Guns Aboard the Titanic

[orpington]

It is possible, I suppose, that a third class passenger (or second class passenger) might have secreted away a revolver with his life's belongings in a chest full of clothes. Obviously nothing ornate. This was before the days of metal detectors, so anything is possible. A British Bulldog or something similar...

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I commented earlier about how a Colt 1911 could have been on board, and was quickly corrected, as they only were available in the US a few days before the Titanic sailed from Southampton. In the highly fictitious movie, Calvin has a Colt 1911 and I commented how at least a firearm that actually existed in 1912 was used in the movie. Obviously, once again, Hollywood got it all wrong when it comes to guns. A Webley would have been a better choice...

 

[Speedo66]

Teddy Roosevelt could have walked around Times Square with a suppressed pistol, shooting at squirrels and rats, and nobody would have blinked, except maybe if they wanted to cheer him on. .

Well of course he could, he was a NYC police commissioner.

 

[Sistema1927]

An interesting webpage:

http://www.williammurdoch.net/articles_13_Guns_on_Titanic.html

And another:

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/gunshots-on-titanic.html

 

[WestKentucky]

Lots of early, quite good double actions would have been available as would have been early autos from fn, Mauser, and others. It was truly an awesome time in the evolution of arms. JMB still alive and kicking tail with designs he would not live to see become the most famous, long lived, successful designs of all time. Newfangled bottom loaders in 25acp 7.63 32acp and 45acp coming out along with the fairly recent conversion to smokeless powder. The world of arms was changing very quickly. Realistically they went from single action revolvers to a 1911 over the course of about 25 years spanning all of the gaps and hurdles in between. Also consider in the mix the relatively new machine gun technology developed by maxim. We will never see another day in history so bright with innovation as the early 20th century. Remington m11 changed the world of shotguns. 1911 changed the world of handguns. BAR changed the world of rifles. The history is truly incredible.