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What exactly is this?
I ran across this image the other day on the internet
and had never seen it before. I found it pretty interesting.
Does anyone know exactly what gun this is? Thanks for
your insight.
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Wild guess would be a Nam tunnel rat ready to go hunting.
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tunnel rat
Not sure what all the equipment is. He appears to be a tunnel rat .During th e Viet Nam war those guys went on search and destroy missions in the Congs tunnels.
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I am aware of QSPR's, but this isn't the model 29 that I am used to seeing. And the quietness of the tunnel gun is in the ammunition, not a silencer on the end of the barrel.
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Originally Posted by GunarSailors
I am aware of QSPR's, but this isn't the model 29 that I am used to seeing. And the quietness of the tunnel gun is in the ammunition, not a silencer on the end of the barrel.
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From what I read years back the "rats" guns were modified to have extremely small gaps between the cylinder and cone. So tight that they could only get off a few shots without a good cleaning. If that is true a "silencer" would most definitely help!
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IIRC, in 1966 the Limited War Laboratory developed 6 suppressed prototype "tunnel rat" guns based on an S&W Model 10, with almost no cylinder gap. They sent the 6 to Vietnam for testing followed by an additional 450 units. By the time the 450 units hit the field the LWL decided a suppressed .22 was a better choice, so not many of these revolvers were ever made.
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IIRC the QSPRs came along pretty late in the game and not that many were produced or used. Tunnel Rats used a variety of guns during the war, including the "silenced" Model 10 shown here. The only "Rat" I met during my time over there was using a Model 10.
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There is a long thread about the QSPR which includes information about this. A search will probably turn it up.
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