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Title: Woah!
Post by: just Warren on June 07, 2021, 03:37:36 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/EGLLuVd.png)
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: fifth_column on June 07, 2021, 03:44:11 PM
Cool. Very "50s Sci-Fi," like something out of Buck Rogers . . .
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: just Warren on June 07, 2021, 03:56:14 PM
The aesthetic is Streamline Moderne.
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: Jim147 on June 07, 2021, 03:58:24 PM
My little brother has one of those. It is neat looking.
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: WLJ on June 07, 2021, 04:04:15 PM
Whitney Wolverine: Atomic Age Design in a .22 Rimfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Blm6-H_j84
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: AJ Dual on June 07, 2021, 04:18:46 PM
I've held and shot a friends. Feels really good in the hand.

Build quality was kind of chintzy in some respects.
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: WLJ on June 07, 2021, 04:21:15 PM
Quote from: AJ Dual on June 07, 2021, 04:18:46 PM
I've held and shot a friends. Feels really good in the hand.

Build quality was kind of chintzy in some respects.

Was it the original or the plastic remake that Olympic Arms put out? While the original was generally good quality the OA version was a steaming pile of ....
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: AJ Dual on June 07, 2021, 04:24:00 PM
It was the original metal one.

I've never seen or held an Oly Arms remake version.
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: BobR on June 07, 2021, 04:53:12 PM
That's a beautiful gun. I looked for an original for years and could never find a decent example. If I ran across the one pictured I would sell my kids for it!

bob
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: Fly320s on June 07, 2021, 06:05:14 PM
Quote from: just Warren on June 07, 2021, 03:37:36 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/EGLLuVd.png)

Is that yours?
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: just Warren on June 07, 2021, 06:34:04 PM
No. But I wouldn't turn one down.

They go for a few grand these days.
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: ConstitutionCowboy on June 07, 2021, 06:48:31 PM
The magazine looks to be die-cast.

Woody
Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: WLJ on December 08, 2021, 10:30:51 PM
https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/415014820/used+whitney+wolverine+22lr+no+box+1+mag

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Title: Re: Woah!
Post by: K Frame on December 09, 2021, 07:32:14 AM
Quote from: WLJ on December 08, 2021, 10:30:51 PM
https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/415014820/used+whitney+wolverine+22lr+no+box+1+mag

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I'll take 10 at that price!

Damn.

Had one come through the gun store I worked at back in the 1990s. IIRC it was $550 or so and I thought that was outrageous.