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Post by bigkelly on Aug 12, 2014 11:09:00 GMT -5
Well there were 2 for sale on gun broker but now there's only 1
Because I got the other one and now I have completed my 24V collection
What do I do next?
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Post by vancmike on Aug 12, 2014 18:32:42 GMT -5
You can do what I did....I expanded my collector instincts into Smith & Wesson blue revolvers (although I also have a few SS versions). Like Mdl 24s, if you buy them right, they increase in value each year.....
....at least on paper: I buy more than I sell....
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Post by Mr. Polecat on Aug 12, 2014 18:37:57 GMT -5
Start collecting Baikals and Valmet 412s?
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Post by cas on Aug 12, 2014 23:28:01 GMT -5
Got a .219 Donaldson Wasp?
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Post by bigkelly on Aug 13, 2014 6:40:21 GMT -5
1. what is a wasp?
2 valmet just might be the ticket but definitely not the baikal
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Post by captcapsize on Aug 14, 2014 19:43:54 GMT -5
Well there were 2 for sale on gun broker but now there's only 1 Because I got the other one and now I have completed my 24V collection What do I do next? Sell them off quick before they become worthless! |
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Post by cas on Aug 14, 2014 22:06:04 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.219_Donaldson_WaspThe .219 Donaldson Wasp. Many years ago a member either had one, or knew someone who had one chambered in .219 I don't recall now (more than 10 years later) whether it was ever established what it was. A factory gun, a factory R&D gun or a gunsmith special. IIRC the were a couple other calibers floating around with the same questions surrounding them, but it's been far too many years to recall the details.
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Post by vancmike on Aug 23, 2014 14:20:35 GMT -5
Years ago, I recall seeing a Win. Mdl 1885 (the first rifle John Browning created for Winchester....) in .219 D. Wasp. It was derived from the .22 Zipper, which was a necked-down 30 WCF. As I recall, it was impressive...that big brass necked down to .22". Don't know if you can find a Mdl 24 in .22 D.W., but you could always get a 30-30, sleeve and re-chamber the barrel. Shouldn't cost you more than, oh, say, $1000, maybe $1500. Then you'd get to buy re-forming, trim and all those other goodies, and spend hours trying to create the brass (since it's not commercially available, at least as far as I know). And then you'd have a rimmed cartridge that has almost identical velocities and performance to your .223 Rem.  |
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Post by bigkelly on Aug 24, 2014 16:37:03 GMT -5
Mike
You should have put the last sentence first!!!!
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Post by cas on Aug 25, 2014 22:54:46 GMT -5
Sometimes the fun is in the journey, not the destination. My brother in law had a .219 Donaldson Wasp in a Contender. He wasn't one for laborious case forming, so it couldn't have been too bad.
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