The 10 guns that defined America: Posthumous book by Ex-Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle reveals....

Daily Mail ^ | June 17, 2013 | Michael Zennie

[Lion Den Dan]

Garand; spell it right. .38 Special was around since late 19th Century in Colt and Smith & Wesson revolvers.

[0.E.O]

The M2 Browning .50 cal machine gun deserves to be on the list more than the Thompson. That was a flash in the pan by comparison. The Ma Deuce was used at sea, on land, in the air, and is pushing 90 years old and still going strong.

[6ppc]

My son gave this book to me for Father’s day...looking forward to reading it.

[rlmorel]

I’d agree with that, though I must say, the Thompson IS a pretty cool weapon!

[ZULU]

Just bought it and started reading it.

Great read.

[RoosterRedux]

bfl

[twister881]

11) POTUS SuperSoaker Semiautomatic Special, with high capacity water reservoir in orange (carried by Wussies everywhere)

[MHGinTN]

If made with an aluminum receiver and plastic furniture, it is more useful since it can be brought from eleven pounds down to less than seven pounds. When built that way it is a useful home defense weapon. Hi-Point makes a .45 carbine that needs only a hi cap mag to be an equal in performance, though the design doesn’t hold up to more than 3000 rounds fired in its life cycle because of the zinc used in it.

[Sender]

He’d be expelled from a gub’mint school for that.

[Sender]

the design doesn’t hold up to more than 3000 rounds fired in its life cycle because of the zinc used in it

I have a Kel-Tec pistol that started to have problems after several hundred rounds. The area of the chamber that locks into the slide was becoming distorted. I called the company and they basically said, "This isn't the kind of gun that you shoot cases of ammo through."

[twister881]

Wonder if the list / book is limited to individual weapons, and not those considered crew-served (e.g., machine guns, SAW, sniper rifles), even though a number of them can be operated by one person?

[MHGinTN]

Sell the KelTech and buy a used CZ 82. Excellent self-defense weapon/tool. The only Kel Tech issue I like are the sub2000 variants. The 40S&W is an ideal home defense and can be easily fitted with a suppressor.

[Sender]

I actually have a CZ82 and I agree.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I agree. The Thompson was used in WWII and was quickly replaced by the M3 and M3A1 “Grease gun”. The M2 is STILL our main heavy MG.

[MHGinTN]

Widener’s was selling an unissued version of the CZ 82 and the M57 recently. I happened to have gotten a brand new CZ82 quite by accident when I purchased a ‘used’ version from them. Now if we could get a supply of reasonably priced hollow point ammo for it ...

[lacrew]

I was in the Army in the 90’s.

I ordered a manual for the M-2...and the most recent version was dated 1952! Not much changes with this machine gun - it just plain works.

[Vendome]

Excellent choice

[headstamp 2]

I dunno. Love that little M-1 Carbine for sure.

[headstamp 2]

“I was in the Army in the 90’s.

I ordered a manual for the M-2...and the most recent version was dated 1952! Not much changes with this machine gun - it just plain works.”

This reminds me of the episode of MASH when Col. Potter is reading a Garand manual to one of the little Korean kids like it was a bedtime story. Hilarious.