Dont insullt the cowboys!

[Dave R]

Why wouldn't Wyatt Earp use a Glock? National Geographic tells me cowboys ride motorocycles these days....

Actually, I know some real cowboys. That is, my cousin runs a pretty big cattle ranch in Wyoming. (Although he's an architect during business hours...)

What's on his rifle rack? A Marlin .30-30. A Mini-14. And he has a S&W revolver in .357 mag.

Doesn't prove anything. He's not a real firearms-oriented guy.

 

[FXR]

M1A and a 1911 for me. Oh, and I shave with a straight razor too .

K

 

[MICHAEL T]

Win 30-30
1911A1 and a 357 3" mod 13
870 Rem.
You keep your plastic pistols and assualt rifles. I like wood and steel. To H--- with your time line Earp would be carrying a Colt 1911A1 because he would want the best and that ain't plastic.

 

[GRB]

Timothy75,
I carry, plink with, shoot target with, and hunt with what I like. It can be semi-auto to single shot. What should anyone in the future care what I carried? So what if I sometimes use an older model revolver or lever gun? I do agree that many modern firearms are more advanced than older models, but older models have there places too - if just for fun or preference.

Joe,
I cannot agree with anyone who calls a Beretta 92 a jam-a-matic. That is just silly prejudice in my opinion or, maybe it is based upon experience where shooter error caused the jams. I own a 92-SB and two 92F's. They are virtually jam free. In fact I have had more problems with S&W and Colt revolvers regarding malfunctions than I have with my Berettas or for that matter with my issue Glock (and I am no great fan of Glocks). I am amused by anyone who finds the Beretta to be a jam-a-matic.

fiVe,
I am kind of curious as to what you meant by this:

my preference is to move toward simpler things--thus I prefer revolvers, lever actions, and maybe a stock SKS.

Does this mean that a revolver is simpler in its mechanisms than are modern semiautomatic pistols or that a lever action is a simple mechanism? I don't think this is correct mechanically, but maybe by simpler you meant something else like nostalgic or maybe I am just wrong about which mechanisms are simpler.


All the best,
Glenn B

 

[Gunsnrovers]

Only cowboy I know personally has a M19, a Model 700, and an 870.

I have no idea what to make of that.

 

[timothy75]

Thanks everyone I appreciate all of your views. Like I said this idea just popped in my head for a second and I wanted to share it with you. A few more points. 1. We have abandoned root cellars, black and white TV's, and straight razors. 2. Nostalgia is wonderfull regarding hunting and plinking but self defense is much too serious of subject for it. 3. Everyone used to carry the Colt SAA because it was the best avalible and everyone agreed and was united on that and that gives them definition. Today's individuality makes us much less defined. Oh and by the way my favorite gun right now is a Thompson Center and I love my single actions, but for home defense I'm protected by Glock, Bushmaster, and Remington.........no not 1875.

 

[Sistema1927]

I have seen the light!

No longer will I enjoy shooting my flintlock, or my percussion revolvers, or my lever guns, or my single-actions, or my mil-surps, or my....

Thanks for simplifying my life.

 

[armedandsafe]

Doc would probably be carrying a Model 12 or a Mossberg with a tube longer than the barrel.

Pops