# What guns have you fired? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691 "2000-11-18T00:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/21 "2000-11-18T05:30:22Z")
Forgot: Winchester Mod 70 Classic Laredo LRH 7mm Rem. Mag. Winchester 94 .45LC (are you seeing a pattern develop here?) Browning 1885 High Wall in .45-70 Govt. _ **ExTank** “Mostly Harmless :p”_ ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/22 "2000-11-18T05:43:01Z")
Two interesting ones: A 1888 trapdoor Springfield (perfectly good for deer hunting, I’d think, or, with the socket bayonet attached, equally good for wild boar). And a bolo Mauser. Better i should have thrown it down range! How that Turkish officer was ever supposed to hit Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, I’ll never know. I understand they were designed for easy field mantenance, but then so was the Luger, and that shoots like a dream (a handgun that come with a tuning fork!) It seems that a great many Mausers were unloaded onto the American market from China, and I can imagine how they got there in the first place. The closest thing to a feat of marksmanship you cold pull off with one is shooting a bound and gagged prisoner in the back of the head, Kwomingtang-style. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/23 "2000-11-18T05:45:26Z")
Fired off one round with dad’s Savage .44mag lever-action. That was enough for me and I went back to .22s and BB guns. Built a .45 muzzle-loader pistol once; looked at it long and hard, decided I would never fire any gun made by me (at least, until I got better at it), and topped off the can of black powder with water before the kids got at it or I did something regretful with it–there’s this BIG PARK right across the street and it’s usually empty and, well, you get the idea. Brother has been threatening to send me his target pellet gun–he wrecked his shoulder and can’t cock it–for several years now. Hasn’t yet. He sold the Taurus I inherited from dad and sent me the money–I didn’t want it around the house with kids. I remember too well what I did the moment the folks left the house! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/24 "2000-11-18T05:47:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slithy Tove \* > **And a bolo Mauser.** Is that AKA the “broomhandle” Mauser? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/25 "2000-11-18T05:49:48Z")
Let’s see how many calibers I can remember. I won’t try to list makes or individual guns. [ul] **Handguns** [/ul] .22 LR .22 Magnum .22 Super Jet .256 Magnum .380 ACP 9mm .357 Mag/.38 special .44 Mag/.44 Special .45 Colt .45 ACP [ul] **Rifles** [/ul] .22 LR .22 Mag .222 .223 .30-30 .308 .30-06 .32 Special 6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser. .35 Whelan .358 .375 H&H Magnum .460 Weatherby Magnum [ul] **Shotguns** [/ul] .410 20 gauge 16 gauge 12 gauge ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/26 "2000-11-18T05:57:14Z")
> [@](#): > > a Glock; one that the police use in lots of places. it kept jamming after a couple shots. so if you’re ever being shot at by the cops, run around for a sec, their guns will jam, then you’re free. I would have to say that as a Glock Armorer and a Certified Law Enforcement Officer, I really resent this remark. It is possible that your pansy ass was limp wristing the firemarm causing it to short cycle and jam. Most errors are caused by the shooter, not the gun. Unless of course you are shooting a Jennings or something… Also, I work at a gun range so I have fired just about you can think anything of. I like the shorty M-16s, MP5A2, A3, K, etc. Tommy Gun, 40mm Grenade launcher, (set a field on fire 🙂 ), M-60! , 9x25 custom race guns, full auto shot guns… all kinds of fun toys… ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/27 "2000-11-18T05:58:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, I work at a gun range so I have fired just about you can think anything of. What the hell does this mean?? All my posts have been like this today!!! What is wrong with me… ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/28 "2000-11-18T06:04:38Z")
Pistols: .22 generic pistol. 357 (Was only five or six at the time, first gun I ever fired.) My grandfathers 45 from WWII. 9mm generic (Means I don’t know who made.) Rifles: HK-41 .22 generic AK-47 Preban Winchester 38 8mm Mauser (Fun gun to shoot, but my shoulder remembered rather long time.) M-1 Carbine. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/29 "2000-11-18T06:32:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Slithy Tove \* > > **And a bolo Mauser.** > > Is that AKA the “broomhandle” Mauser? \*\* Same “broomhandle” grip, but shorter barrel. Who wants to join me in hijacking this tread into the realm of the ridculous: I once shot off Mons Meg. It took 12 horses to load it. I had the ball quarried and shaped by Italian stonemasons, and the charge made from the finest manure in Swabia. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/30 "2000-11-18T06:59:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slithy Tove \* > \*\*I once shot off Mons Meg. It took 12 horses to load it. I had the ball quarried and shaped by Italian stonemasons, and the charge made from the finest manure in Swabia. \*\* Pansy. Let me tell you about the time I fired a GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling cannon, standing flat-footed. You wanna talk about recoil… (for those not familiar with the truly awesome main gun of the A-10 Warthog, [this page](http://members.aol.com/Stravonski/private/gun.html) describes the power of its rounds thusly: “enough energy to lift a thirty-ton weight one foot delivered instantly to a penny-sized area.” Oh yeah!) ---
**Author:** ![hesredbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc348/32.png) [@hesredbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hesredbird)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/31 "2000-11-18T09:01:02Z")
Mattel Fanner 50 with Greenie stick-um caps Many muzzleloading shotguns, rifles & pistols (I have built over 30 of em). M-1, 14, 16 (I was in the military once). Various other military guns (fam. fire). Biggest bored gun = 10 gage double shot gun (antique muzzleloader) smallest cal. gun = .25 flintlock too many modern guns to list. I love to shoot sporting clays with an old flintlock. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/32 "2000-11-18T09:08:00Z")
Walther 0.22 target pistol - and for military stuff: Husquarna 9mm SMG H&K MP5 9mm SMG Garand rifle H&K G3 (7.62 NATO - I believe it’s 7.62 x 51) MG3 (7.62 version of the WWII era German MG42) Browning 0.5 HMG - and of course some anti-armour weapons (M/72, Carl Gustav recoilless) with training inserts. S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![filthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@filthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filthy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/33 "2000-11-18T11:12:17Z")
International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Match: Remington XP 100, .308 full length, and 7mm Benchrest. Thompson Center Contender, .357 Herret, 7mm TCU, .357 Super Mag. Ruger Super Blackhawk, .44 Mag. NRA Outdoor Pistol Match: S&W Model 41, .22 Shockey Hardballer (Custom re-built Colt model 1911-A) .45 Thompson Long Slide, also a custom 1911-A. Accurized Colt Gold Cup, .38 special. Shotguns, various guages: Iver Johnson L. C. Smith with twist barrels. I hand-loaded black powder shells for it. Stevens Fox Browning And some others, including an 8 Gauge, that I don’t remember the makes. Military: Thompson Sub Machine gun, the only small squirt gun ever built with any class. Also known as the ‘Trench Broom’. BAR M-1 Garand 03-A3 Springfield (believe it on not). M-14 Colt 1911-A M-1 Carbine (inaccurate, underpowered piece of shit). Rifles - not many: 03-A3 Springfield re-barreled to .25-06. A tack-hammar. Model 97 Winchester, .30-30. Hopkins & Allen double rifle, .45 muzzle-loader. Various .22 & etc. A couple of others that I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/34 "2000-11-18T14:08:57Z")
I worked at my uncle’s gun shop (with an indoor range) and I’ve shot most of the guns you’ve seen in this thread already, so I’ll just list the most interesting ones. 9mm Mac-10 full-auto. Fun gun, but no accuracy. .45 Thompson sub-machine full-auto. Brace yourself against a wall cuz’ that baby has some barrel rise. M-16A1 & A2. Yee-haw, rock and roll! Moisin-Nagant russian sniper rifle (7.62x54?). Only gun I ever shot a 1/4" group with. You could drive nails with that sucker. **Anthracite** I’ll agree with “Ouch!” on the 10 gauge. I shot a big-ass 36" barrel 10-gauge goose gun once. Never again. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/35 "2000-11-18T15:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefWahoo \* > **Anthracite I’ll agree with “Ouch!” on the 10 gauge. I shot a big-ass 36" barrel 10-gauge goose gun once. Never again.** Especially on a little thing like myself…I honestly thought it dislocated something in my shoulder, as it hurt and “popped” for a week afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/36 "2000-11-18T23:28:30Z")
Nuttin’ but bb guns, but I absolutely LOVE doing it. My son and I have a target set up and we practice every Wednesday, man, getting a bullseye, it feeeeeels so doggone good!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![T140](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@T140](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T140)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/37 "2000-11-19T00:05:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefWahoo \* > \*\* > Moisin-Nagant russian sniper rifle (7.62x54?). Only gun I ever shot a 1/4" group with. You could drive nails with that sucker. > \*\* I love my Mosin-Nagant, mine is actually a Russion rifle with cyrillic writing, NOT one of the guns built under contract. Mine is dated 1909. Also I have fired: M-16 (of course almost 10 years in the Army) M-60 M-60D (Same thing but with butterfly grips. Used as a door gun on Hueys. Yeah, I was a UH-1 crewchief) LAW rocket M-203 (40mm grenade launcher mounted under the barrel of an M-16) .38 snub nose 1911A1 Para-Ordinace P12 (basically a copy of a Colt Officers model with a 12 round mag) Colt Mustang .380 various 22’s, both rifle and pistols A friend had a lever action that looked like an old Winchester but fired a .440 or something like that I can’t remember but it made a huge fireball in low light. probably a few more that I can’t remember. Later… ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/38 "2000-11-19T00:32:15Z")
Let’s see…I’ve shot one gun, two guns, red guns, blue guns… 😃 I dunno what type of guns I’ve shot, but I have shot .22 rifles, .44 handguns, some shotguns, and my friend’s uncle’s AK 47. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/39 "2000-11-19T00:52:38Z")
I’ve shot my own: Ruger P95, Charter Arms .22 Mag and Heritage .22 Rough Rider Replica. Friends’ guns: A black powder rifle Various .22 rifles Beretta 92FS Glock 19, 21, and 30 Ruger P97 Taurus PT-99, PT-111 And a .44 Magnum with very hot reloads, producing a muzzle blast that could BBQ a chicken. Damn hand cannon was what it was… ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691/40 "2000-11-19T02:33:17Z")
20 gauge shotgun, hitting clay pigeons. Very fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guns-have-you-fired/41691.md?page=3)