It could be explosives and maybe the motor vehicle but I'm not sure.
It could be explosives and maybe the motor vehicle but I'm not sure.
There is no greater solitude than that of the Tracker in the forest, unless perhaps it's that of the wolf in the wilderness.
Oooh. So close on that first one. I've give it to you.
Cordite. Handsome Hiram invented cordite. The other invention was the silencer. Devious little devil, huh?
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Really cool facts though.
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On the Gatling vs. Maxim Guns:
"The first automatic machine gun was the recoil-operated Maxim gun, which used linked (belt) ammunition, as well as a single barrel and automatic loading."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun
We are, as they say, at an impasse.
I'll take Obscure Gun Facts for $100, Alex.
Beo told us the Gatling Gun was the first machine gun. It had an astounding rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute. Why did Dr. Gatling bother inventing the machine gun?
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"Beo told us the Gatling Gun was the first machine gun."
No Beo said the gattling gun was the first automatic weapon, there is a difference.
Now Gattling made the gattling gun because he saw more soldiers coming back from the civil war due to illness instead of bullets, so he made the gattling gun and I think thats kinda sick.
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Read above. I agreed to an impasse.
He was a medical doctor and thought the machine gun would reduce the number of soldiers needed in the field and therefore save lives. Man, was he wrong!
I'll take obscure gun facts for $125, Alex.
What invention by Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson revolutionized weapons? No, it's not the .357 or the .44 magnum.
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They formed a partnership to develop a self-contained metallic-cartridge handgun. Their efforts not only produced the first of many weapons with the famed Smith & Wesson name but also the small .22 caliber known simply as S & W Model 1 First Issue Revolver, which quickly revolutionized the firearms industry.
There is no greater solitude than that of the Tracker in the forest, unless perhaps it's that of the wolf in the wilderness.
Being a cop and firearms instructor as well as a gun nut this kinda ain't fair. Where are hopeak and the other gun gods?
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You got another. They invented the self-contained, waterproof cartridge or bullet!
I'll take Obscure Gun Facts for $150, Alex.
Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47 (like who doesn't know that?). He is also a WWII veteran. What was his occupation (MOS) during the war?
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for popularization of cartridge ammo/firearms and repeating actions, i'd say the volcanic repeating pistol.
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too slow i guess. you know you're slow when three posts in a forum this size come through while you're typing.
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I only have a couple more then someone else can take over.
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armoured vehicle mechanic?
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He was a tank drive/mechanic
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How did the Bazooka get its name.
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it was named for it's resemblance to an instrument, by the same name used by a popular musician who's name i don't remember because it happened in the triassic erra...
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You got it baby!
Now for $200.00 we all know the .410 shotgun shell, what was it before it was the .410 gauge shotgun shell?
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bob burns, sorry; early jurassic.
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Kalashinikov started as tank driver/mechanic and achieved the rank of Tank Commander (some Soviet form of a sergeant). He invented the AK-47 while recovering from an illness.
Bob Burns was the bazooka player.
My final question. I'll take Obscure Gun Facts for $175, Alex.
Uziel Gal invented the Uzi. Why did he put the magazine inside the pistol grip?
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.36 guage.
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