MilsurpShooter
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Thompson with drum magazine, dual 1911's in shoulder holsters, and a BAR in the car
Thompson with drum magazine, dual 1911's in shoulder holsters, and a BAR in the car
What guns for the Roaring Twenties?
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Cosmoline
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Dream on, guys. Thompsons? 1911's? BARs? You've watched "Last Man Standing" too many times. You know how few Thompson SMGs were even SOLD in the 1920's? You would be lucky to have a Colt Police Positive in .38 S&W.
Sam Adams
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Colt Gov't Model; Tommygun and Colt Monitor in the trunk, the former for the city and the latter for the country (or as needed in the city, as in punching through brick walls). 'Nuff said.
Cosmoline-
This is a wish list/fantasy. Sure in reality I'd probably be carrying either a Colt Official Police or Smith and Wesson M&P. Heck I might have even carried the Colt Peacemaker,Bisley Colt,Colt Lightning and so on. If I had a hideaway it would have been along the lines of the Remington Derringer or maybe a S&W "Lemon squeezer". My shotgun would have been a Winchester 1887 12 guage lever action or maybe the 1901 10guage. Then again it might have been one of the Remington D/B shotties. My rifle probably would have been a Winchester 1873, 1892, 1894 etc. The most common cailber would have been 44-40 or 30-30. Very likely none of the guns would have been new - with the possible excepton of the revolver. Maybe
Sure you're right, but let's dream a little bit. Then again coming up with this "realistic" list was fun also.
This is a wish list/fantasy. Sure in reality I'd probably be carrying either a Colt Official Police or Smith and Wesson M&P. Heck I might have even carried the Colt Peacemaker,Bisley Colt,Colt Lightning and so on. If I had a hideaway it would have been along the lines of the Remington Derringer or maybe a S&W "Lemon squeezer". My shotgun would have been a Winchester 1887 12 guage lever action or maybe the 1901 10guage. Then again it might have been one of the Remington D/B shotties. My rifle probably would have been a Winchester 1873, 1892, 1894 etc. The most common cailber would have been 44-40 or 30-30. Very likely none of the guns would have been new - with the possible excepton of the revolver. Maybe
Sure you're right, but let's dream a little bit. Then again coming up with this "realistic" list was fun also.
BluesBear
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Handguns - I'd go for a pair of S&W 1917 revolvers with plenty of extra ammo in ½ moon clips. (full moon clips didn't come out until the 1980s and back then the 1911 sights were just too small.)
Shotgun - 1901 Winchester lever action 10 gauge sawed back to the magazine. (back then the 10 beat the 12 hands down) Hmmmm did they make a 10 gauge Poly-Choke?
Rifle - 1917 Enfield (the magazine holds six as opposed to the Springfield's five and ya gotta love that rear sight!)
Subgun - 1921 Thompson with the infamous C-Drum. (the 1927 is semi only and there were very few 1928s until the late 1930s and they didn't like the 100 rd C-Drum) with plenty of stick mags for back up (changing out a drum is SLOW)
Heavy stuff - Colt Monitor (commercial version of the BAR) with plenty of tracer & AP ammo.
Hide out guns - S&W 1913 in .35 S&W (yes .35) or a Remington Model 51 or Colt 1903/1908.
Yes it's all a big dream.
But dreams and what-ifs can be fun.
But the biggest dream in this entire thread was from the person who mentioned carrying an N-Frame S&W in an ankle holster!
You'd have to have ankles bigger than Rosie O'Doughnut!
Shotgun - 1901 Winchester lever action 10 gauge sawed back to the magazine. (back then the 10 beat the 12 hands down) Hmmmm did they make a 10 gauge Poly-Choke?
Rifle - 1917 Enfield (the magazine holds six as opposed to the Springfield's five and ya gotta love that rear sight!)
Subgun - 1921 Thompson with the infamous C-Drum. (the 1927 is semi only and there were very few 1928s until the late 1930s and they didn't like the 100 rd C-Drum) with plenty of stick mags for back up (changing out a drum is SLOW)
Heavy stuff - Colt Monitor (commercial version of the BAR) with plenty of tracer & AP ammo.
Hide out guns - S&W 1913 in .35 S&W (yes .35) or a Remington Model 51 or Colt 1903/1908.
Yes it's all a big dream.
But dreams and what-ifs can be fun.
But the biggest dream in this entire thread was from the person who mentioned carrying an N-Frame S&W in an ankle holster!
You'd have to have ankles bigger than Rosie O'Doughnut!
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