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03-16-2017, 05:23 PM | #1 |
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Single shot .22 conversion of Luger? For anyone who has heard the term, this "remodeling" by A.W. PETERSON & SON / DENVER was Steampunk before its time! Has anyone ever seen this one before? http://jamesdjulia.com/item/1564-396/
When my dad constructed a custom sign box, he studiously avoided showing fasteners and such from showing, to give the skin/case a clean external line. Otherwise, he said, it would look like a porcupine. A.W. or his son didn't seem to have the same concerns. All this pistol needs now is an Evinrude outboard engine!
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Most interesting Dave. "Wild and crazy" is an accurate term. Additionally I don't often see pistols from "esteemed collections" of some expert very often. I don't move in those circles.
Thanks for sharing pics of that unique gun.
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I don't know what "steampunk" is or was or why?
Maybe I'm better off not knowing- save me from my curiosity!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk It's basically a genre in which older (typically 19th century), real life items are mixed with futuristic technology. The movie Wild Wild West, starring Will Smith, is a good example.
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03-18-2017, 12:00 PM | #5 |
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Styling aside, this makes me wonder if an outboard rear sight assembly that can be clamped onto the lanyard loop, remains stable during shooting, and allows clearance for the rear toggle link to move, might be concocted.
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I like it.
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So "steam punk" is the house I grew up in or maybe the one I live in today? I usually can't get my "futuristic" technology to work. Actually I think I have it, the original Nautilus of Jules Vern- the ultimate steampunk? Rivets and nuclear energy?
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03-19-2017, 01:22 AM | #8 |
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Bob Conrad, the original West, was married to Caroline Schlitt, who gave one of those celebrity tours of their (Colorado?) house. In the wall separating the shower area from the rest of the bathroom were installed 3 brass-framed portholes, stacked vertically. Seems ol' Bob himself had a taste for Steampunk...before it was Steampunk.
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Two other movies with steampunk that I did like were the Robert Downey Jr 'Sherlock Holmes' movies. I forget the name of the last one (A Game Of Shadows?), but it was a precursor to WW I and was about arms dealers... Another worthless movie with a bunch of interesting ideas was 'Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow', with things like submarine-P40-Warhawks, flying aircraft carriers, and more that I can't recall now...
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Steampunk Art~ http://art.steampunk-pics.com/
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This .22 conversion actually has some interesting and novel features...the vertically adjustable front sight, the external hammer, the tilting barrel...
Just getting the hammer to work with the Luger seartrain is a major accomplishment... I like it.
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Thanks for the pictures Eric, but it just looks like cartoon junk to me!
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Does the name Rube Goldberg ring a familiar note here?
Ingenius! But I DON'T like it. An irreversible Butcher of a Luger frame!
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I always liked his 'inventions'. I liked the Spike Jones movies too, with his wacky musical permutations...
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This is no worse than many of the 1911 'customs' that are currently offered. All the same to me. They all have made something different...Not necessarily better, and no conservation of resources either, but individual expression. I bet A.W. PETERSON & SON could whip up a Type 94 Nambu 'artillery'...
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To get us back on luger track~ https://www.pinterest.com/VanDiemensLand/luger-p08/
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My First Gun, 1964~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPhZsauluXM Imagine bringing this to show and tell today!
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I have been useing Pinterest for years and never had or knew I needed an account. Maybe to post your own page!! Maybe its different in Denmark? Eric
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