

Of course I would love a Luger or a Broom Handle Mauser, but these items of mine are far more affordable and give me pleasure.

I do not own the early Calvary Nagant. I do like it, though. The other pics are things I own, though some are the pics the Seller used on eBay or GunBroker rather than my own. The small Nickeled Revolver is from Massachusetts (I forget the name). It was an inexpensive pistol in its time. Most...

I like Ammo Boxes with an illustration of the firearm on it.

Ok, a great many Mayors and other fools have declared areas in their cities are NO-GO for ICE. That's insurrection right there. I expect it's all just blather so as to appease their fellow Democrat Communists constituents. But what happens when some "Barney Fife" local PD decides they are...

CA was lost anyways. I think we made progress in TX ?

Ugly and Common is in the eye of the beholder. If another person loves their Mosin Nagant, I don't question that at all. Things I like are most likely crap to the minds of many. But I do try to be honest, hopefully without being offensive. One thing I wish I bought ages ago is the AR15. I...

I never understand things I don't like. I always believed the Mosin Nagant Rifle was ugly and common. I did not understand the attraction even at $100. At one time the Russian Nagant Revolver was $250, and as a C&R very interesting. So I bought. But what I really wanted was an original from...

I can't see Mosin Nagant rifles remaining valuable for long. I do have a Nagant Pistol that I like. And Ammo for it. Very weird and nice. I bought a dozen screwdrivers one time and sold them, one by one, on eBay. I actually saw the last few in December as I moved my storage unit from one...

They are padlocked, and I do know where they are. Under a 12 foot pile of neatly organized boxes. Some are indeed cool. Not crazy valuable, but nice. I'll have to try to find them before 2027.