BSA Custom Take-Down Rifle

[chieffool]

The only take-down pistol I ever had was a Charter Arms AR7 Explorer in Africa. Was a handy plinker.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ch...w=1366&bih=651

I had three which would qualify as 'take downs' in my teens:

...An AR7 (like yours) but slightly earlier 70's variant, which stowed action and barrel into a hideous multi-coloured plastic stock.

...A winchester 1898 .22LR pump, which had a thumb screw on the left of the action that allowed you to detach the stock.

...and Dad had a broom handle Mauser in 9mm with a clip on stock which you could keep the whole pistol in like a wooden holster.

[harry mac]

...and Dad had a broom handle Mauser in 9mm with a clip on stock which you could keep the whole pistol in like a wooden holster.

I had one of those, the "Red 9" variant, like your dad's. Handing that in for destruction in 1997 damn near broke my heart

[chieffool]

I had one of those, the "Red 9" variant, like your dad's. Handing that in for destruction in 1997 damn near broke my heart

I sympathise. The C96 was quirky to load, remarkably effective at quite ridiculous ranges for a 9mm (100+ m), and just a real oddity. Dad died in '96 and dissolved his gun collection in '92 due to ill health. Sad to think of all those lovely examples crushed.