Kahr carrier
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Kimber probably gives them a deal they cant refuse.
How many of us will admit.....
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twoblink
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Steyr M40 ~ Because the Glock people won't admit it's a superior gun!
Ruger 10/22 ~ read an article about the uprising in Chiopas Mexico, where a rogue went up a tree, with a scoped 10/22 and a box of subsonics, and picked off some 37 federalies... Sold!
Mauser K98 ~ Won WWI.
M1A ~ Would have bought an M1Garand, but being left handed gives me a "Garand Thumb". So bought it's cousin..
I won't buy a Beretta because the military uses it.
I won't buy an AR15 because the military uses it.
I won't buy a glock because the LEO use it.
Ruger 10/22 ~ read an article about the uprising in Chiopas Mexico, where a rogue went up a tree, with a scoped 10/22 and a box of subsonics, and picked off some 37 federalies... Sold!
Mauser K98 ~ Won WWI.
M1A ~ Would have bought an M1Garand, but being left handed gives me a "Garand Thumb". So bought it's cousin..
I won't buy a Beretta because the military uses it.
I won't buy an AR15 because the military uses it.
I won't buy a glock because the LEO use it.
Johnny Guest
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I can't remember - - -which - - -
- - -Which movie pushed me over the top and determined me that one day, somehow, I would own a Thompson Submachine Gun. Of course, it might have been some magazine article, or book, or whetever. Anyhow, I finally have one. I'd rather not have gotten it the way I did, though - - -It was a bequest from a friend who knew my fixation. I may have put 2,000 rounds through his gun, and kep trying to buy it from him. He's now ten years dead . . . .
Direct and specific movie influence to get a particular gun - - -
Sometime in the mid-1960s, "The Professionals" depicted Lee Marvin using a Winchester 97, cleaning off saddles in the Mexican Desert. HAD TO HAVE ONE! A few days later, I owned one.
Oh, yeah - - -An old British movie called "Abandon Ship - - -" Ship's officer encouraging survival of a bunch in a lifeboat-- He had a Webley .455--Maybe a Mk. IV--short barrel, round butt, anyway. This influenced me to own a couple of these fine, sturdy break-top revolvers, years later.
twoblink - - You mention some interesting guns, but your,
"Mauser K98 ~ Won WWI." Looks like two errors in one sentence fragment, sir. 1. In WWI, the German Service rifle was the Gew. 98, not the K.98. 2. Perhaps more significantly: THE GERMANS LOST WWI! While the Mauser is/was a fine weapons system, the victors in WWI used 1903 Springfields, 1917 Enfields, and SMLE rifles. The LOSERS used Mausers and Lebels.
VaughnT - - -
You asked Whiskey about his tag line–It is from the lyrics of “Tom Ames’ Prayer,†by Robert Earl Keen–On his album “Gringo Honeymoon,†c. 1994, Sugarhill Records.
- - -Trapped in an alley in Abilene,
with all but four shells spent . . .
So he cocked both his pistols, and spit in the dirt,
And walked out into that street.
Best regards,
Johnny
- - -Which movie pushed me over the top and determined me that one day, somehow, I would own a Thompson Submachine Gun. Of course, it might have been some magazine article, or book, or whetever. Anyhow, I finally have one. I'd rather not have gotten it the way I did, though - - -It was a bequest from a friend who knew my fixation. I may have put 2,000 rounds through his gun, and kep trying to buy it from him. He's now ten years dead . . . .
Direct and specific movie influence to get a particular gun - - -
Sometime in the mid-1960s, "The Professionals" depicted Lee Marvin using a Winchester 97, cleaning off saddles in the Mexican Desert. HAD TO HAVE ONE! A few days later, I owned one.
Oh, yeah - - -An old British movie called "Abandon Ship - - -" Ship's officer encouraging survival of a bunch in a lifeboat-- He had a Webley .455--Maybe a Mk. IV--short barrel, round butt, anyway. This influenced me to own a couple of these fine, sturdy break-top revolvers, years later.
twoblink - - You mention some interesting guns, but your,
"Mauser K98 ~ Won WWI." Looks like two errors in one sentence fragment, sir. 1. In WWI, the German Service rifle was the Gew. 98, not the K.98. 2. Perhaps more significantly: THE GERMANS LOST WWI! While the Mauser is/was a fine weapons system, the victors in WWI used 1903 Springfields, 1917 Enfields, and SMLE rifles. The LOSERS used Mausers and Lebels.
VaughnT - - -
You asked Whiskey about his tag line–It is from the lyrics of “Tom Ames’ Prayer,†by Robert Earl Keen–On his album “Gringo Honeymoon,†c. 1994, Sugarhill Records.
- - -Trapped in an alley in Abilene,
with all but four shells spent . . .
So he cocked both his pistols, and spit in the dirt,
And walked out into that street.
Best regards,
Johnny
I admit I always wanted a Colt New Service because the Sheriff in the Mingo County Shootout, Sid Hatfield carried TWO of them! (Sid is rather a folk hero in that part of WVa). So I got one. Now if I could only find a second one...
I'm not sure a film ever influenced me to buy one particular weapon, but definitely a mixture of history and cinema has added to the mystique of Old West guns, and the weapons of WW1 and 2.
I'd bet you a shiny quarter that before "Unforgiven" there was VERY little interest in the re-introduction of the SW Schoefield revolver.
Similar arguments can be made for the "Quigley" Sharps and the model 29.
Whatever your reasons, have fun.
I'm not sure a film ever influenced me to buy one particular weapon, but definitely a mixture of history and cinema has added to the mystique of Old West guns, and the weapons of WW1 and 2.
I'd bet you a shiny quarter that before "Unforgiven" there was VERY little interest in the re-introduction of the SW Schoefield revolver.
Similar arguments can be made for the "Quigley" Sharps and the model 29.
Whatever your reasons, have fun.
Serpico
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I bought a hk P7M8 because some chick I met told me she would sleep with me I bought a fixed barrel 9mm.....what were the odds?.... I was going to buy one anyway....the 2 week waiting period was doubly hard that time....
spankaveli
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i want a 92FS because of the boondock saints
i want a p99 because of "the world is not enough"
and ill be buying a sig 229 and a makarov 9mm because of reviews from friends and family.
i want a p99 because of "the world is not enough"
and ill be buying a sig 229 and a makarov 9mm because of reviews from friends and family.
I WOULD
But I bought my Security Sixes because they were tough and I got my Witnesses becauase the good Colonel said the CZ was best and I tried a Glock but sold it because no one could convince me I liked it and I got my Caspian 1911 because 1911's point best for me and I got my Caspian racegun because I won it and I bought my Redhawks because I test stupid ammo.
Yeah.
But I bought my Security Sixes because they were tough and I got my Witnesses becauase the good Colonel said the CZ was best and I tried a Glock but sold it because no one could convince me I liked it and I got my Caspian 1911 because 1911's point best for me and I got my Caspian racegun because I won it and I bought my Redhawks because I test stupid ammo.
Yeah.
Jason Demond
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I have never been influenced to buy guns, because of a movie. All the guns I have, were bought of my own personal taste.
Carbon_15
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I will have to admit I bought a full-size Baby Eagle, all steel and had it matte hard chromed after watching that Vampire movie with James Wood. I never thought much about them untill I saw that one Wood uses in the first Vampire hunt. Man that was a pretty gun. Even though I bought it for a shallow reason, it ended up being a great little gun. Noone that wasn't a gun-nut knew what it was, and I like oddball stuff, so it was a good purchase.
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That M41 pulse rifle with O/U pump action GL...mine
And no brass to pick up
And no brass to pick up
Schuey2002
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"I'm sorry Your Honor but, I must respectfully plead the fifth!!"
91101
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Guilty As Charged!!
I got a S&W 629 because of Dirty Harry....
And 'cause one of my idiot buddies told me "you dont want that thing, it'll tear your arm off when you shoot it" I guess that sounded like a challenge to me at that age...
Michael
I got a S&W 629 because of Dirty Harry....
And 'cause one of my idiot buddies told me "you dont want that thing, it'll tear your arm off when you shoot it"
I guess that sounded like a challenge to me at that age... Michael
blades67
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If that were the case I'd own a J-frame with a "silencer".
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