Difficult "Gun Nut" Quiz - Have fun

6/10. I've never seen Lone Wolf McQuade.

5/10

Yee-Haw! I got 7 out of 10.

Most were lucky guesses.

Walter

10/10
It saddens me Elmer is unknown and forgotten. Skeeter, O'Conners, Ackley. Jeffreys was one of the top makers of fine British guns. ( I cheated on the Talbot and looked it up in the Barnes book)

You scored: 8 / 10
Total points: 80
The average score for this quiz: 3 / 10

I missed

3. What catridge is the new 300 Remington Ultra Magnum based on?
4. What is Walt Berger best known for? (stupid...I should have known that)

I guessed on the Lone Wolf question.

6 of 10 - a "D" - looks like summer school for me.

10/10! But I'm old and I remember when most of that stuff happened.

8/10, I'm just not a rifle guy. The 338 Talbot and the .300 Ultra got me.

one wrong!

Damm Damm!

I got one wrong...hadn't heard of the .338 Talbot before. I guess even a proficient rifleman can learn sump'n new.

Was fun though!

5/10 I got the 5 easy ones. The movie questions are bogus.

6/10

Ackley what??

FYI.

Historical Notes:

The 338/50 Talbot is the work of Skip Talbot, Talbot's Custom Equipment in Fallon, Nevada. Skip began development of the cartridge in 1984 as an outgrowth of working with the 50 caliber Browning Machine Gun cartridge. The 338/50 is a 50BMG necked down to 338 caliber and with the shoulder angle increased to 35 degrees. The primary purpose of the 338/50 is long range target shooting out to 3000 yards. Forming dies are made by RCBS.

General Comments:

The 338/50 is a highly specialized cartridge and not intended for hunting. It would, of course, be adequate for any North American big game and the same would apply to Africa. The cartridge is over bore capacity and sever throat erosion occurred within only 250 rounds. Talbot also tried a shortened version of the cartridge, about one inch shorter than the full length case, in order to increase the loading density. The maximum load of 170 grains of Accurate Arms 8700 powder occupied only 77 percent of the volumetric capacity. However, the short version was not successful because muzzle velocity was reduced by about 500 fps. The full length case developed a muzzle velocity of 3700 fps with a 250 grain bullet when fired from a 44 inch barrel. By comparison, the 340 Weatherby Magnum pushes the 250 grain bullet at an initial velocity of 2850 fps from a 26 inch barrel, so the 338/50 develops an additional 850 fps with the same bullet. When one considers that, perhaps, 500 fps of the muzzle velocity results solely from a longer than standard barrel, these ballistics are not so impressive. However, with a much slower powder and bullets of 300 grains or heavier, the results might be spectacular. It is an interesting cartridge, but not very practical for most purposes

7 / 10 not bad considering that I've been drinking tonight...........

Never heard of most of those screwy cartridges. I'm a mall ninja, I don't have to know about Ackley Improved nuttin'. All I have to know is how to establish the best firing positions to protect the GAP and how to organize a retreat of the mall tac team to Candy Craze.
Where's the questions on 5.11 Tactical? Blackhawk tactical gear? Where's an essay question to list four calibers besides 5.56/.223 that can be fired from an AR?

P.S. How the devil did so many people miss the .44 mag question? Elmer Keith is always the .44 Magnum/Special guy. I've never read a thing he wrote (that I know of) and I know that he's the .44 Magnum man.

4/10

8/10 - I missed 3 & 7.


Thanks hexidismal, that was fun

9/10 I thought AI was 50 degrees.

I knew 2, guessed correctly at one, and had no frickin' idea for the rest

You old guys need to get your poop in a group.

I am 24 years old and got 10/10.......

Read more, and stop watching TV........LOL

5/10

Lone Wolf McQuade?
Who TF was she??

6/10.

You know, I've read Cartridges of the World cover-to-cover, so I should have known those questions about Ackley shoulder angles and .338 Obscuro. Guess I need to sleep with it strapped to my head so it will absorb better.

Lone Wolf M. Was all about Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris knows you did not watch his movie.....Be Afraid.

From taking this quiz I realized I read way to much about guns.......