"It shoots through schools."
Posted on 06/03/2016 7:55:48 AM PDT by Don Hernando de Las Casas
Here’s a light-hearted question for a beautiful Friday morning. What are the most visually beautiful weapons ever created? I was gonna ask for your top 5 or top 10, but, really, why limit ourselves? ANY weapons count; notice I’ve counted warships on my list. I hope I haven’t listed all the best. Have at it, gang. Tiger tank 1911 .45 1921 Thompson BAR 1851 Colt Navy revolver M-60 and/or MG-42 Any ship of the line circa. 1770 – 1815, such as L’Orient.
The Panther is a whole lot better looking than the Tiger.
A knife, yes?
I care not if my weapon is pleasing to look at, only that it works and places rounds where I need them.
Definitely YES to the Python, and yes to the 4 inch barrel.
“But if I went around sayin’ I was Emporer just because some moistened bink lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away.”
My vote goes to the F4U Corsair!
"It shoots through schools."
As Douglas Adams said of another weapon, which is applicable to the A-10:
The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. ... "Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with."
I constantly flip-flop between the Tiger, the Panther, and the King Tiger. Can never make up my mind.
My daily weapon is the CZ-75B (beautiful). I have a suppressor with it. If I knew how to post a pic, I would.
JagdPanther, M1 Garand, F-15 Eagle, P08 luger, Iowa class battleships, MG-42, P-51 Mustang, B-29 bomber, USS Constitution.
I agree. It took me a long while to be able to credibly rebuild one that meets specs.
P-51 or P-40 is the one for me.
Winchester Model 92
Colt Woodsman Match Target 3rd Edition
High Standard Trophy (Fluted barrel)
High Standard Trophy (Space Gun)
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that skit!!!! Not sure what it has to do with this thread, but hey!, it was still great.
Wasn’t it “moistened tartlet”?
Iowa class battleship, M-1 carbine, Colt 1860 Army, F-86 Sabre jet, and USMC KaBar and 1911 tied for 5th....
What is more lovely than an A-10 with its wings tilted 80 degrees for a gun run, 200 feet off the ground?
Ruger mades some beautiful revolvers,I have several
One is # 411 of 650 made,
Compare a triple-deck ship of the line with the USS Constitution. See what you think.
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