Posted on 04/24/2007 6:01:25 AM PDT by tcostell
This was a hard piece to write, because guns by definition are manly, except for Berettas, gold-plated TEC9s, .25 caliber pistols or anything made by the French. To simplify things, I have limited it to modern cartridge firearms a man might, can, and should collect and shoot. There are certainly other manly weapons, and you may have a different list. As long as the list contains nothing French, gold-plated, .25 or with pearl grips (which Patton correctly observed are the mark of a New Orleans pimp), it is a good list.
(Excerpt) Read more at arthurshall.com ...
This thing is a flame thrower that doubles as a hand cannon."
I am confused...I own a Mosin-Nagant and do not know what you are referring to...
.54 caliber is a good sized ball. It can take deer or bear.
The early Virginia style rifles used English type furniture, the PA longrifles Germanic stying.
Did you build it? Is it custom?
I have a .54 Getz Barrel and a Chambers Early Style Germanic Lock I want into a pre-Revolutionary war type rifle - my favorite type is the John Marshall Walking Purchase gun from PA. Its very Germanic in styling and has a sliding wooden patchbox. The Getz Barrel I have is
swamped. I think its about 42” long.
The Hawken I built has a .54 Caliber Allegheny Barrel and a Chambers fintlock and diuble sett triggers. The barrel is 1 1/8” across the flats at the breech and tapers to 1” at the muzzle, but its still a heavy gun. I used premium curly maple, but straight grain maple would have been authentic. I proofed it myself with about 150 grains of balck powder and two balls.
Building them is as much fun as shooting them.
Nice collection but your missing one item, a nice 106 recoiless rifle http://www.mechanicalmulesofamerica.com/images/106%20Trailer%2002.jpg and remember it comes with a 50 Cal.spotting Rifle.
Shame on you for putting quotes around “manly weapons” when the headline clearly states “manliest firearms.”
Hubby’s got a late Lancaster style. Both of those were from TVM. He just ordered an English style fowler, walnut with full stock from GL Jones. TVM are sort of custom. But the fowler will really be custom.
My feeling if you want decent black powder rifles, you better be willing to make it yourself or plan to spend at least a thousand.
Both of our barrels are swamped. It makes a difference.
I nicknamed my hubby’s gun Rodbreaker. LOL.
Deer hunting is on the agenda. Hubby’s taken his hunting, but hasn’t made meat yet (North Utah, where we were living, really isn’t the best deer location. We’ve moved to Idaho, where I am hoping we’ll have better luck).
We do late 18th century (Federalist period, not revwar, although we are close enough to be civilians in a revwar camp) reenacting. The details are important to us.
About a third of our best black powder friends build guns. I appreciate the work that goes in them.
My personal cannon is a 5-1/2" Ruger Redhawk that was modified by Hamilton Bowen to handle the .475 Linebaugh cartridge. We're talking a 400gr bullet at around 1400ft/sec from a 40oz handgun. Powerful enough to take down ANY game in the Western Hemisphere. Firing that will put hair on your chest, even if you are a woman.
Arthur’s Hall is a trip.
I liked the article where they proved it was more manly to drink craft beer because they had more alcohol dollar for dollar than the typical “sissy” weak mass market beer.
My personal favorite for a manly firearm. Pink grips with the "Hello Kitty" logo. Sweeeeet!
One of the ways we know Paris is a womanizing wuss in The Iliad is that instead of fighting like a man he was an archer. "Real Men" fight up close and personal.
Other than that, I kind of like my p226.
My local dealer kept a Glock (unloaded) in a small fish bowl filled with salt water.
That’s a manly gun to me.
In my opinion, that 54mm shell combined with slow burning powder really lights up the area at dusk, and it is a very loud too. Shoot it when it is dark enough to see the muzzle flash and you will know what I am talking about.
Thank You.
I agree with you. The model 94 and the Garand both belong on that list. Also the Colt .45 six and the 1911. Good thinking.
Sure is. Only thing not original is the stand, i had to make that.
Yikes! How much priming are you using? It takes only a small pinch of 4F to fill my pan half full (not touching the hole) and that also reduces the ignition time. Being manly is holding that flash in the pan mere inches from your face without blinking. It does take getting used to.
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