Guns in Literature
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Lex Luthier
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@ 9mm Fan: Captain Glanton was also the guy who wanted to saw off the beautiful British shotgun and the armorer (or whoever he was) wouldn't do it, so he grabbed a hacksaw and did it himself.
Also the Judge character made homemade black powder as the enemy was approaching. I always wondered the truth about that until seeing a formula/ recipe for it in an old Navy SEAL manual.
Blood Meridian is in my top ten books of all time. An earlier work: The Orchard Keeper has plenty of country style gun stuff in it also.
Also the Judge character made homemade black powder as the enemy was approaching. I always wondered the truth about that until seeing a formula/ recipe for it in an old Navy SEAL manual.
Blood Meridian is in my top ten books of all time. An earlier work: The Orchard Keeper has plenty of country style gun stuff in it also.
Tinpig
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The Pistol is an excellent novel in which an issued 1911 is practically the main character.
It was written in 1959 by James Jones who wrote From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. Jones was at Schofield Barracks during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and fought with the 25th. Inf. Div. on Guadalcanal.
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It was written in 1959 by James Jones who wrote From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. Jones was at Schofield Barracks during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and fought with the 25th. Inf. Div. on Guadalcanal.
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T2K
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No particular comment about the subject. However, I am 100% sure I read an awesome thread here about this exact same subject before with many, many great references.
TRX
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Almost any of Donald Hamilton's books. Particularly, "Line of Fire" and "Assassins have Starry Eyes."
Outlaw Man
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I believe it was Patriot Games where he talks about Ryan getting a Hi Power for protection. It's been a while, but I seem to remember him being fairly descriptive and even explaining a bit about why that weapon was chosen.
Another I haven't read in a while, but Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove (along with some of his other alternative history novels) was pretty descriptive of the AK-47 from what I can remember. It's probably been close to 20 years, though!
Other than those and Monster Hunter, I read more nonfiction than fiction, so my pool of books is fairly limited. I could name you some good nonfiction ones that aren't directly gun related...
JRH6856
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So I pulled my paperback copy of Patriot Games and started looking…
Pg 204 is where he first describes the BHP. Not a lot of detail, says it has a 13 round clip, and a nice safety system.
Pg 256, Ryan is at the range musing about having to control “a machine that delivered a .357-inch bullet…”
Outlaw Man
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That's the one I was thinking about. I remember trying to reconcile the "clip" with Clancy's usually rigerous attention to detail. I finally decided that he chose the term because it's the one a relatively inexperienced (in firearms) Jack Ryan would have used.
JRH6856
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How would you rationalize his description of the 9mm (.355) BHP firing a .357-inch bullet?
9mmfan
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@Lex Luthier, it wasn't Cap'n Glanton with the SxS, I think it was David Brown. Might have been the ex-priest Tobin, but I think it was Davey. Would have to look it up.
Yeppers, Judge Holden mixing up that batch of the Holy Black on the run more or less is what started my interest in doing it on my own. I'll get there soon. Great, fantastic, killer book.
Started The Orchard Keeper. Got busy, my Kindle was relegated to a forgotten drawer.
Also, in Child of God, I was wondering about Ballard's rifle. Hunted squirrels, yet also killed several folk. .22 or greater? James Franco just made a film out of it. REALLY want to see it.
C McC is, by all accounts, a tireless beast of a researcher.
On that note, please PM me as needed, I don't want this thread locked as Off-Topic.
Yeppers, Judge Holden mixing up that batch of the Holy Black on the run more or less is what started my interest in doing it on my own. I'll get there soon. Great, fantastic, killer book.
Started The Orchard Keeper. Got busy, my Kindle was relegated to a forgotten drawer.
Also, in Child of God, I was wondering about Ballard's rifle. Hunted squirrels, yet also killed several folk. .22 or greater? James Franco just made a film out of it. REALLY want to see it.
C McC is, by all accounts, a tireless beast of a researcher.
On that note, please PM me as needed, I don't want this thread locked as Off-Topic.
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geim druth
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+1 on H. Beam Piper.
KIng Solomon's Mines has some good gun detail:
As to the arms I cannot do better than put down a list of those which we finally decided on from among the ample store that Sir Henry had brought with him from England, and those which I owned. I copy it from my pocket-book, where I made the entry at the time.
"Three heavy breech-loading double-eight elephant guns, weighing about fifteen pounds each, to carry a charge of eleven drachms of black powder." Two of these were by a well-known London firm, most excellent makers, but I do not know by whom mine, which is not so highly finished, was made. I have used it on several trips, and shot a good many elephants with it, and it has always proved a most superior weapon, thoroughly to be relied on.
"Three double-500 Expresses, constructed to stand a charge of six drachms," sweet weapons, and admirable for medium-sized game, such as eland or sable antelope, or for men, especially in an open country and with the semi-hollow bullet.
"One double No. 12 central-fire Keeper's shot-gun, full choke both barrels." This gun proved of the greatest service to us afterwards in shooting game for the pot.
"Three Winchester repeating rifles (not carbines), spare guns.
"Three single-action Colt's revolvers, with the heavier, or American pattern of cartridge."
This was our total armament, and doubtless the reader will observe that the weapons of each class were of the same make and calibre, so that the cartridges were interchangeable, a very important point. I make no apology for detailing it at length, as every experienced hunter will know how vital a proper supply of guns and ammunition is to the success of an expedition.
No reference yo a particular make or caliber, but Pushkin's 'The Shot' is a good story.
KIng Solomon's Mines has some good gun detail:
As to the arms I cannot do better than put down a list of those which we finally decided on from among the ample store that Sir Henry had brought with him from England, and those which I owned. I copy it from my pocket-book, where I made the entry at the time.
"Three heavy breech-loading double-eight elephant guns, weighing about fifteen pounds each, to carry a charge of eleven drachms of black powder." Two of these were by a well-known London firm, most excellent makers, but I do not know by whom mine, which is not so highly finished, was made. I have used it on several trips, and shot a good many elephants with it, and it has always proved a most superior weapon, thoroughly to be relied on.
"Three double-500 Expresses, constructed to stand a charge of six drachms," sweet weapons, and admirable for medium-sized game, such as eland or sable antelope, or for men, especially in an open country and with the semi-hollow bullet.
"One double No. 12 central-fire Keeper's shot-gun, full choke both barrels." This gun proved of the greatest service to us afterwards in shooting game for the pot.
"Three Winchester repeating rifles (not carbines), spare guns.
"Three single-action Colt's revolvers, with the heavier, or American pattern of cartridge."
This was our total armament, and doubtless the reader will observe that the weapons of each class were of the same make and calibre, so that the cartridges were interchangeable, a very important point. I make no apology for detailing it at length, as every experienced hunter will know how vital a proper supply of guns and ammunition is to the success of an expedition.
No reference yo a particular make or caliber, but Pushkin's 'The Shot' is a good story.
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