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10 More Manly Guns
Arthurs Hall ^ | 2008 | Michael Z. Williamson

Posted on 02/17/2009 3:04:12 PM PST by dynachrome

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To: dynachrome

ping for later, and here’s hoping my favorite MilSurp guns make the list!


41 posted on 02/17/2009 3:46:59 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Proud to be an American, where I least I know I'm free!)
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To: calex59

The Cartridges of the World manual sez the .45 ACP is more robust than the .455 Webley. And there is the advantage of moon clip rapid reload.

To add to this list I nominate both the Colt and the Smith & Wesson models of 1917 in .45 ACP. Both are a huge chunk of gun, all blue steel exc for wood grips, the only two materials a real gun should be made of, JMHO.


42 posted on 02/17/2009 3:47:29 PM PST by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My cartridges are lubricated with pig grease!")
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To: ZULU
Martini-Henrys used to be very common in the states. Lots of custom guns were made from them. However, all the stupid gun laws starting with the 1968 stuff kind of killed imports for Firearms. I used to buy stuff like that in the mail when I was young, but of course not now. Well, kind of a cumbersome description of the Webly, but yes, they were a top break action. When you broke it the empties went flying:). I loved that old gun and somehow lost it during one of my many moves from one place to another. The Martini was a great gun, most of the old drop bolt guns were. They were very strong.

Can you imagine the poor bastards at Rourke's Drift facing that crowd of about 2,000 and only 100 of them? Had to be terrifying. I thought the movie did a good job of conveying that feeling of terror.

43 posted on 02/17/2009 3:48:07 PM PST by calex59
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To: altsehastiin

The 1911 isn’t on the “more manly firearms” follow-up because it was on the original list, which is linked from the first line of this one.


44 posted on 02/17/2009 3:48:15 PM PST by ReignOfError
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To: ZULU

Somewhere I ran across a site that sells the cartridges for about $6 apiece (don’t remember where). Or learn to re-load your own here: (excellent old weapon site.)

http://www.surplusrifle.com/articles2008/loadingforthemartinihenry/index.asp


45 posted on 02/17/2009 3:48:41 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: calex59

I think the company wants “only” $16,000 for the revolver.


46 posted on 02/17/2009 3:49:50 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: backwoods-engineer

The M44 carbine is on the 1st list.

(http://www.surplusrifle.com ?)


47 posted on 02/17/2009 3:51:57 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: elcid1970

Yes, my FIL had a S&W 1917 .45 revolver. They were more robust, but smaller in size than the Webley. I tried to get it when he died but his widow sold it to some guy without saying a word to the rest of the family. Damn, shame, it had real ivory grips(not factory standard)that had turned yellow with age and had been used by some sheriff in Arizona or one of the other western states before my father in law bought it.


48 posted on 02/17/2009 3:52:13 PM PST by calex59
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To: dynachrome

he was a member of the commie party.

But if his books are enjoyable, I will try not to hold it against him.


49 posted on 02/17/2009 3:52:25 PM PST by Retired Greyhound
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To: abigailsmybaby
Has anybody here ever owned a Kimber handgun? I’m thinking about buying one and would love any opinions.

I own, and carry a Kimber Ultra Covert II. It is compact, light, and a very smooth shooting weapon. Mine has the Crimson Trace grips, and I am a big fan of those as well.

The only negative thing I can say about it is that it requires a special tool for dis-assembly.

50 posted on 02/17/2009 3:52:27 PM PST by PalmettoMason ("an empty limousine pulled up in front of the White House, and Barack Obama got out")
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To: ReignOfError
The 1911 isn’t on the “more manly firearms” follow-up because it was on the original list, which is linked from the first line of this one.

Prolly should make a list of the biggest wussy firearms...the list would be much shorter.

51 posted on 02/17/2009 3:53:21 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: dynachrome

Ok, is it a smaller cartridge than the .600 Nitro express? A well known and often used big game cartridge in Africa. Used mainly in English made double rifles.


52 posted on 02/17/2009 3:54:00 PM PST by calex59
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To: ZULU

It’s faintly possible that Lt. Chard could have personally bought a prototype, pre-production Webley-Green 1879 model and had it sent to him in South Africa, but probably not.

Still, great film.


53 posted on 02/17/2009 3:54:41 PM PST by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: calex59

Might be the same one. I can’t find the pic I googled a few days ago, yet.


54 posted on 02/17/2009 3:58:57 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: VR-21
I owned a Python, and sold it back in the 70’s for $175. I still wake up screaming

I traded a half dozen cartons of Lucky's for a Colt 1911 in Munich/56... Then traded it for a new Single Six in 1959.
I'm beyond screaming, - I just whimper a lot.

55 posted on 02/17/2009 4:00:36 PM PST by jtom36
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To: All

One for his future lists:

“Prototype Folding Machine Gun”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2187873/posts


56 posted on 02/17/2009 4:04:16 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: PalmettoMason
This is my Sig...what a great shooter it is, and reasonably priced...also, Sig markets a nice jacket that has an inside, velcro-sealed pocket that accomodates the full-sized 1911, and a sandwich or two.

Sig 1911 Nitron Rail

57 posted on 02/17/2009 4:05:07 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: JoeProBono
nay & M16 My sweetheart already knows what the 2nd Amendment was actually written for. There is a particular emphasis on gun safety.
58 posted on 02/17/2009 4:12:14 PM PST by DMZFrank
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To: JoeProBono

The M16 isn’t particularly manly anyway.


59 posted on 02/17/2009 4:14:03 PM PST by DMZFrank
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To: dynachrome
My .475 Linebaugh will put hair on your chest (even if you are a woman).


60 posted on 02/17/2009 4:14:13 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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