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Posted: 10/27/2012 11:36:28 AM EDT
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My kids were watching American Pickers last night and one of the guys picked up what they called a bicycle gun. I didn't find a tremendous amount of information on them using Google. Do they go by a different name? I was fascinated by the minimalist nature. Anyone here have one? I hope they aren't addictive because I 've got a hankering for one now.
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IIRC it's was a Garcia Bronco or Firearms International (FI) take-down rifle. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/mauser/ADVERTISEMENTS/GARCIABRONCOAD_edited_edited.jpg The Bronco had to be one of the most unsafe guns I ever owned. The square "safety" on it was easily moved to the firing postion if you looked at it hard. I thought it may have been peculiar to my gun but all had those ill designed safetys. The "keep you bugger hook off the bang-bang switch" and "your safety is between your ears" really did not apply with that one as the mere act of handling it would push the safety to the firing postion. |
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Quoted: That's the one on the show. Do want! Now that I know what it's called, my search results have improved. Thanks for the leads! On the show, these were referred to as bicycle guns. I also see that they are called boy's guns. Is one term more accepted? I think "Bicycle Rifle" is probably the most accepted term - at least that's what brings up the best results in a search. |
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IIRC it's was a Garcia Bronco or Firearms International (FI) take-down rifle. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/mauser/ADVERTISEMENTS/GARCIABRONCOAD_edited_edited.jpg Quoted:
The Bronco had to be one of the most unsafe guns I ever owned. The square "safety" on it was easily moved to the firing postion if you looked at it hard. I thought it may have been peculiar to my gun but all had those ill designed safetys. The "keep you bugger hook off the bang-bang switch" and "your safety is between your ears" really did not apply with that one as the mere act of handling it would push the safety to the firing postion. IDK about yours but the safety in mine was fine. I had the one in .410 shotshell But I'll tell ya, shooting 3" magnum loads out of it wasnt fun at all |
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