Hands Gun-Turbiaux Palm-Squeezer Pistol

This unique 'assassin's' style palm pistol was originally patented in Paris, France by Jaques E. Turbiaux in 1882. The pistol's firing chambers are arranged around an internal rotating disk with the cartridges all pointing outwards.The pistol is held in the palm of the hand with barrel protruding from between the middle fingers, and is fired by squeezing a spring loaded lever into the back of the gun. This lever had a 'double action' operation that would rotate the trurret before firing the next round.
 

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Hands Gun-Buntline Specials

The single-action .45 Colt revolvers and their detachable stocks were real enough, though probably fewer than 30 of them were ever produced, their barrels between 12 and 16 inches long.The 29th Edition Blue Book of Gun Values lists a Buntline Special with 90 percent of the original finish as worth $135,000; add on another $40,000 for one with the original shoulder stock. The Frazier is home to such a Buntline, with 16-inch barrel and an all-metal stock made of nickel-plated brass.

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Hands Gun-Smith & Wesson Model 14

With a lineage that started as the .38 Hand Ejector in 1899, it was only three short years later it was produced in the .38 Special. In 1920, this series was renamed the Military and Police (M&P) with a designation of K-38: K-frame .38 Special.From here, it went on to be the K-38 Masterpiece (1947), and because it was a favorite of target shooters, the company offered guns that weighed 38½ ounces for target matches as the models K-22 and K-32. In 1957, to simplify all model numbers, the K-14 was changed to the Model 14. In production for more than three decades, the revolver was discontinued in 1982.

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Hands Gun-Magnum Research Baby Desert Eagle

Magnum Research of Minneapolis, Minnesota, is well-known by anyone who has ever touched off a round from a handgun. Big semiautos in .50 AE  , .44 Magnum and .357 Magnum quickly captured the imagination of recreational handgunners, handgun hunters and silhouette shooters around the country.But even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble toting a Desert Eagle all day, so Magnum Research offers a line of more normal-size pistols. These include the Baby Eagle and subcompact Micro Desert Eagle--and now a new polymer-frame pistol called the Baby Desert Eagle Fast Action.

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Hands Gun-Remington R1

Maybe you’re one of the lucky ducks who owns a Remington-built 1911 from the war years. If you don’t, or if you want to add to your collection, now’s your chance.The new R1 boasts a flared and lowered ejection port, beveled mag well, three-dot dovetailed sights, double-diamond walnut grips and satin black-oxide finish. Comes with two seven-round mags—and a decent price tag.Springfield, Kimber, Sig Sauer and Remington. What do all these great manufacturers have in common? Yes, they make great rifles, but they also make great 1911s.

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