David E. Petzal's Gun Nut Quiz

[Sun195]

7/10 here.

 

[Jeff Timm]

The automatic revolver is the Classic Webley-Fosbery from "The Maltese Falcon"

http://www.thegunzone.com/webley-fosbery.html

It is a LARGE piece of ordnance.

Geoff
Who has seen several, fired none.

 

[smokemaker]

9 of 10... the .220 swift tripped me up, though I guessed on the parker question.

 

[Walkalong]

Damn - 8 out of 10. Could not remember about the .220 swift and guessed wrong on the rimfire.

 

[Legionnaire]

8 of 10. Missed the .220 Swift (no idea) and flat/coil spring (didn't think it through carefully).

 

[schultz's honor]

Got an 8 out of 10
goofed up on the question about the 7mm marsupial round
Just checkin to see if anybody is reading these posts

 

[Stiletto Null]

8/10—I missed the one on .220 Swift, and the correct answer on the .22LR question was my second choice.

 

[Mal H]

8 of 10. Like a lot of folks, I missed the .220 Swift one and the .22 accuracy one. If uniformity of powder isn't there, then no amount of priming compound is going to help. I protest!


[... and yes, schultzy, I saw that! ]

 

[Jeff Timm]

Mal H commented, "If uniformity of powder isn't there, then no amount of priming compound is going to help. I protest!"

Actually BB caps have no powder and can be quite accurate.

Geoff
Who notes there are times for quiet ammuntion.

 

[atek3]

Your final score is: 9 out of 10

I got the invincible question wrong

 

[azhunter12]

7/10 here. Missed the .22 accuracy, parallax, and automatic revolver.

 

[sublimaze41]

4 of 10. not so good

 

[GRB]

I guessed on at least a couple but got 7/10.

 

[Magnuumpwr]

7/10 Missed 2,3, and 5. Question 2 should have asked how many might be in existence. Not how many are known to exist.

 

[TexKettering]

I got 8 of 10.

I don't know crap about .220 swift or flat springs.

Same...

 

[Gunnerpalace]

Your final score is: 9 out of 10

The .22 question had me.

I knew the Auto-Revolver as Mateba (Togusa's gun in Ghost in the Shell)

 

[never_retreat]

10 of 10
Nice
Sometimes I shock myself.
Although I did have to guess at the 220 swift question.

 

[scout26]

10/10. I spend waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much time on gunboards...

 

[CryingWolf]

7/10

Have to go with Timothy here, I answered 3 but was counted wrong. Parallax and flat spring was the other two.

Question:
"The Invincible was Parker's top-grade shotgun, and is probably the most valuable firearm ever made in the United States. How many are known to exist?"

"How the crowd answered":
A: One %
B: Two %
C: Three %
D: Five 6.5%
E: No one knows for sure. %

Details: "There are three for sure, and rumors of a fourth, but so far they are only rumors."

I picked C ("There are three known to exist.") but it was called wrong, on the basis that "No one knows for sure."

The question was "how many are known to exist?"!

 

[Vityaz]

8/10 here.
Missed parallax and flat spring.

 

[XDKingslayer]

I got 9 out of 10. I never even heard of the Parker Invincible.

 

[32winspl]

9/10, but 2 of them were just good guesses.

 

[TheLastBoyScout]

9/10. The flat spring one.

but there was alot of guessing.

 

[romma]

7/10

 

[kir_kenix]

Your final score is: 9 out of 10

wasnt sure about the flat spring tho. im not entirely convinced thats the case either.