Historical Guns

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George Washington and the Near Killing of the Father of Our Country

George Washington and the Near Killing of the Father of Our Country

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George Washington was a flawed man, as are we all, but he had an undeniably charmed life. He was the right man at the right time to birth the greatest nation the world has ever seen.

2 - Will - Rod Serling: The Voyage into the Twilight Zone

Dr Dabbs – Rod Serling: The Voyage into the Twilight Zone

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The Twilight Zone really did make you think. Like most truly revolutionary artistic endeavors, the show was the product of a singularly creative mind. Rod Serling was a remarkable man indeed.

3-Will-Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934

Dr. Dabbs – Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934

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78 at the time of his death, Mahatma Gandhi was admittedly both old and thin. However, three of these underpowered little bullets fired from an assassin’s gun still nonetheless extinguished his mortal light in short order.

3-Will-Bella Twin: The Little Woman and the Really Big Bear

Dr. Dabbs – Bella Twin: The Tiny Little Woman and the Really Big Bear

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When confronted with such an enormous predator at such close range, Bella and her buddy wisely chose to disappear into the wood line and hide in hopes that the big animal might just pass them by. 

Marlin 444 Trapper – The Gun That Never Was

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Assembled and complete, I now have a rifle that never was but should have been.

3-Will-The Lever-Action Winchester Anti-Aircraft Gun

Dr Dabbs – The Winchester Lever-Action Anti-Aircraft Gun

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With the aircraft about 300 feet off the ground, a .30-caliber bullet pierced the bottom of the fuselage, passed through Rollins’ right thigh, and then lodged in the left side of his face.

2 - Will - Rod Serling: The Voyage into the Twilight Zone

Dr. Dabbs – Rod Serling: The Voyage into the Twilight Zone

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The Twilight Zone really did make you think. Like most truly revolutionary artistic endeavors, the show was the product of a singularly creative mind. Rod Serling was a remarkable man indeed.

3-Will-The Indestructible Man: Sam Whittemore

Dr. Dabbs – The Indestructible Man: Sam Whittemore

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We modern-day Americans stand on the shoulders of giants. We owe such a profound debt of gratitude to such men as these.

2 - The M16A1 WannaBe From LRB

The M16A1 WannaBe From LRB

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Building, shooting, and enjoying this LRB/Colt M16A1 gun has allowed me to learn and experience a little bit of history.

3-Will-Child Soldiers: The Tale of Johnny Clem

Dr. Dabbs – Child Soldiers: The Tale of Johnny Clem

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Child soldiers are a blight in low-rent hotspots around the globe. Kids lack judgment, and all little boys are stupid. That’s why, in most civilized locales, you have to be a certain age to purchase alcohol or a gun. However, the world has no shortage of heartless monsters more than willing to kit out children to go forth and kill on an industrial scale