Strangest gun you have ever fired or handled

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I wouldn't call them "strange", but I enjoyed shooting original cavalry carbine models of the trapdoor Springfield and the Remington rolling block.
 
It's a toss up, the Sterling 9mm SMG in Canada and a suppressed MAC-10 in 45ACP in Tucson. Both of course were full auto although I spent most of my time with the MAC-10 squeezing off single shots trying to hit a brick at about 20 yards, tough at first but I think with practice a guy could get it down pretty good.
 
I've handled (fondled?) a late WW1 Mauser 20 mm anti-tank rifle as well as a WWII German quad 20 mm anti-aircraft platform.

The strangest I've fired was an H&K P7 squeeze cocker. Not exactly a rare bird but still odd.
 
COP .357 - I've never fired it, as it appears to be NIB.

WWII Liberator pistol - Appeared to have been fired when I acquired it, so I've put six rounds of reduced load, lightweight lead bullet reloads through it.
 
Does a XM307 count? How about an XM312??? We had the conversion kit too.

If not, how about a full on Land Warrior System M16 circa 1993?

No????

Then it would have to be one of several FN platforms (several were prototypes) that were brought in to see if Land Warrior could be integrated with.

Almost forgot the OG Armalite AR-10 with the charging bar located in the carry handle.
 
Probably an hk p7 squeeze cocker.. Nice gun, good trigger, very well made.these things are going for over 2k on gunbroker. Crazy. Not sure why they don't make them anymore.
 
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Rising M55 SMG with the folding stock.
Had the oddest fitting pistol grip to the hand that was all wood.
The metal stock looked link a coat hanger and wasn’t much stronger.
By far the dumbest loading lever every placed on a gun. In a grove in the stock under the barrel.
WAY to fast of a cycle rate.
And fun as heck, 100 rounds
 
My dad had an old pinfire revolver, French or Belgian probably, with a large knife blade protruding under the barrel. Pictures of them are pretty common, but I've never seen another one in the flesh.
The strangest gun I've shot was a H&K .308 rifle, the semi-auto version of the G3, shortened into a MP5-sized pistol. One of those fun-to-shoot, but what's-it-for deals.
 
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Rising M55 SMG with the folding stock.
Had the oddest fitting pistol grip to the hand that was all wood.
The metal stock looked link a coat hanger and wasn’t much stronger.
By far the dumbest loading lever every placed on a gun. In a grove in the stock under the barrel.
WAY to fast of a cycle rate.
And fun as heck, 100 rounds
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I've also fired a Reising, but a semi-auto with a full wood stock (M50?). The guy that had it didn't shoot it much, we were lucky to get 10 rounds off without a malfunction. An interesting piece for sure.

I just watched a video on the Madsen LMG. I'd really like to see one in person even if I can't shoot it. I'm surprised that it worked at all, much-less was a pretty successful design:confused:
 
So I ended up with a 20 ga Howdah pistol in a trade.....havent shot blackpowder since I was a kid........gotta work up something and get the tools.......

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Strangest was probably the Steyr Hahn, but then I got a Madsen LMG parts kit (not built yet). But even it is simple and straightforward compared to the C96 Mauser pistol I got recently, which has got to be the most complicated execution possible for such a simple operating principle.

I'm currently working on a 5.7x28 semi-auto based off the Madsen falling block action which uses PS90 magazines--that's pretty weird :D

TCB
 
The strangest gun that I have seen, was a 12. Ga. Iver Johnson that had a 16 Ga. barrel welded to the end of the 12's, and I saw the owner fire it one time using Wagner 2-2-10 loads. It is totally dangerous to do this, and he found the pattern totally dissatisfactory.
 
Someone mentioned the "Grease Gun". I didn't think of it at the time cause it was an issued weapon when I was a 12F. The other two sub guns were not so they stick in my head. There was a world of difference in shooting all three. The Sterling 9mm was the easiest to shoot and stay on target with. The MAC10, well I was just not fully prepared for what it is like to squeeze that trigger for a burst, it took me straight up until I was shown how to deal with the insane recoil of that weapon. The M3A1 Greese Gun, well I was just spraying rounds in the general direction of the target with it's strangely slow rate of fire, "POP POP POP POP POP". The movies always get that one wrong.
 
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