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bigstick61
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| 1930s-1950s. Definitely the golden age of warfare. I also like the fact that despite modern firearms, swords and sabers were still used quite a bit in combat. You also saw the last major use of horse cavalry, golden age of artillery and naval warfare, and WWII was the last time anyone has ever seen such a variety of weapons, tactics, unit types, and such large-scale actions. I don't think we'll ever see anything close to WWII again, even if there's a WWIII. |
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Winchester
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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This guy was the "Golden Age of Firearms"
John Moses Browning |
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yojimbo22
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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This isn't cause of Quentin Tarrentino movies, but I've always thought that Japanese weaponary is very interesting... Katanas kept people in power for a good 900 years, I doubt there is any other weapon in modern times that can boast that...
Guns are boring, there is nothing to them... just pull the trigger and there you have it... though, modern, advanced military machines are also cool... tanks and planes in particular... I'd love to own a T-90S :-D (I'm Russian, hence the make) |
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RooK
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Location: SE Kentucky
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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yojimbo22 wrote: Guns are boring, there is nothing to them... just pull the trigger and there you have it...
Ever disassmebled a gun or looked at a parts diagram? It is unreal the amount of machining, geometry, and math that goes into making a gun go 'boom.' When you get into semi-autos, it's amazing how people come up with the ideas of auto-disconnects and the gas systems used to cycle the action. There is way more to making a gun go boom than you think. Disassemble one some time and you'll understand (if you can get it back together :P). Sometimes when I break down revolvers, I'll assemble them without certain exterior parts just to see how things work together as the action is manipulated. I do the same thing with automobiles. I guess I'm a tinkerer. |
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perdidochas
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yojimbo22 wrote: This isn't cause of Quentin Tarrentino movies, but I've always thought that Japanese weaponary is very interesting... Katanas kept people in power for a good 900 years, I doubt there is any other weapon in modern times that can boast that...
It wasn't just the katana that kept the power. It was a very repressive insular culture that did so.
yojimbo22 wrote: Guns are boring, there is nothing to them... just pull the trigger and there you have it... though, modern, advanced military machines are also cool... tanks and planes in particular... I'd love to own a T-90S :-D (I'm Russian, hence the make)
Obviously, you know little about the subtleties of ballistics and mechanics. Guns can be extremely fascinating. |
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britboy
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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perdidochas wrote: yojimbo22 wrote: This isn't cause of Quentin Tarrentino movies, but I've always thought that Japanese weaponary is very interesting... Katanas kept people in power for a good 900 years, I doubt there is any other weapon in modern times that can boast that...
It wasn't just the katana that kept the power. It was a very repressive insular culture that did so.
yojimbo22 wrote: Guns are boring, there is nothing to them... just pull the trigger and there you have it... though, modern, advanced military machines are also cool... tanks and planes in particular... I'd love to own a T-90S :-D (I'm Russian, hence the make)
Obviously, you know little about the subtleties of ballistics and mechanics. Guns can be extremely fascinating.
I think he meant RELATIVE to tanks, guns are simple. |
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perdidochas
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:30 am Post subject: |
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britboy wrote: perdidochas wrote: yojimbo22 wrote: This isn't cause of Quentin Tarrentino movies, but I've always thought that Japanese weaponary is very interesting... Katanas kept people in power for a good 900 years, I doubt there is any other weapon in modern times that can boast that...
It wasn't just the katana that kept the power. It was a very repressive insular culture that did so.
yojimbo22 wrote: Guns are boring, there is nothing to them... just pull the trigger and there you have it... though, modern, advanced military machines are also cool... tanks and planes in particular... I'd love to own a T-90S :-D (I'm Russian, hence the make)
Obviously, you know little about the subtleties of ballistics and mechanics. Guns can be extremely fascinating.
I think he meant RELATIVE to tanks, guns are simple.
Actually, I think he meant that gun use compared to hand to hand weapon use is simple. |
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yojimbo22
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perdidochas wrote: britboy wrote: perdidochas wrote: yojimbo22 wrote: This isn't cause of Quentin Tarrentino movies, but I've always thought that Japanese weaponary is very interesting... Katanas kept people in power for a good 900 years, I doubt there is any other weapon in modern times that can boast that...
It wasn't just the katana that kept the power. It was a very repressive insular culture that did so.
yojimbo22 wrote: Guns are boring, there is nothing to them... just pull the trigger and there you have it... though, modern, advanced military machines are also cool... tanks and planes in particular... I'd love to own a T-90S :-D (I'm Russian, hence the make)
Obviously, you know little about the subtleties of ballistics and mechanics. Guns can be extremely fascinating.
I think he meant RELATIVE to tanks, guns are simple.
Actually, I think he meant that gun use compared to hand to hand weapon use is simple.
a bit of both actually :-D |
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Sixgun_Symphony
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Location: Land of the Free
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I have a wide range of weapons. Mostly from 18th through 20th century period.
Firearms: I own a .54 caliber flintlock pistol (smooth bore) and a .54 caliber percussion rifle. I have several WWI & WWII era bolt-action rifles, British .303 caliber SMLE, a 1903 Springfield (.30-06), Italian M38 "short rifle" 6.5 Carcano, and a Russian M91 Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54R rifle. I also like my 1860 Colt .44 caliber percussion revolvers.
Edged weapons: I really like the Bowie knives, I got just one right now. There will be more in the future. I also have a throwing tomahawk, alot of fun but I don't see why anyone would have thrown a perfectly good weapon. Injuns had bows & arrows for missle weapons, the settlers had firearms. A tomahawk was really a sidearm for melee. |
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