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crash325 · Mar 1, 2015

Quote Originally Posted by Depmandog View Post
Where is the "Worlds Smallest Desert" located?

I have visited it, and yes it's tiny!!

bcp said:
Carcross, Yukon ????

Bruce

Is it an island????

That ugly old Webley is the one I was thinking of. Did not know about the more modern one.
Think years ago I saw a video of 1 being fired.

There was a rifle with a revolving cylinder. What happened to that "fine" fire arm??
See 1 in old westerns now & then.

Steve McQueen in " Wanted Dead Or Alive" carries a weird looking cut down lever action rifle.
His cartridge belt is rifle with 50 Cal shells, is that what it shot???

k0ua · Mar 1, 2015

crash325 said:
I have visited it, and yes it's tiny!!

Is it an island????

That ugly old Webley is the one I was thinking of. Did not know about the more modern one.
Think years ago I saw a video of 1 being fired.

There was a rifle with a revolving cylinder. What happened to that "fine" fire arm??
See 1 in old westerns now & then. Colt revolving carbine, Civil war era thing. Not a good idea to have a revolver cylinder up near your face, what with cylinder gap, and percussion cap pieces flying off into your eyes.. They were not a particularly good idea.

Steve McQueen in " Wanted Dead Or Alive" carries a weird looking cut down lever action rifle.
His cartridge belt is rifle with 50 Cal shells, is that what it shot??? No, it was a cut down model 92 winchester, sometimes called a "mares leg", my guess for actual chambering would be 44-40. Maybe he had a sharps rifle for the large cartridges?. Or some producer thought it looked cool? I think Rossi makes a modern "mares leg"

those are my answers and I am sticking to em:laughing:

k0ua · Mar 1, 2015

What modern, popular handgun was know when it first came on the scene was sometimes humorously referred to as "Austrian Tupperware"?

And why?

Depmandog · Mar 1, 2015

bcp said:
Carcross, Yukon Bruce

Bingo!!

Depmandog · Mar 1, 2015

k0ua said:
What modern, popular handgun was know when it first came on the scene was sometimes humorously referred to as "Austrian Tupperware"? And why?

Alex, what is the "plastic" Glock?

I would like Gun Trivia for $300 please

haha

k0ua · Mar 1, 2015

Depmandog said:
Alex, what is the "plastic" Glock?

I would like Gun Trivia for $300 please

haha

nailed it. How about a harder one.

What was the first branch of the Armed services to test the AR15/M16? And how did that come about?

GolfAddict · Mar 1, 2015

k0ua said:
those are my answers and I am sticking to em:laughing:

Rossi makes a couple of them, a 38/357 and a 45/something. I know there is another mfg, higher end that makes a mare's leg, but not coming to mind right now.

They are a revolver, so legal...

Depmandog · Mar 1, 2015

k0ua said:
nailed it. How about a harder one. What was the first branch of the Armed services to test the AR15/M16? And how did that come about?

Pretty sure it was the Air Force that put in the first order for the M16. I don't recall the whole story, but something about production issues with the M14, which allowed the M16 to get green lighted for the Marines and Army without first being fully vetted. Powder issues caused quick fouling on the M16's, and the early units weren't shipped with cleaning kits, causing several of our boys to be killed since they couldn't defend themselves.

Close??

k0ua · Mar 1, 2015

Depmandog said:
Pretty sure it was the Air Force that put in the first order for the M16. I don't recall the whole story, but something about production issues with the M14, which allowed the M16 to get green lighted for the Marines and Army without first being fully vetted. Powder issues caused quick fouling on the M16's, and the early units weren't shipped with cleaning kits, causing several of our boys to be killed since they couldn't defend themselves.

Close??

Yep, If I recall, Eugene Stoner invited Air Force Gen Curtis Lemay to a party, and part of the fun was shooting watermellons with an AR-15. Lemay was impressed enough, to order some, but I believe McNamara turned down the request, I don't remember the details of how it finally got approved.

k0ua · Mar 1, 2015

In the Movie "Silverado" The character played by Danny Glover had a rifle. what kind was it?

One of his lines was "have you ever seen what a _________ rifle can do to a man?"

phiferpharm · Mar 1, 2015

GolfAddict said:
Rossi makes a couple of them, a 38/357 and a 45/something. I know there is another mfg, higher end that makes a mare's leg, but not coming to mind right now.

They are a revolver, so legal...

Henry.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkYP0QjL3Dk

k0ua · Mar 1, 2015

European Cartridge designations are mostly descriptive of the measurements of the cartridge. Example 7X57 means 7mm bullet diameter and cartridge case length of 57 millimeter.

What does the 06 mean in the American cartridge 30-06 ?
What does the 70 mean in the American cartridge 45-70 ? What does the 45 mean? Ocassionally the cartridge was called the 45-70-405 what does the 405 mean?

crash325 · Mar 2, 2015

k0ua said:
European Cartridge designations are mostly descriptive of the measurements of the cartridge. Example 7X57 means 7mm bullet diameter and cartridge case length of 57 millimeter.

What does the 06 mean in the American cartridge 30-06 ?
What does the 70 mean in the American cartridge 45-70 ? What does the 45 mean? Ocassionally the cartridge was called the 45-70-405 what does the 405 mean?

06 = year of development.
70 = grains of black powder
45 = bore size
405 = overall cartridge length. I think??

What was the first cartridge to be converted from black powder to smokeless??

Today we have rim fire & center fire. There was another self contained cartridge percussion type. What was it??

WW2 Sherman tank had what type of engine???

Jim Shooz · Mar 2, 2015

Didn't the Sherman tank have a radial engine ???

crash325 · Mar 2, 2015

Jim Shooz said:
Didn't the Sherman tank have a radial engine ???

Yep 9 cylinder Air Craft engine that ran on Gasoline.

The tank had a nick name. What was it & why?

how did "Tanks" get named "Tank"???

Jim Shooz · Mar 2, 2015

Hony ?

k0ua · Mar 2, 2015

crash325 said:
06 = year of development.
70 = grains of black powder
45 = bore size
405 = overall cartridge length. I think?? Weight in Grains of the actuallead bullet.

What was the first cartridge to be converted from black powder to smokeless?? I would say 8MM Lebel (french army) The french invented smokeless powder with their "Pourdre Blanche." translated in english to powder white or white powder instead of black powder. I think about 1884

Today we have rim fire & center fire. There was another self contained cartridge percussion type. What was it?? Are you talking about the old "pin fire" cartridges?

WW2 Sherman tank had what type of engine??? Gasoline powered Radial aircraft type

answers above.

k0ua · Mar 2, 2015

crash325 said:
Yep 9 cylinder Air Craft engine that ran on Gasoline.

The tank had a nick name. What was it & why? The Germans called them "Ronsons" or "Tommy Cookers" Because when hit by German shells they often burst into flames and "cooked all within"

how did "Tanks" get named "Tank"???

They were developed in secret by the British, and the curious were told that the tank hulls they were building were "water tanks". The secret was kept, because when they were first deployed against the Germans, it caught them completely by surprise.

answers above

2LaneCruzer · Mar 2, 2015

There was a rifle with a revolving cylinder. What happened to that "fine" fire arm??
See 1 in old westerns now & then.

Colt revolving carbine, Civil war era thing. Not a good idea to have a revolver cylinder up near your face, what with cylinder gap, and percussion cap pieces flying off into your eyes.. They were not a particularly good idea.

k0ua said:
those are my answers and I am sticking to em:laughing:

They were not a good idea for another reason; the black powder revolvers had a nasty habit of flashing over from one cylinder to the other, and sometimes several cylinders would fire at the same time; the result is you could end up shooting your own arm off.