Gun draws attention on the shooting range.

BruceM

What the heck is a "Marksman Special" ???

I can obviously see it is a "Match .45 ACP", but what is it?

And I have never seen one, in real life or otherwise.
 
I have a few that get some attention...

My .44 magnum Redhawk (or more truthfully the noise) gets some looks when fired at the indoor range.

The Masterpiece Arms MPA-30 (MAC clone) never seems to go unnoticed. The seemingly endless 35rd magazine let's you waste alot of ammo.

Lastly, the little GSG-5 Carbine (MP-5 lookalike .22lr) is fun and usually gets one or two people asking questions about it.
 
That would be my 7.5 barreled Redhawk, which came in the factory's High Gloss Stainless finish [the same finish option you see on the Vaquero]. If I recall correctly, they didn't offer the RH in that finish for very long. As it came from the factory, you'd swear it was nickel-plated. However, since I've had it, I've polished the #*?! out of it with Flitz, and now it can only be described as looking like it has ADVANCED nickel-plating.:cool:
 
Bruce: Yeah, what is that thing? It's gorgeous, I like it a lot, and I can see the obvious CZ / Bren Ten lineage, but what IS it?:confused:
 
For me, besides the Windrunner (.50BMG), it would be a tie between my .357 Automag and the replica Harper's Ferry .58 flintlock pistol. The former has a muzzle flash enough to scorch a cat naked at ten yards. The latter will shake the range when loaded with 70gr of FFg behind a patched ball. People are always surprised at how quick the ignition is on a properly loaded flintlock.
 
Well my gold Desert Eagle .50A/E definitely gets the most. I also live in a small area where not a lot of people are familliar with the FN 5.7 so it gets quite a lot of attention also
 
I don't often see somebody shooting a hand-cannon that is also getting attention for how well he's shooting it.
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I can do both at the same time with my .30 Blackhawk. With all the other guns, it's one or the other, although I can also shoot my Ruger Bisley .45 Colt with full-tilt blackpowder cartridges without embarrassing myself. (blackpowder is probably cheating to get the fire-and-thunder effect)
 
It's a Bren Ten. The Marksman Shop in Glenview, Il had a special run of 250 of these made in 1984. They are all chambered in .45 ACP. They do not bear the "Bren Ten" name or Gunsite "Raven" logo. All of these were originally two-tone as was the Bren Ten Standard Model but the Marksman Special had a slide which was matte blue all over while the Standard Model Bren Ten's slide had polished sides but a matte bead blasted top. The Marksman Special's comprise about 22% of the total Bren Ten production. This gun had the slide matte hard chromed ala Miami Vice by a previous owner.

These guns are extremely accurate for a service/duty type gun plus have a superior conventional DA trigger pull. The ergonomics are excellent. All Bren Tens have a number of interesting and unique features which make them desireable even 27 years after their introduction. Being cool to look at is just one of them.

Bruce
 
Bruce: Considering the obvious collector value, I don't blame you for not shooting them much. But I reiterate: Man, that's a gorgeous piece! :)
 
This seems to be the one that opens eyes and has to be inspected by those around is my Colt New Frontier 45 Colt. I have to admit when it comes to adjustable sight single actions they are my favorite lookers and mine happens to be a great shooter to boot.

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This 44 Magnum pictured along with my Handi-Rifle in 500 S&W Mag shooting my cast lead reloads always seems to garner their fair share of attention.


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well once...

I was up shooting at a designated shooting area in the national forest with some friends. We'd been beaten to the site as there were some college guys shooting clays about 75 yds in so we set up to shoot some pistols at a designated pistol bay. I pulled out my .44mag redhawk hunter and shot a few rounds. In between shots I noticed that the range got quiet. I glanced over and all 5-6 of the clay shooters were looking over at our group.
 
" One of these always gets 'em wandering over and asking questions, every single time: "

Whitney Wolverine 22 ( added this so the thread can be searched in the future as the search function can't read words in pictures )

Judging by the box, I'm guessing late 60's early 70's ? The shape makes me think 30's modern / 50's sci fi / Flash Gordon / Buck Rogers type of armament.

More info please.
 
"Bruce: Considering the obvious collector value, I don't blame you for not shooting them much. But I reiterate: Man, that's a gorgeous piece! "

That's not the reason I don't shoot them. There have been a number of catastrophic slide failures. It's not a design flaw but rather due to spotty quality control by the vendor who provided the slide investment castings to Dornaus & Dixon. Porous castings are a possible problem with all investment castings and folks like Ruger go to great lengths to insure that their castings are of top quality-right up to the point of owning and running their own casting operation. In D&D's case, they were under capitalized and essentially bought these from a low bidder who was supposed to be a qualified supplier. That did not end up being the case. The receivers did not pose much of a problem to them but many slides had real issues.

Over the years, I have developed an attitude that all Bren Tens are for fondling and not for shooting because of the above. I know that there are those out there that figure guns are made to be shot no matter what. Based on what I know in regard to Bren Tens, not so much for me.

Yep, they look really neat and have a boat load of unique & clever features. These were required by Jeff Cooper and developed by Tom Dornaus.

Bruce
 
P38

My WWII bring back P38 in 9mm usually gets some attention at the range. Not for the sound effects but because of the history of the piece. Everyone wants to shoot a piece of history.

joe
 
WANT A LCR 22LR:

They're .22 caliber Whitney Wolverines and both were made in the fifties. Fantastic guns, accurate, reliable with any ammo and wild to look at.
 
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