And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
The Savage 1907 Semi-Automatic Pistol - I can testify, these are fun
Tam has posts on these pistols: https://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/search/label/Savage%20Stories main blog: https://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/
When did "semi-automatic" become a descriptor of pistols? For almost all of my 78 years, these were "automatic" pistols or "auto-pistols" or just "automatics." That is how every manufacturer and inventor described them until recently. The traditional distinctions for handguns were "revolvers," "automatic pistols," and "submachine guns." Both "automatic pistols" and "sub machinegun" were terms used by Browning.
So, when are we going to stop defining shotguns by "gauge" and starts using bore diameter. We already have .410 shotguns, why do we still use the term "12 gauge"?
That came about due to the anti-gun forces attempting to equate anything labeled "automatic" as a machinegun, to get the fearful sheep upset more than they already were.
A couple of years ago, after watching this, I stumbled onto one in pawn shop. Walked out with it.
ReplyDeleteActually, it would be "Forgotten Firearms" that I saw.
DeleteI own 3.... 2 .32 and one.380
ReplyDeleteTam has posts on these pistols:
ReplyDeletehttps://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/search/label/Savage%20Stories
main blog:
https://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/
When did "semi-automatic" become a descriptor of pistols? For almost all of my 78 years, these were "automatic" pistols or "auto-pistols" or just "automatics." That is how every manufacturer and inventor described them until recently. The traditional distinctions for handguns were "revolvers," "automatic pistols," and "submachine guns." Both "automatic pistols" and "sub machinegun" were terms used by Browning.
ReplyDeleteSo, when are we going to stop defining shotguns by "gauge" and starts using bore diameter. We already have .410 shotguns, why do we still use the term "12 gauge"?
That came about due to the anti-gun forces attempting to equate anything labeled "automatic" as a machinegun, to get the fearful sheep upset more than they already were.
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