Posted on 06/17/2013 10:49:28 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
1) Kentucky Long Rifle
The Kentucky long rifle was effectively used as a sniping weapon during the Revolutionary War - allowing colonial soldiers to pick off officers at range due to its rifling and superior accuracy.
2) Spencer Repeating Rifle
The Spencer repeating rifle put an unheard-of amount of firepower into the hands of the few Union soldiers who wielded them.
3) Cold Single-Action Army: 'The Peacemaker'
The Colt Single Action Army was used by lawmen and outlaws alike in the Wild West. It garnered the nickname 'Peacemaker'.
4) Winchester Model 1873
The Winchester 1873 lever action rifle had the speed and stopping power of a long gun, but used the ammunition of a pistol - making it versatile on the range.
5) M1903 Springfield
The M1903 Springfield added modern firepower to the U.S. Army. The biggest advancement in of M1903 Springfield was not the firearm itself, but the cartridge.
6) M1911 pistol
The Colt 1911 pistol has served the U.S. military from 1911 until the present day. Special operations forces still carry the reliable .45-caliber pistol in combat.
7) Thompson Submachine Gun
The Thompson Submachine Gun, aka Tommy Gun, became popular with gangsters during prohibition well before it saw sustained combat.
8) M1 Garande
The M1 Garande was the state of the art for World War II. American GI's carried this semi-automatic rifle when their enemies wielded older bold-action designs.
9) .38 Special Police Revolver
The Colt Special Police became one of the first weapons ever mass-produced for police officers. Dozens of departments armed thousands of men with these .38-caliber revolvers in the 1950s and 60s.
10) M16 Rifle
The M16 rifle has resulted in numerous variants since it was adopted in the Vietnam War. The M-4 carbine is currently used by soldiers in Afghanistan.
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Garand; spell it right. .38 Special was around since late 19th Century in Colt and Smith & Wesson revolvers.
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.
My son gave this book to me for Father’s day...looking forward to reading it.
I’d agree with that, though I must say, the Thompson IS a pretty cool weapon!
Just bought it and started reading it.
Great read.
bfl
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.
He’d be expelled from a gub’mint school for that.
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."
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.
I actually have a CZ82 and I agree.
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.
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 ...
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.
Excellent choice
I dunno. Love that little M-1 Carbine for sure.
“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.
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