Self defense and other fun with anachronisms...

[Marshwheeling]

I have a compact, bright LED flashlight 4" long with a "tactical" bezel. For my money, a classic 3- or 4- D-cell Maglite is more anachronistic, more better self-defense.

 

[Cyrano]

30-06 is a hundred and six years old this year. A hundred and nine if you count the 30-03. Didn't Teddy Roosevelt go hunting with one in 1912?

 

[Onomea]

Speaking of TR, he went hunting with the M94 when it first came out, and was impressed by the high powered, smokeless 30-30.

What is that he said, something like "While I am not a very good shot, I am good at shooting frequently..." Guess he liked a lever gun, for sure. Took a M95 to Africa on safari. I think it was in .405 though. Called it his "Big Medicine."

 

[nicky4968]

I can't take pictures very well. But I like my 1937-manufactured Auto 5 in 16 gauge.

 

[sipowicz]

Great post...it makes you think how revolver lovers are traditionalists and tend to use their heart over their head....sure, my modern P2000 weighs the same as my Detective Special empty, holds over twice as many rounds, has an extra inch of barrel, is quicker to reload and the LEM trigger is even smoother than my Colt. But when I go to the safe, and admire that finish as alluring as the eyes of a black Irish beauty...and think how well it served my dad for the past 50 years, it's hard to bypass it for a soulless plastic auto........

 

[GatorFarmer]

50 years ago, hmm....

The AR15 was designed 50 odd years ago. There's photos of it in the hands of trench coated policement undergoing testing in the early 60s in period law enforcement magazines. It was advertised as just the thing in case the beatnicks got out of line.

The FN FAL and AK series are even older designs. The original AK-47 was designed within a few years of the M1 carbine.

Of course if you want to really feel old, there are quite a few shooters born after the Glock was designed.

 

[PALADIN85020]

...and the LEM trigger is even smoother than my Colt.

Sip -

I didn't know they had any firearms on the Lunar Excursion Module - but maybe they did in 1969?

John

 

[David LaPell]

I have tried out some of the plastic guns but I have never been able to like them as a whole.

CVA Derringer .45

 

[tops]

If you had to rely on a cartridge available 100 years ago-38 Special, 38-40, 44-40, 44 Special, 45 Long Colt, 45 ACP-or 12 gauge. You'd do just fine.

Good information! Larry

 

[Andy Griffith]

You want tactical?!?!?

I'll show you something really tacti-cool:

It's the real McCoy.

I've got it loaded with buckshot in case one of them a-pock-a-lips things follows me home from the taco bell where I order those monster chupacabra cheese thingys.

 

[Smith357]

I just picked up a plastic gun to finally give one a try. Even if it turns out that I like the plastic gun I don't think I'm going to sell all my wheelguns. Besides I had this one put together specifically as my last ditch combat handgun.

I have been saying for years when it comes down to it, I can use my .30-06 hunting rifles and pick up all the ARs and AKs I want off the ground.

 

[Andy Griffith]

This is my outfit for going after small change...

Now, just think what I use when I go after real money.