That Chiappa 3-barreled shotgun was interesting.

 

I have far more oddities than normal guns but here are a few:

Pistols:
Mossberg Brownie pistol 22 LR - 4 barrel, firing pin rotates
H&R semiauto pistols in 25 and 32 ACP- fugly guns, Webley patent
Colt 1860 replica 44 cal - just because. Should have got a 36 cal instead
Colt 1847 Walker replica 44 cal - cool gun but needs wheels
Ruger Redhawk 460 Casull - because 44 mag is not enough
Enfield #2 380/200 (38S&W) - WWII bring back
Savage 1910/1917 32 and 380 ACP- cool looking guns

Rifles:
Winchester 1895 Lee/Navy 6mm/236 cal - gun no one knows about used by U.S. Marines
Winchester 1907 351 WSL - cool looking gun
Winchester 1910 401 WSL - bigger version of above.
Winchester P-14 303 Brit - people mistake it for Model of 1917
Winchester 1876 45/60 - massive gun but mild kick
Springfield 1866 50/70 - not so much fun to shoot but first trapdoor
Springfield 1873 45/70 - not fun to shoot but gun that served for a long time
Springfield 1894 30 U.S. - Krags are plain cool and an early model is coolest
Arisaka Type 38 Carbine and short rifle 6.5x50R - WWII bring backs. Few know of these
Standard Arms Model G 35 Rem - can operate as a semiauto or a pump. Usually they just jam.
Clement-Neumann 401 WSL- only other firearm chambered in 401 WSL. Maybe 1000 made
Various Remington Model 8/81 - 25, 30, 300 Savage, 32, and 35 Rem. Heavy guns that kick all out of proportion of their cartridges.

Shotguns:
Winchester 1902 10 ga - cool gun but not cut down to Terminator size
Belgian (?) SxS 14 ga - use 28 ga Briley tubes due to difficulty finding cases
Winchester 1911 12 ga - Widow Maker. Have to push down on the barrel to chamber or eject a round.
Remington Model 10 12 ga - Bottom eject, granddaddy of Ithaca 37 and Browning BPS
Ithaca Mag-10 - big massive gun but pussycat to shoot.

Not many oddities in shotguns as they are often too unreliable.

 

Should have bought at discount: Beretta UGB25 Xcel break action semi 12 gauge

 

I like mine! Only jammed with Winchester Universals. I paid full price and the Beretta dumped them on the market for about 1/2 price.

 

I'd like to find the shotgun that never misses.

 

That shotgun that never misses would be a TRUE oddity!!

 

Scoptic,

I own no gimmick guns and probably never will.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man

 

Likewise. No interest at all in those types of guns.

 

Not into gimmicks. Prefer proven designs.

 

you'll have to buy 3 of them to have enough parts to last a month.

 

Probably the least practical gun I own is an American Arms mini 22 mag revolver. Even so, I keep it loaded and often throw it in my pocket when doing work around the yard.

 

Lerapp .320 side by side derringer, with exposed hammers and double triggers.

 

I’ve got a Bond Arms derringer in .357. I doubled down on this terrible ccw by getting another barrel set in .45 ACP. Very impractical but I but Just had to have one. Oddly, I have no urge to sell.

 

Lever action .410

 

I bought a Stoeger 20 ga SxS with internal hammers, extractors only and double triggers. I had the barrels cut back to 23" and added open/iron sights from an 870. All this to duplicate as much as possible my Krieghoff double rifle in .470 NE. The big bore ammo was prohibitively expensive, even reloading, for a guy like me who shoots a bunch. With slugs that little 20 ga would shoot too within an inch of each hole at 50 yards. At 100, it was more like 4-6 but that was fine for minute of buffalo or elephant. Shooting bird shot it was awesome on steel plates. I even shot preserve birds with it on a couple of occasions.

A friend talked me out of it. I would buy that gun back at twice what I sold it for.

s/f Steve