One of my favorites is a Marlin 336er chambered in .356 win. A bit of a cannon that is. A beauty of a lever action though
I haven’t shot it much, it’s worth some $ mostly because of all the ammo I have for it. It’s getting tough to find.
I bought a reproduction P.08 holster. It’s new, so it’s pretty stiff. I would have liked a used holster. I wish it was ‘worn in’. I don’t carry a firearm, and I certainly wouldn’t carry a Nazi-era (1937) pistol if I did. I wish there was some way to make the holster softer/‘used’.
I have a collection of ‘pre-war’ pistols: A 1916-ish Mauser C96 ‘Broomhandle’, my recently-acquired 1937 Mauser P.08, a post-was Walther P.1 (P.38 analogue, hence the quotation marks on ‘pre-war’), a 1916 Webley Mk. VI, a 1917 Colt 1911 Government Model (civilian serial number), and a couple of 1916-1918 (I’d have to look them up) Cold M1917 revolvers. I also have a Walther PPK/S, but it’s post-war and also stainless steel. The one pistol I ‘need’ is a Colt Model 1903, in .32 ACP. So I put one on my watchlist. When I started watching it, it was $500. Now it’s $1,500. I’m getting the feeling I’ll never have one (unless a Doper who has one takes pity on me.)
I have one pistol, a 1939 Colt Woodsman Match Target First Series with the original grips (broken and glued back together, though). Mint condition they’re rare and can sell for a couple grand. Mine I got for a few hundred used and showing it, but it’s a sweet shooter.
I’ve also got a CZ Lux bolt-action .22 that’s a very nice modern target rifle. Bought that one new about a dozen-plus years ago.
Leather holster? Get saddle soap and saddle oil and keep cleaning and oiling it, massaging the oil in every so often. That’s how I got new horse tack to soften.
I have leather jackets. My Kiwi saddle soap dried out, but it’s still perfectly usable. I was going to buy more, but the shipping (even though I have Prime) cost more than the item. Any thoughts on Fiebing’s? (Thinking of yellow, as that’s what my Kiwi is.)
I have mink oil.
Sounds like you have what you need already. Neatsfoot oil is also good. I assume you have soft rags to apply it with?
ETA: Obviously you don’t want to over-oil the holster.
As I said, the holster is new. Should I clean it with saddle soap first? Or just start with the mink oil?
(Tangent: Will mink oil stop my leather jackets from squeaking?)
I have a type 3 which, according to the serial number, was manufactured in 1911(?). They’re very nice pistols to shoot.
Mine is quite worn, with very little ‘blueing’ left on the frame and none on the slide, and it needs a new barrel, but it still shoots.
I bought it many years ago for, IIRC, around $300. I have no idea what it would be worth these days, if anything.
On the plus side, I have a box full of spare parts, including another slide and barrel. That slide looks to be ceracoated however, and the barrel that came with that slide won’t fit in my original slide. 
I also have a Colt vest pocket .25 that also dates to 1911, and a Colt Police Positive Target .22 (revolver) that dates to 1910 (I think)
And a Savage 1907 .32 that maybe dates to 1920.
Hey, I’m old. I have old stuff.
Nitpick: the 457 was introduced in 2019, the 455 and 452/453 were around though and functionally similar. I have the Scout model “for my kid” but it’s mostly usable with a limbsaver pad thrown on by me. And it’s lovely.
I don’t have the budget right now, but as many .32 ACPs as I can get is always a goal. I have a (CZ) vz. 50 and Keltec P-32 for old school police and modern variants.
I’ve been Googling arounds to see what the Internewt has to say about caring for leather holsters. I’m gathering saddle or other soap (e.g., glycerine) should be used sparingly, maybe once every three or four months if the holster needs cleaning. Oiling should also be done sparingly as oversaturating the leather will break down the fibers and weaken the leather. Things like humidity levels, high temperatures, perspiration through your clothing, and so forth can affect how likely the holster is to dry out.
I believe the CZ Lux I have is the 455, which looks pretty much the same to me as the 457 I linked to.
The only gun I have left is an unfired .22 auto that’s stashed in a closet. One of these days I’ll likely take it to the local PD for disposal. I don’t need it for home protection and I don’t need it for RV protection, so there’s no point in keeping it. I gave my old J.C. Whitney .22 bolt action to my grandson. It hadn’t been fired in many years, probably the '70s. My brother gave me that rifle for Christmas in about 1960.
I used to have one of those. My stepfather brought it back from WWII. When I moved overseas, I boxed it up with my S&W Model 28 (in 357) and my .22 auto High Standard and left the box with my mother in law. When she died, it disappeared. I gave my 300 H&H magnum to my brother many years ago. In Oregon I sold my 12 gauge pump and my old Stephens over/under .22/410 to a local gun store.
My first firearm, which I still have, is a J.C. Higgins (Sears, Roebuck, & Co) .22 single-shot. I believe it’s the same as what you had. It was made by Marlin.
I had a .177 air rifle 55 years ago that my brother may have. Have had some fun on shooting ranges with handguns and rifles and shotguns, but not for many years now. I understand the fun, the appreciation for a finely crafted machine, even the collecting bug, but I could always take guns or leave them.
I used to be active in shooting sports including reloading my own rounds (had a blue progressive reloading machine - those in the know, know). When metal prices went way up, along with other prices, I couldn’t justify it (2008). I eventually sold the press, but I still have the guns, along with a couple long guns. At this point, I doubt I’ll ever shoot them again, but I don’t really want to sell handguns. My spouse wants them gone. I think the fate of my guns is the same: Melt them down.
The gun club I shot with bought bullets in bulk from Montana Gold. I have a lot of .40 bullets I need to sell if I could figure out where to go to sell locally. No way I’m shipping them.
I don’t know how many unfired firearms (especially .22s) that I have. If you want to dispose of it without taking it in for destruction, send me a PM when/if the time comes.
It used to be that with my CPL I didn’t have to wait to pick up a firearm. It doesn’t work like that anymore. And I need a training certificate, which I had to get for my Luger. It’s good for five years though. One weird thing about Washington is that black powder guns are considered ‘firearms’. In California, I could order them for delivery to my apartment.
I have the .22 Colt pistol and the .22 CZ Lux, both of which have been sitting in a closet, unused, for several years now. Since I let my gun range membership lapse, I probably won’t be shooting them again, but I don’t want to see them destroyed, so I’ve set things up that after my death they go to one of two neighbors who’ll appreciate them.
Aw crap, a brain fart. I knew that was wrong on some level, but couldn’t dredge up the Higgins name. Mine was a tube feed, which held about fifteen .22 LR rounds. I believe that it was made by Marlin.
I hear you. My grandson is big on hunting and guns and was hinting that he’d like to have the pistol after I gave him the .22 rifle. I gave him a firm “NO”. I always flash back to an incident some decades ago: my brother gave the son of a friend of his a handgun for Christmas. In a horrible accident, the boy ended up being killed by his own weapon while showing it off to a friend. My brother was devastated, and always believed that it was his fault.
Stopping power
AIUI, the U.S. Army switched from .38 calibre to .45 because the former lacked stooping power in the Philippine War. This makes me think of ‘stopping power’. There’s this: ♫ He’s got s .32 gun in his pocket for fun…♫ In the 19th Century, a common firearm was the Colt Navy pistol in ..36 calibre. In the 1930s, the .32 ACP seems to be equivalent. In the 1850s and 1930s, these calibres seemed to be sufficient and commonplace, Nowadays, there’s a lot of discussion/debate over .45 vs 9mm. But 150 years ago, .36 was considered an adequate combat round. In the 1930s, a ‘.32 gun’ was common. So what do you thing of the .32 ACP and .380 ACP as for 'pocket pistols?