Gina Torres gun trivia

POSTED BY: DrSyn
UPDATED: Saturday, November 26, 2005 19:20
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WERZBOWSKI

Thursday, January 22, 2004 8:00 PM

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Just my preference, but if I was going to carry a cut down longarm I would cut down a shotgun into a roombroom.

I agree with Hardware... Shotguns are good for CQB. (close quarters battle) I would recommend a cut down Winchester 1887/1901 lever action shotgun, a la T2, for a "roombroom" but I still like the idea of a cut-down winchester rifle for general use.

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LOADANDMAKEREADY

Friday, January 23, 2004 3:19 AM

The only difference -- aside from magazine attachment to the barrel -- between a Winchester Model 1887 and the Model 1901, is the '87 was 12 gauge, while the '01 was 10 gauge.

The reason this Browning design was produced for only 14 years is because ol' John Moses came up with a pump action design in 1897. There were only about 64,000 Model '87's produced, while over a Million '97's came out of the Winchester factory.

There was a reason for this.

Although the action was very slick, and easy to use -- as far as lever actions go -- the model '87 was very clumsy, and difficult to load. You have to drop the shell down into the bottom of the receiver, get your thumb in behind it, and push it forward into the magazine tube.
The '97 on the other hand, is very easy to load, and the slide (pump) action is also very fast to operate.

Once Winchester came out with the '97, the '87's days were numbered. The Model 1897 was superior in every way.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Model '87, but in a combat situation I'll grab my '97 instead.

As for lever action rifles ... give me a Marlin.

AINTNOSHEPHERD

Saturday, November 26, 2005 5:45 PM

Are you sure Zoe's personal sidearm isn't the Josh Randall mare's leg pistol? Sure looks like it at http://www.eaglesquadron.net. Yes, she also uses a carbine in the (first) pilot, Shindig, War Stories, & others - but that ain't her mare's leg.

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing."

LOADANDMAKEREADY

Saturday, November 26, 2005 7:20 PM

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Originally posted by aintnoshepherd:
Are you sure Zoe's personal sidearm isn't the Josh Randall mare's leg pistol? Sure looks like it at http://www.eaglesquadron.net. Yes, she also uses a carbine in the (first) pilot, Shindig, War Stories, & others - but that ain't her mare's leg.

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing."

By "the Josh Randall Mares Laig pistol," if you mean that it's one of the exact firearms that Steve McQueen used in the TV series -- not bloody likely! As the link you provided states, the actual ones he used are in museums.

If you mean however, one just like -- or very closely resembling -- the one McQueen used, then yes, it is. Without going back through this thread, I don't think I ever said that it wasn't LIKE the one McQueen used.

What I remember saying initially was that it was a model '92, and not a model '97 as someone had initially claimed.

A duplicate of Zoe's gun would be easy enough to make -- provided the dimensions don't violate the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA '34) which states that a short barreled rifle cannot have a barrel less than 16 inches in length (originally 18 inches, and changed by the Gun Control Act of 1968 [GCA '68]) and/or an overall length of 26 inches.

(I've been a gunsmith for 25 years.)

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