THE TEN MANLIEST FIREARMS

Arthur's Hall of Viking Manliness ^ | N/A | Crazy Einar

[parsifal]

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.

[tophat9000]

hmmm I see my GLOCK 21 but not my VPER (an AK in .308...just so much better)

[UCANSEE2]

IF we're gonna go with WISHES instead of REALITY, I submit this:

8 shell frag, or 20-32 cartridge magazines.

300 rounds per minute, fully automatic, gas-fired, low-recoil shotgun.

The AA-12 uses many different types of cartridges such as 00 buck shot, #4 bird shot, 12-bore lead slugs, or less-than-lethal rubber stun batons. It can also fire flares or special FRAG-12 18.5mm fin-stablized HE, HEAP, and sensor fused HEAB "air-burst" fragmentation shells that can detonate in mid-air.

[Kartographer]

Obligatory Sarah Palin imagery...

[Tainan]

Looking at the world from this perspective...ya can see a long long way.

[Born Conservative]

Where’s the M1? It certainly deserves a top 10 slot.

[parsifal]

True. Who was the first metrosexual? It wasn’t Liberace because he was just plain flamingly gay. Who was the guy who cursed the USA with metrosexuality?

parsy, who is wondering

[NonLinear]

Great piece!

[parsifal]

Several people have mentioned it. That and the F A L, which I don’t know what it even is.

parsy, who only has a few fancy guns

[mylife]

The FN FAL, "The Right Arm Of The Free World"

[Swordmaker]

Colt Peacemaker. Elf? Dunno.

Nope. 1858 Remington Black Powder muzzle loader .44 caliber ball.

[familyop]

BTW, the black pearl grips are nice, actually. ;-)

[Retain Mike]

Also, you could have spilled a gallon of chocolate milk on that Barrett and it would still have fired through a stack of 2,000+ laptops.

[Tainan]

Quite right you are. Also known as a "Blooper" for the distinctive sound they make when fired.
A versatile weapon with quite a few different rounds made for it.
And its fun to use. Similar in trajectory to throwing a softball. But that can be useful in some situations,i.e. lobbing over walls, lobbing onto rooftops, into trenches...etc.....quite fun.

[PzLdr]

1. StG 44
2. 1911A1
3.Colt 1873 Peacemaker, .45
4.Winchester 1876
5. MG 42
6. Sharps Buffalo Gun, 45-70
7. Thompson Submachine Gun
8. AK 47
9. Mac 10
10. Colt Python .357 Magnum

[familyop]

"True. Who was the first metrosexual? It wasn’t Liberace because he was just plain flamingly gay. Who was the guy who cursed the USA with metrosexuality?"

That's an interesting question! A pretty close guess might be Henry Beecher. He preached romanticist garbage in favor of adultery and pandered to wives with early feminism. ...hung out with Susan B. Anthony and even humped around with the wife of a close friend. Another associate of their was Victoria Woodhull (advocated "free love").

[Still Thinking]

Yeah, I always found Sarah Jessica more manly than Hugh Grant. Not a good sign for either of them.

[cmsgop]

BREN-10, thank youuuuuuu

[ctdonath2]

Very legal if the right paperwork is filed and tax paid.

[mojitojoe]

Santa won’t come if you stay up and wait, you know that.
The Barrett M82 would make most liberals dirty their shorts. A friend of mine has one, he paid over 8 grand for it. One day my wife and I went to range with him. I told her to shoot his new rifle. When she fired that thing it almost knocked her off the chair. That thing sounds like a cannon and boy does it kick. She was pissed for about an hour.

Merry Christmas

[mojitojoe]

That will get her done.