Poll: Greatest Firearm of John Moses Browning

[EPS]

Another words I'm sitting in a chair watching the sprinkler drinking beer

 

[EPS]

Want to see my bottle opener lol that's right 50BMG CUT TO OPEN BOTTLE 'S

 

[DirectDrive]

YEP I know it's still killing as we speak someone somewhere in the world is letting some loose from a MA DUCE RIGHT NOW but was he the designer of it or did it come later lol I don't have time to look it up I'm drinking beer and watering my lawn lol

Too much detail.
You'll have to do it.

One bad mofo...

 

[EPS]

Too much detail.
You'll have to do it.

One bad mofo...
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YEP that's awesome I think it was IRON HOURSE FROM IDAHO THAT SAID HE HAD A SET OF TWIN'S I COULD SHOOT FOR $850 FOR 20 SECOND S LOL

 

[DirectDrive]

YEP that's awesome I think it was IRON HOURSE FROM IDAHO THAT SAID HE HAD A SET OF TWIN'S I COULD SHOOT FOR $850 FOR 20 SECOND S LOL

Here little pirates.....got somethin' for ya.....

 

[pigiron]

Bubblegum those twins or even a quad fifty. This baby had eight of them!

 

[EPS]

Bubblegum those twins or even a quad fifty. This baby had eight of them!

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Didn't the CORSEAR HAVE SIX ALSO

 

[pigiron]

Didn't the CORSEAR HAVE SIX ALSO

If you had to have folding wings and also land on a carrier you might only carry six too.

 

[EPS]

Lol when I win the lottery I'm going to have a armed hummer with a M2 PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE and I'll have a fishing boat with one also LOL

 

[DirectDrive]

Bubblegum those twins or even a quad fifty. This baby had eight of them!

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I especially like the later models...

 

[EPS]

I especially like the later models...
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I love those old plane's I went to the Reno air race's once it's great my moms friend drove the truck for Jelly Belly you know the jelly beans they had a plane or had there name on it anyway they still flying faster than ever

 

[pigiron]

I especially like the later models...
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Those bubble canopies and turbo+superchargers were awesome.

 

[pigiron]

I love those old plane's I went to the Reno air race's once it's great my moms friend drove the truck for Jelly Belly you know the jelly beans they had a plane or had there name on it anyway they still flying faster than ever

Combat pilots that flew both the "Jug" and the Mustang often preferred the former. I was somewhat disappointed to see P-51's come in to save the day at the bridge at the end of Saving Private Ryan as a P-47 squadron would have been more appropriate.

 

[John Brown]

I voted Hi-Power. Just because it made high capacity handguns widely available. Tough call though. 1911 is pure genius.

 

[DirectDrive]

Combat pilots that flew both the "Jug" and the Mustang often preferred the former. I was somewhat disappointed to see P-51's come in to save the day at the bridge at the end of Saving Private Ryan as a P-47 squadron would have been more appropriate.

It's documented that the P-47 was better for ground attack.
More durable.

For movie-making purposes it might have been easier to find the Mustangs.

 

[Tully Mars]

Bubblegum those twins or even a quad fifty. This baby had eight of them!

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That's the plane my Grandfather flew.

 

[orygun]

Maybe Kimber could slick one up with a bunch of MIM parts?

Then you wouldn't have to worry about it being reliable. It won't be.

 

[orygun]

I haven't voted... I'll just hang out on the fence for a while and add fuel to the fire so I don't get too chilly.

One thing that's always fascinated me was just how the early gunsmiths had to be part blacksmith to even have metal to start with. Then, how the heck did they machine and cut the metal? That borders on mystical to me.

I spent much of my youth in eastern Oregon. What kid (boys, anyway) didn't know what a Winchester 94 was? It's what almost every boy I knew wanted and was the rifle they were most likely going to use. I still have mine. It's actually a Winchester Model 1894, not a 94. Was "the" deer rifle for several generations.
Kinda hard to vote against the 1894 in any guise, ie, 1894, Mod 65. Mod 94.

When I started getting into rifle reloading, I started with the 45-70. I ended up with a Browning copy of the 1885, which is THE gun JMB started with. Without this gun, Winchester never would have traveled west to see what the commotion was about. I've drooled over every 1885 I've ever seen, even the later Browning and Winchester "copies".
Kinda hard to vote against the gun that started the whole "JMB is God, thing"...

I'm not a shotgunner and have zero military experience. I know the Auto 5 is revered, especially the Belgian guns. The BMG 50? it's not revered, it's feared! I've always thought the HiPower was really cool, partly because BHP are my initials, but I've never warmed up to the 9mm and the 40 BHPs aren't easy to come by. Every one of these is a viable weapon. If any one of these, and other, JMB guns were a real POS, they would not have a following.

But,

The 1911 is the brightest star in John Browning's portfolio. I don't need to talk it up, it's already been done. It's the "been there, done that" handgun. It is the reason any gun guy knows who JMB is. If this fantastic firearm had not been adopted by the military, followed by acceptance of the shooting public, JMB would probably not even be as widely known as Arthur Savage or Bill Ruger. (Two great firearm designers in their own rights)
What I'm saying is, the 1911 drew the attention to him, then everyone saw what a genius he really was.

(ok, i voted)

 

[pigiron]

That's the plane my Grandfather flew.

The radial engine could stand having its cooling fins shot off, head on by the krauts as it approached on a strafing run and and still function.

 

[pigiron]

It's documented that the P-47 was better for ground attack.
More durable.

For movie-making purposes it might have been easier to find the Mustangs.

True enough.