I know we are all fans of the really nice and iconic guns out there. I myself am quite partial to Parkers, L.C. Smiths, Hollands, Purdeys and the like, but what guns do you hold a fondness for that didnt exactly set the gun world on fire? Im talking about guns that hardly anyone would brag about owning.
I'll give an example of one of my favorites, the Winchester Model 1911. It is actually a good gun. I feel that it is as well made from a fit and finish standpoint as any gun Winchester made. It is a marvel of engineering when one thinks that T.C. Johnson helped John Browning patent the Auto-5 making it just about infringement proof and then had to go about designing a gun that had to go around all those patents. While it deserved all the bad press it got (mainly due to operator error). I still find it to be a neat gun--in a Rube Goldberg sort of way. I'd love to find a black diamond version of it.
O.K. I admit my weakness. anyone else got a favorite less than popular gun?
PS. Can you imagine where Winchester would be if T.G. Bennett had just paid Browning what he wanted???
