Nice find with the box and papers. Keep it clean and give it a drop or two of oil on the bolt before shooting. Too much oil and it will be spitting hot oil back in your face. Don't expect target accuracy from a survival pistol but it should hit a paper plate at 20 feet without a problem (minute of rabbit accuracy). Also, it should be fired from a supported position such as using your backpack or a tree branch as a rest as you would in a survival situation, when results mean eating or not.

 

So here is what I found out. Charge the gun with your right hand straight back and let it go. When I tried going over the top with my left hand, would not feed a round

CCI Standard Velocity failed every round and everyday. CCI Mini-Mags worked awesome. I only shot off hand, and did not adjust my sights, but found where point of aim point of impact was and did okay.

 

Looks like a keeper for sure. I've always liked their Broomhandle-like looks. Now if you can find a 25 round magazine for it, that would be awesome.

 

Interesting - never saw one of those before.

I have to laugh because that pistol is now illegal here: the magazine is outside the grip. Same for some Olympic pistols.

CCI Mini-Mags, yay! My favorite.

 

I have one in the back of the safe. Bought it new back in the '70' s IIRC. Haven't shot it in over 30 years because it's the most unreliable gun I ever owned. It was always accurate though.

 

Yeah mine would do absolutely nothing of value with standard velocity. Might dust her off and try mini-mags.

 

Mine worked with everything I tried in it and it is a cool gun. My Wife bought this for me a long, long time ago. I never did find a way to carry it, so it's a backyard gun. Charter Arms had a Carbine version with a buttstock that would keep the gun afloat if you dropped it overboard. I used it in a friendly competition against a guy with a .357 Colt Python and won. I'm going to take it out and shoot it now that I remember I had it.

 

Just FYI I have a Charter Arms that loves Remington Golden Bullets but would not function with Federal bulk pack ammo? As suggested above, I'm also going to try CCI Mini-Mags next range session.

 

I just saw an add from Henry that they are offering the SAME Survival Rifle in .22 that I mentioned in my first Post.

 

The basic action is an Armalite design by Gene Stoner.

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I had one of those, and thought it was the ugliest gun I owned, its only redeeming character was that it looked like a Star Wars Hans Solo gun. I sold it a couple of years ago with the box and everything for around $300, one of only 2 or 3 guns I have sold in my whole life.