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Hidden Screw driver

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Hidden Screw driver

Todd Hughes

>Anybody see a Screw Driver here ? I sort of collect walking sticks,[guess I got close to a 100] and while I particuly like folk art ones i have an interest in mechanical ones too.The other day at my every other week antique shop I go to they had a really nice stick that was also a shotgun.I had to have it of course. From the outside you can't tell it is anything but a horn handle stick but by twisting the handle it opens up to load and a trigger button pops down.The sellers couldn't quite figure it out [though they unfornatly knew it was a gun] because it looked like the cane was solid so how could you shoot it?I knew better and after I bought it I pulled on the cane tip and out it came to reveal it was actually a screw driver that fits in the muzzle of the shotgun barrel! Interestingly there are no screws on the stick / gun that you could use it on either but I figured the makers thought might as well make the cap into something usefull like a screw driver rather then do nothing with it.Screw driver blade has two springs that look like the ones on screw drivers that hold the screws in place to start it but in this case it holds the screwdriver tight into the barrel....Pretty neato screw driver and thought you would like seeing it.....Todd


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#2

Screw Driver Revealed

Todd Hughes

>Here is the Screw driver pulled out from the Stick's Muzzle......T.


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Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Cool. Are you going to fire it?

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#4

Sure he will,

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>next time he needs to do some pruning.

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Re: Sure he will,

Todd Hughes

>Looks to be a .410 ga. which I feel is a little small for pruning work , last time I used a 12 ga. and my old 8 ga. Hey who knows though maybe the .410 will be just the ticket for hedge trimming.

Think I will load up some low power shells and take it for a spin......Todd

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#6

Watch the hedgehogs

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Todd, I'd love to see similiar photos of the shotgun end.

Thanks,

Pam

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Uh-Oh

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Todd's done gone and got himself a new toy.

I know a fellow down here who'd just love to have that while out driving. Oh, wanna cut me off AND flip me off do ya now, well alrighty than Wilber, let me show you my cane.

No names mentioned to protect the guilty, and no it's not me.

Todd O.

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Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>When I used to drive a full-sized pickup, I had a seat cover with a shotgun pocket in the front, under my knees. You had to get out and open the door to pull out the gun, though. Cut down on drive-byes, I guess.

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Ernie Miller *Topeka

>it would be more like for the old fellof down at the home who gets cut off walking down to lunch buy the people in there moterized wheel chairs. Think you will beat me out of the bread pudding ah?

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Todd Hughes

>Here it is with the action closed up,really can't tell it is anything but a normal cane.Small horn button on the underside when pushed fires the gun....T.


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Not Hidden Shotgun

Todd Hughes

>Here it is with the action open to load or unload, it cocks the gun when you close the handle and turn it to lock in place....T.


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Thanks, Todd, that is so cool.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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about .410's....

John Longwitz-Doraville, GA

>...been around for a long time. Started life in the black powder days when chamber pressures were much lower than more modern smokeless powders. Warnings abound about using modern loads in some of the older shotguns. This is especially true if the barrel is of Damascus construction. The newer shells are also longer than the old 2 1/2" ones which makes them dangerous to fire in such chambers.

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#15

Not made for hedgehogs -

Derek

>it's made for ROADhogs!

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