longtom4570
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I got to shoot a 45-70 Gatling gun at Winter range one year
you could hear it all up and down the firing line
you could hear it all up and down the firing line
What is the most cool, obscure or rare gun you have ever fired?
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Justin
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Once upon a time I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to put about 20 rounds through a Stoner 63.
ACP230
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I shot a full auto Mauser Broomhandle once. It was the only time I've seen one. It had a fast cyclic rate and shooting four round bursts of .30 Mauser generated some recoil.
The Ingram M6 is a fairly rare subgun. The trigger is the selector. Pull a little and you get semiauto fire, pull more and you get rock and roll. I've fired one many times and still like it a lot. I wish the magazines weren't so expensive!
The oddest blackpowder gun I fired was home made. The underhammer was powered by a screen door spring. The barrel was a length of tubing and the sights were a nail and a hook eye. The guy who built it said he was tired of hearing people talk about banning guns so decided to demonstrate how hard it would be. The thing fired, and held together. I have a pic of the maker firing it. There was a jet of fire about 18 inches long coming out of the barrel.
The Ingram M6 is a fairly rare subgun. The trigger is the selector. Pull a little and you get semiauto fire, pull more and you get rock and roll. I've fired one many times and still like it a lot. I wish the magazines weren't so expensive!
The oddest blackpowder gun I fired was home made. The underhammer was powered by a screen door spring. The barrel was a length of tubing and the sights were a nail and a hook eye. The guy who built it said he was tired of hearing people talk about banning guns so decided to demonstrate how hard it would be. The thing fired, and held together. I have a pic of the maker firing it. There was a jet of fire about 18 inches long coming out of the barrel.
BluesBear
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geegee, Thompson 1927 is semi-auto only.
1921 & 1928 are the selective fire ones.
As are the WWII era M1 & M1A1 models.
1921 & 1928 are the selective fire ones.
As are the WWII era M1 & M1A1 models.
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Dorian-
The German guy (Weber, I think) used a Walther WA2000. That's the funny looking bullpup .300 Win. Mag. Homer Johnson (sp?) used a custom 7mm, never specified further.
And as long as I'm posting...
LeonCarr-
I hate to be a know it all (but I'm doing it anyway, so I must not hate it that much), but I think your sig line is backwards. As I recall, the quote was "Lose that nickel-plated sissy pistol and get yourself a Glock." EITHER WAY, it is an excellent quote.
The German guy (Weber, I think) used a Walther WA2000. That's the funny looking bullpup .300 Win. Mag. Homer Johnson (sp?) used a custom 7mm, never specified further.
And as long as I'm posting...
LeonCarr-
I hate to be a know it all (but I'm doing it anyway, so I must not hate it that much), but I think your sig line is backwards. As I recall, the quote was "Lose that nickel-plated sissy pistol and get yourself a Glock." EITHER WAY, it is an excellent quote.
I have a friend with an experimental Enfield L39 target rifle, made for Bisley competition. Shoots dime sized groups at 100 yards, what a joy to shoot, very very rare. That's my neatest shoot.
Also shot a 13mm Mauser anti-tank gun (WWI vintage). I actuallly owned that one, only shot it a couple times. Big BOOM.
Also shot a 13mm Mauser anti-tank gun (WWI vintage). I actuallly owned that one, only shot it a couple times. Big BOOM.
45King
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Hmmmm.......
First generation .44 AutoMag (with actual FACTORY ammo)
1874 (?) Springfield Trapdoor
AWC Amphibian (surpressed Ruger .22)
Mk 23 SOCOM (suppressed)
Surpressed AR
First generation .44 AutoMag (with actual FACTORY ammo)
1874 (?) Springfield Trapdoor
AWC Amphibian (surpressed Ruger .22)
Mk 23 SOCOM (suppressed)
Surpressed AR
Bigjake
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Phantom Warrior
one thing i remembered about johnson's 7mm was that it was a semi-auto. anybody make a 7mm semi ??
one thing i remembered about johnson's 7mm was that it was a semi-auto. anybody make a 7mm semi ??
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Probably an M68 105mm tank cannon. 
Fed168
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A 1921 overstamp Thompson, with the L drum.
Various MP-5s, in 9 and 10.
G-36.
Suppressed P-22.
Taking my cake, an Encore chambered in .500 A Square. Never, ever again will I do that to myself.
Various MP-5s, in 9 and 10.
G-36.
Suppressed P-22.
Taking my cake, an Encore chambered in .500 A Square. Never, ever again will I do that to myself.
DWS1117
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MP-5SD. Lots of fun. High drool factor.
Glock 18. Only controlable in short bursts. Lots of lights broken and holes on ceiling of indoor range. Several put there buy the sore/range owner.
BAR. THUMP-THUMP-THUMP...DON'T DROOL ON THE RIFLE!
.50 I think it is an M-2. OOOOOOOOOO Yeah!
M-3 grease gun.
Don't know about rare or unusual but very high on the cool factor.
Glock 18. Only controlable in short bursts. Lots of lights broken and holes on ceiling of indoor range. Several put there buy the sore/range owner.
BAR. THUMP-THUMP-THUMP...DON'T DROOL ON THE RIFLE!
.50 I think it is an M-2. OOOOOOOOOO Yeah!
M-3 grease gun.
Don't know about rare or unusual but very high on the cool factor.
RepublicanMan
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MK 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher
60mm mortar (manual fire instead of drop fire)
81mm mortar
Used the MK 19 to put out the range fires we kept starting with the 60s and 81s since we were firing HE and WP "danger close" out at Donna-Anna range near FT Bliss while on JTF-6.
Man was that a blast (literally)
60mm mortar (manual fire instead of drop fire)
81mm mortar
Used the MK 19 to put out the range fires we kept starting with the 60s and 81s since we were firing HE and WP "danger close" out at Donna-Anna range near FT Bliss while on JTF-6.
Man was that a blast (literally)
Big_R
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I'm feeling a bit outgunned here, but I shot an HK91 and HK93 on the same day just for lending a couple guys some targets at the range. They had forgotten theirs. They let me pop some rounds as thanks. I think the recoil from the HK93 was worse than the '91.
Ryan
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Travis McGee
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Hmmm... let's see. Back when Uncle Sam let me play with his toys I shot .50 cal M2s, belt fed 5.56 Stoners, and a Danish 7.62NATO modern copy of the German MG-42.
That modern MG-42 was so robust, they demo'd it by burying a couple hundred rounds of belt in the dirt and rocks, and then shot it through. Then they had somebody stand on the belt, and the MG dragged itself across the ground during firing. Pretty cool.
Matt
That modern MG-42 was so robust, they demo'd it by burying a couple hundred rounds of belt in the dirt and rocks, and then shot it through. Then they had somebody stand on the belt, and the MG dragged itself across the ground during firing. Pretty cool.
Matt
OEF_VET
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let's see,
Ma Deuce
M249 SAW
M60 GPMG
60mm mortar, The truly cool part about it was I was in Kosovo, firing towards the Serbian border.
M16A1's and A2's
M-4's
M-203's
German Commission Model of 1888, rechambered in .308
M136 (AT4) anti-tank rocket
Ma Deuce
M249 SAW
M60 GPMG
60mm mortar, The truly cool part about it was I was in Kosovo, firing towards the Serbian border.
M16A1's and A2's
M-4's
M-203's
German Commission Model of 1888, rechambered in .308
M136 (AT4) anti-tank rocket
igor
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AT4
APILAS
95mm recoilless
TOW2 (ok, I wasn't the one guiding when we got the few live shots)
Jatimatic
APILAS
95mm recoilless
TOW2 (ok, I wasn't the one guiding when we got the few live shots)
Jatimatic
wingnutx
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Not necessarily that rare, but a MK-43 machinegun is pretty damn cool.
U.S. Pistol, Caliber .30, Model of 1918, aka the Pedersen Device.
It was supposed to be used in marching fire to "make the enemy keep his head down". It was like shooting .22 LR from a big heavy rifle. Little recoil, little noise. If they had been used in combat, the enemy would never have known he was being shot at, and would have just mowed the Americans down. An odd thing is that the little slide like part runs back and forth right in front of the eye; a bit disconcerting.
Jim
It was supposed to be used in marching fire to "make the enemy keep his head down". It was like shooting .22 LR from a big heavy rifle. Little recoil, little noise. If they had been used in combat, the enemy would never have known he was being shot at, and would have just mowed the Americans down. An odd thing is that the little slide like part runs back and forth right in front of the eye; a bit disconcerting.
Jim
Twin full auto 40 mm cannons on an M42 Duster
I have an AR15 upper in .458 Socom; who here has fired that one ?
Fired beer cans filled with concrete out of a blackpowder cannon.
I have fired both the 5.56 and 7.62 Galil; you don't see those every day (at least in the US)
A Thompson SMG chambered in .22 LR
A military M14 sniper rifle with the autoranging scope.
I have an AR15 upper in .458 Socom; who here has fired that one ?
Fired beer cans filled with concrete out of a blackpowder cannon.
I have fired both the 5.56 and 7.62 Galil; you don't see those every day (at least in the US)
A Thompson SMG chambered in .22 LR
A military M14 sniper rifle with the autoranging scope.
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