tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post8638639022631241799..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: I keep trying to think, but nothing happens.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25302736053898161712011-12-18T20:39:33.524-05:002011-12-18T20:39:33.524-05:00Do a write up on the Gyrojet pistols and rifles.Do a write up on the Gyrojet pistols and rifles.Thomas Smithhttp://tom-the-impaler.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91409826027635039632011-12-17T17:48:13.753-05:002011-12-17T17:48:13.753-05:00Drang,
I didn't think of the Mexican War. Di...Drang,<br /><br />I didn't think of the Mexican War. Didn't the revolvers just come into use then, wasn't the issue firearm a single shot still?<br /><br />Wonder if the Colts changed the odds against the lance, assuming you didn't try to charge pistol against spear?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40745566749409857612011-12-16T19:14:08.224-05:002011-12-16T19:14:08.224-05:00Only problem with the M9 is the kinder gentler FMJ...Only problem with the M9 is the kinder gentler FMJ the military is forced to use.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19020407174297112932011-12-16T05:55:15.510-05:002011-12-16T05:55:15.510-05:00Matthew: Off the cuff I don't think we deploy...Matthew: <i>Off the cuff I don't think we deployed lancers after the Civil War,</i><br />We never really were into lances. <br />In fact, my reading (hardly exhaustive) indicates that the only Mexican units that consistently gave US forces trouble during the Mexican-American War were Mexican lancers, because they had reach on their US cavalry and dragoon counterparts.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35566688296494489052011-12-15T19:14:11.822-05:002011-12-15T19:14:11.822-05:00RE: French 8mm revolvers
Ah, I see. Learn someth...RE: French 8mm revolvers<br /><br />Ah, I see. Learn something new every day.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47975579895695419902011-12-15T19:10:40.987-05:002011-12-15T19:10:40.987-05:00docjim505,
"the Russians, having adopted a 3...docjim505,<br /><br />"<i>the Russians, having adopted a 30-caliber round for their new service rifle, had a ready capacity for making 30-caliber barrels and it was easier to stay with the same bore size.</i>"<br /><br />That was endemic at the dawn of the Smokeless Era. Witness France ditching their Chamelot-Delvigne-pattern sixguns for weaselly little 8mm revos...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83903928361273237872011-12-15T18:41:49.441-05:002011-12-15T18:41:49.441-05:00I think the U.S. wants its officers and heavy weap...I think the U.S. wants its officers and heavy weapons operators (machine guns, mortars, etc.) to have a means of dropping enemy combatants at more than arms length and so trend toward larger calibers, hence larger pistols/revolvers. Sub machine guns and the M1 Carbine were an attempt to make the officers, non-commisioned officers, and heavy weapons folks more combat effective, with mixed results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67792791038536266782011-12-15T18:03:03.270-05:002011-12-15T18:03:03.270-05:00You have a good point. Two PPSh-41s were often mad...You have a good point. Two PPSh-41s were often made from cutting a Moisin-Nagant in half.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36036148175974017252011-12-15T16:50:40.416-05:002011-12-15T16:50:40.416-05:00Tam - The Russians rode around on horses and shot ...<b>Tam</b> - <i>The Russians rode around on horses and shot Turks and Kurds and Pashtuns with .44 S&W revolvers before going to the puny 30-caliber Nagant near the end of the 19th Century (and they used those and Bolo Mausers to shoot each other during the 1920s...)</i><br /><br />As I understand it, the selection of a 30-caliber round for the Nagant revolver was less a matter of choice than necessity: the Russians, having adopted a 30-caliber round for their new service rifle, had a ready capacity for making 30-caliber barrels and it was easier to stay with the same bore size. (I confess that this explanation has always sounded dodgy to me; please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).<br /><br />When the reds finally got around to finding a replacing the Nagant, they stayed with a 30-caliber round, perhaps from habit and perhaps also from their experience with the 30-caliber Luger and Mauser rounds that you write about.<br /><br />By the time they got around to finding a replacement for the TT after World War II, the days of shooting Turks from horses were (more or less) gone. I can only suppose that they found the small, fast 7.62TT less than adequate for shooting nazis and kulaks and hence wanted a heavier bullet.<br /><br />In contrast, our Army was not quite so bound by (alleged) manufacturing problems and could have any caliber they wanted, and when the new pistol was adopted in 1911, they had very recent experience with needing a BIG bullet.<br /><br />So, it comes down to timing and recent combat experience.<br /><br />On a somewhat related note, why did Colt adopt the 36-caliber ball for his first revolvers? Given the fetish for elephant gun-sized bullets in the first half of the 19th century, I would have thought he'd have chosen something more (cough) manly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67175504931115297482011-12-15T15:45:32.786-05:002011-12-15T15:45:32.786-05:00It might be as simple as the Cossacks were disarme...It might be as simple as the Cossacks were disarmed by the government while cowboys weren't.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87458454274414609662011-12-15T14:51:34.584-05:002011-12-15T14:51:34.584-05:00Yarygin Pya MP-443 Grach ends up about where the B...Yarygin Pya MP-443 Grach ends up about where the Beretta is.<br /><br />Then look at the 1911 in .38 Super.<br /><br />Boy, you rock kid!Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67978388747083850512011-12-15T14:36:31.391-05:002011-12-15T14:36:31.391-05:00What a fun idea! I would love to read it!
US Mili...What a fun idea! I would love to read it!<br /><br />US Militia acts of 1792/1795 require militia cavalry to have pistols. Russian counterparts?<br /><br />Cavalry tactics background: French charge vs. German Carracole vs. Infantry squares.<br /><br />Longstanding controvery over sabre vs. lance for cavalry.<br /><br />Texas Rangers Walker Colt: Took a big bullet to empty a Comanche saddle.<br />Civil War cavalry resolves controvery in favor of large caliber repeating pistols. Cavalry advances were the most significant operational advance of the Civil War. Colt Navy .36/.44, Colt Army .44, Remington. <br />Sheridan: "infantry with 4 detachable legs"<br />Stuart: LeMat revolver or Tranter?<br />Bedford Forrest: Wizard of the Saddle<br /><br />Metallic Cartridges: Smith and Wesson, Colt single action, Reminton, SW Number 3 (russian sales) Why did the Ruskies want the little spur on the trigger guard?<br /><br />US during Phillipine Insurrection.<br />.38 (actually .36) revolvers inadequate<br />.45 revolvers brought back to stop Moros<br /><br />US use of .45 ACP in WWI<br />M1911 (in trench, shooting up)<br />Revolvers in moon clips<br /><br />Soviet Tokarev in WWII<br />7.62x 25 PPSh-41 et al Smgs<br />comparison to 7.63x25 Mauser<br /><br />US motorized Armor/Cavalry in WWII<br />Russians eating horses during time of famine?<br />Soviet Cavalry in WWII<br /><br />Soviet transiton from Tokarev to Makarov 9x18 "most powerful that could be handled by straight blowback". Fixed barrel, heel release.<br /><br />US "Leather slap" competition. Dominance of M1911.Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81501705899659918482011-12-15T13:35:03.282-05:002011-12-15T13:35:03.282-05:00Is there anything about military pistol caliber ch...Is there anything about military pistol caliber choices to be gathered from whether your cavalry kept lancers around after revolvers came into use?<br /><br />Off the cuff I don't think we deployed lancers after the Civil War, and the saber became the secondary arm about then too, right?<br /><br />It seems to me other countries didn't go to the pistol as completely as we did for horse soldiers. Who in practice were really more "dragoons" anyway.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66634311227498741702011-12-15T13:33:11.512-05:002011-12-15T13:33:11.512-05:00My British buddy spent his last hitch in a Territo...My British buddy spent his last hitch in a Territorial field artillery unit before emigrating.<br /><br />He tells me he was issued a sidearm - specifically an ancient Webley revolver - whose sole reason for residing on his belt was as a reminder to the gun bunnies under him that "command authority" was more than merely academic. He says that the QFSR (Queen's Field Service Regulations) to this day give a BC express permission to ventilate an artilleryman who abandons his piece.<br /><br />The difference in sidearm philosophy can be answered completely by simply looking at whom the sidearm is intended to be pointed at.<br /><br />gvi<br /><br />wv: exili - marginally preferable to a bullet in the back of the head in the Lubyanka basement.global village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5629431323438373022011-12-15T13:13:34.543-05:002011-12-15T13:13:34.543-05:00Pederson sounds like a good Cosmoline and Rust pos...Pederson sounds like a good Cosmoline and Rust post.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51026521633587675072011-12-15T12:37:03.584-05:002011-12-15T12:37:03.584-05:00I know for a fact that you were the one who pointe...I know for a fact that you were the one who pointed out that an Army revolver (as opposed to a Navy revolver) was in "a caliber that started with 4" so you could be sure of killing your horse if necessary. Not sure if it was here or at the Arms Room. I was looking for it when I wrote my own post on handgun philosophies & the use of handguns as badges of rank earlier this week. <br /><br />Hey...Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52399504963378789442011-12-15T11:53:39.866-05:002011-12-15T11:53:39.866-05:00Well there is much to say about John D. Pedersen ...Well there is much to say about John D. Pedersen if you decide to go that way.Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90568525272583338402011-12-15T11:21:55.283-05:002011-12-15T11:21:55.283-05:00Thornharp, I've been thinking along the same l...Thornharp, I've been thinking along the same lines. I'm wondering if the toolroom exibit up at the Springfield Armory might have one. <br /><br /> Sadly, the Director's tour is the only way to get into the tool/pattern room, and that only happens 3 or 4 times a year.<br /><br /> Or, I know some ammo development guys at the Remington facility in Kentucky. Maybe I can get an earworm started.<br /><br /> I know somebody who would jump at the chance to make 53's, assuming I could lighten up the zillion pound trigger.Ed Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676740819579030462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6917274042359029982011-12-15T11:13:43.652-05:002011-12-15T11:13:43.652-05:00Tam,
Here is my fix for writers block. Write this...Tam,<br /><br />Here is my fix for writers block. Write this down and tape it in front of the computer:<br /><br />"Remember, it doesn't have to be good. It just has to be done."<br /><br />If nothing else, that can help get a draft down that can be edited (to be "good") later.<br /><br />RobRob Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83367912409378387532011-12-15T10:59:05.620-05:002011-12-15T10:59:05.620-05:00Just like me and those 100+ photos of the FN-49 I ...Just like me and those 100+ photos of the FN-49 I need to sort through, edit, and write up a decent post about... just not getting the motivation.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141654754595945677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87957101240723379642011-12-15T10:58:44.869-05:002011-12-15T10:58:44.869-05:00Somewhere in the Remington archives might you be a...Somewhere in the Remington archives might you be able to find the dimension drawings for the Model 53 pistol and its tooling? And then find a sponsor ...thornharpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15017681439048911562011-12-15T10:56:22.886-05:002011-12-15T10:56:22.886-05:00"I've got a big old post in my head that ..."I've got a big old post in my head that just won't come out"<br /><br />This is like a Food Post from Brigid. Now I am hungry and unsatisfied and eagerly await to opportunity to remedy same in the near future.<br /><br />With fingers crossed the block fades...New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88873115298178850362011-12-15T10:28:54.317-05:002011-12-15T10:28:54.317-05:00Borepatch,
If I've got bad guys in the wire, ...Borepatch,<br /><br />If I've got bad guys in the wire, I'm not so concerned about what the gun looks like. I just want more bullets and bigger bullets.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7541880328520214372011-12-15T10:26:11.493-05:002011-12-15T10:26:11.493-05:00+1 for the Stooges reference.+1 for the <a href="http://www.hark.com/clips/pbqrsvclsj-im-trying-to-think-but-nothing-happens" rel="nofollow">Stooges reference</a>.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010868377109696846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28442759178309463062011-12-15T09:57:37.727-05:002011-12-15T09:57:37.727-05:00I greatly enjoy shooting the Makarov. The Beretta...I greatly enjoy shooting the Makarov. The Beretta, not so much. Maybe it's just like that line in the Hitler 1911 vs. Glock rant:<br /><br /><i>I just want to shoot something that doesn't look like a brick."</i><br /><br />Probably shallow of me.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.com