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Henry 44 levergun - Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860
Mauser 98 - Paul Mauser in 1895
Grand M1 - John Garand in 1930
AK-47 - Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1946
AR-15* - Eugene Stoner in 1955
Barrett Light-Fifty - Ronnie Barrett in 1989
Sadly no Browning designs included...
* the AR-15 was named rather than the AR-10 or M-16, in that the 'civilian' model was what truly revolutionized the 'modern sporting rifle' for the U.S.
There are lots of pre-cartridge guns that were innovative and transformational, but these do a pretty good job of covering the cartridge-firing rifles.
What modern rifle(s) would you add...???
Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws "first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
I don't care what anybody says- John Browning was a firearms GUNIUS! He designed more guns,better guns. If memory serves, he heard about military trial ,72 hours later he showed up with a working BAR and the rest is history. Or something along those lines...
AJMD429 wrote:
Sadly no Browning designs included...
What modern rifle(s) would you add...???
Probably because he doesn't know any better!
And, from a purely military perspective, he's quite correct.
The 1894 Winchester would certainly be on my list.
Definitely a military mindset, there ..............
FWIW (off the top of my head):
* John Browning - the .45ACP auto-loading pistol and the auto-loading shotgun (among many other innovative designs), both introduced in 1905.
* Samuel Colt - the revolving pistol, in 1836.
* Hiram Maxim - the very first machinegun, in 1884.
* Bill Ruger - an innovative & inexpensive (compared to the competition) .22 auto-loading pistol in 1949, after an earlier failure to achieve commercial success with a CF auto-loading rifle (a conversion of a Savage 99).
The list, mostly military, leaves out the FN FAL which became the battle rifle for 60 or so countries. The US chose the M-14 over it for mostly political reasons. I would contend that the FAL ranks right along side the AK-47 but is in a much better caliber. (7.62x51 or 308 Win)
The UK fought in the Fauklands with their version of the FAL (inch pattern) against the same rifle in metric form.
The rest of the world knows the FAL well but we tend to ignore it here.
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Not just a military mindset, but I assume he's only looking at rifles. Had a pistol list been made it would have to have the 1911 on it.
But I'd guess he listed the 98 Mauser, rather than Mauser's earlier bolt action design simply because there's so many 98 Mausers. But I'd argue Mauser's 1871 bolt action was the real star as the gun that truly changed things for all later bolt action designs.
Henry 44 levergun - Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860
Mauser 98 - Paul Mauser in 1895
Grand M1 - John Garand in 1930
AK-47 - Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1946
AR-15* - Eugene Stoner in 1955
Barrett Light-Fifty - Ronnie Barrett in 1989
Sadly no Browning designs included...
* the AR-15 was named rather than the AR-10 or M-16, in that the 'civilian' model was what truly revolutionized the 'modern sporting rifle' for the U.S.
There are lots of pre-cartridge guns that were innovative and transformational, but these do a pretty good job of covering the cartridge-firing rifles.
What modern rifle(s) would you add...???
Pretty good list. Gotta ad the Winchester 94 , especially with it's variety of calibers. 25-35 thru 450 Marlin, with perhaps the .356 WCF being the most all around useful.
That sure isn't the US flag! Is it some kind of protest or something?
Certainly not a Vet not a Scout would wear that rag. Umm...twelve stripes and the "field" is not even over the heart!
Must be a protester/detester of Ol' Glory? Maybe he just found it at the car wash?
Remember also: a shirt without a collar is just underwear! Dressed to impress?
Well wife#1 always says I expect too much.
On the plus side, at least they got some history on the .276 Pederson correct...
I'm positive God created the universe... I'm just not convinced He had any choice in the matter.
-A. Einstein