If you could have dinner with any 4 gun people, who would they be?

[winstonsmith]

So you're going to have a dinner/a drink with 4 people of your choosing. They could be alive, dead, even fictional. In no particular order:

1. John Moses Browning
Does I even really have to explain that choice? It's Browning, for god's sake!

2. Carlos Hathcock
Sounded like a real interesting guy. Read some books about him, and I'd like to hear some of it from his own mouth.

3. Jesus (not exactly firearms related)
While I am Jewish, Jesus and his subsequent death/resurrection have affected this world in innumerable ways. I wonder what he'd say about it, and also how he'd comment on the current permutations of christianity. Plus he sounds like an awesome guy, although a hippy. Joking, of course.

4. Oleg Volk
Hell, I'd meet him just to see if my mental image of how he acts is correct. He seems like a good guy, and a fun to boot.

Hope these guys like Thai food...

 

[OEF_VET]

Ok, my choices:

Mikhail Kalashnikov
Eugene Stoner
John Moses Browning
Gaston Glock

Imagine the AR vs. AK, 1911 vs. Glock arguements that would be witnessed at THAT table!

Frank

 

[bigjim]

I think famous gun users would be more fun than gun inventors

1. Wild Bill
2. Jeff Cooper
3. Carlos Hathcock
4. Richard Marcinko (spelling may be off here...you know the Seal team guy)

 

[El Tejon]

Old gun culture joke:

Jeff Cooper, Chuck Taylor, Ray Chapman, and Mas Ayoob were having dinner (it's a joke). A masked man came into the restauarant waving a shotgun and marches around announcing a hold up. He fell to the ground in a hail of gunfire.

As everyone is tac loading and scanning, Jeff Cooper says, "there, that proves the superiority of the Modern Technique. I placed two shots from my 1911 right in the wishbone." Taylor remarks, "hah, I shot him hot and hard, chest and head with my Glock 9mm. Stick 'em hard it's a short sword." Chapman, remarked, "this shows the validity of practicing with movement. I hit him where it counted."

Mas looks around, throw a $20 down for dinner. "O.K., you guys shot him. Good, I'll see you later, I'm going home."

 

[Quantrill]

Elmer Keith
George McGivern
Mike Dillon
Annie Oakley

Just for Starters..........

 

[TonyB]

Mike Dillon(he brings the full auto mini gun)
Elmer Keith(of course 2 44's)
Mas Ayoob(for back up)
Jeff Copper(for entertainment)

 

[FPrice]

Hmmm, I was gonna say

Tamara
Pax
WAGCVEP
Betty

but I think my wife might object.

 

[Smoke]

Greg Williams
Jeff Cooper
Dave McCracken
Clint Smith

I really need a bigger table. There are other to invite.

SMoke

 

[SMLE]

1. James Paris Lee.
2. Thomas Jefferson.
3. James Madison.
4. Ben Franklin.

Of course, limiting it to 4 makes it harder. Here are a few more I'd like to chat with singly or in a small group. Also in no particular order.

John Browning
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Lt. John R. M. Chard.
Lt. Gonnville Bromhead.
CS. Frank Bourne.
Pte. Henry Hook.
Boudica.
Moses.
Aristotle.
Julius Caesar.
Winston Churchill.
Michael Collins.
Tom Barry.
Napoleon.
Adm. Nelson.
The Duke of Wellington
Sun Tzu
Charles Lindberg
Albert Einstein
J. R. R. Tolkien
C. S. Lewis
William Shakespeare.
Ayn Rand
H. Beam Piper
Robert Heinlein.
Spider Robinson
Charles Darwin
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Edgar Rice Burrows
Jimmy Stewart
Gen. Patton
Chesty Puller

 

[Ktulu]

If I must follow the rules and only pick 4, here they are:

Jeff Cooper
Jelly Bruce
Geronimo
Herman Henneken

Two Marines, an Apache, and a lawman.


Alternates (in no particular order):

Wild Bill Hickok
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Andrew Jackson
Chuck Mawhinney
Rob Lathum
Bat Masterson
Alvan York
Audie Murphy


Although I respect, and even love a little, the designs of Mr. Browning, Mr. Garand, Mr. Stoner, and Mr. Kalashnikov, I am much more interested in men of action. I would rather listen to the stories of the men above then discuss why an internal extractor is better then an external extractor with the engineering boys.

 

[mtnbkr]

In order of preference...

Elmer Keith
Skeeter Skelton
Bill Jordan
What the heck, Jeff Cooper

If picking from this board, well there are quite a few, some of whom, I've dined with already, others I'd like to as the opportunity presents itself. There are few here I wouldn't welcome to my table.

Chris

 

[TallPine]

Let's see ...

Oleg
Art
Tamara
Kaylee

Oh, that leaves a bunch of people out ...


Heck, let me know if you are ever passing through. Got room here to shoot, though not much distance for rifles.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

Sam Colt
Browning
Kalishnicov (have to learn how to spell his name first)
Garand

 

[IRONFIST]

1. Hiram Maxim

2. Elmer Kieth

3. Peter Kokalis

4. Lee Harvey Oswald(so I could beat the truth outta his head)

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

Hmmm...lets's see...

1). Carlos Hathcock, so I could learn how he won the Palma match.

2). Max Atchisson, so I could find out more about his full auto 12 guage and try to talk him into giving me a license to manufacture it...

3). Maj. Patrick Ferguson, creator of the Ferguson rifle, to hear his story of how he came to create an advanced breechloading rifle almost 100 years ahead of its' time and how he didn't shoot George Washington when he had him in his sights.

4). Paul Mauser, creator of the longest serving and most prolific design in modern longarms history.

Porterhouses and stout all around. Medium rare, please.


Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[HankB]

Only four? Hmmm . . .

1. Martin Fackler
2. Evan Marshall
3. W. D. M. "Karamojo" Bell
4. Theodore Roosevelt

The first two would provide the entertainment as they debated the "stopping power" issue (Who knows, after the third round of drinks, they might end up wrestling on the ground as they tried to choke the %$#! out of each other). If they couldn't make it Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith might provide similarly spirited debate.

Bell's tales of African hunting and his insights into sporting arms would certainly prove interesting and informative, and TR might have a lot to say about today's politics.

Since fictional characters are allowed, another good group might be:

1. "Q" (James Bond's armorer)
2. Ed "Win" Bear (from L. Neil Smith's novels)
3. Casca Longinus, the eternal mercenary (you need to have read the Barry Sadler fiction to get this)
4. Dirty Harry (The movie character, not the actor who played him.)

 

[49hudson]

Fab four

1. Ed McGivern, 2. Maj Gen Julian S.Hatcher, 3.Ad Topperwien{sp},4. Samuel colt.

 

[Ala Dan]

If "limited" to just four, then here they are:

1. Samuel Colt

2. Oliver Winchester

3. John Moses Browning

4. Roy Jinks (of Smith & Wesson)

Sub section B - My four from THR's membership is long,
and I'm sure I will leave out a "top cat"! But if
I do, I apologize up front; but I must limit this too
just four. And they are, in NO particular order:

RWK, Stephen A. Camp, C.R. Sam, and last but certainly
not least; our one and only Tamara! All have been very
helpful, in my ongoing search for the best fiream's
knowledge. Many thanks folk's, stand up and take a
bow!

As many of you know, fellow THR member Capbuster
hails from my hometown. He's a wonderful friend, and
I'm glad he is on our side; but I did not include him in
the final analysis.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Amadeus]

John Garand
Carlos Hathcock
Kalishnacov
Tom Clancy (does he count?)

 

[M99M12]

#1. Elmer Keith
#2. Jeff Cooper
#3. Bill Jordan
#4. Skeeter Skelton

A new list for dinner tomorrow

 

[BHPshooter]

1. John Browning
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. John Wayne
4. George Washington

Wes

 

[John Ross]

At the risk of being branded a name-dropper, here are the people mentioned so far that I HAVE had dinner with, shot with, and/or talked at length to in person:

Elmer Keith
Bill Jordan
Jeff Cooper
Carlos Hathcock
Peter Kokalis
Jelly Bryce*
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Eugene Stoner
Mike Dillon

and those not mentioned yet

Chuck Mawhinney (army sniper, more kills than Hathcock)
Maj. John Plaster
Rex Applegate
Charlie Askins
Lee Jurras
JD Jones
Ross Seyfried
Frank James
John Linebaugh
Kent Lomont

Of these people, the two who imparted the most new information about guns and shooting technique were Kent Lomont and Elmer Keith.

JR

*Jelly Bryce does not really belong on my list. My uncle knew him and I met him through my uncle once when I was a teenager. We talked about guns only casually and did not go shooting together.

 

[Nathanael_Greene]

My Dad, a former combat infantryman in the Korean War. I sure do miss him.

 

[bogie]

Capt. Adam H. Bogardus (a partner in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and a famous exhibition shooter - was overshadowed when he retired, and Cody went on to hire that damn female shooter...)

John Browning

Jeff Cooper

Peter Capstick

 

[Amadeus]

I'm a gun person. Could I have dinner alone? Maybe take myself to a nice restaurant?