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Dec 6, 2016 · Gardner and his equipment headed to Sharpsburg in 1862 to document the aftermath of a Civil War battle that left around 23,000 people dead. When his photos went public, they brought the horrors of war to the front page of every city, no matter how far from the front lines they were.
- David G. Taylor
- Remington 870 Competition
- Springfield 1911-A2 Sass
- Stoehr Machine Pistol
- Cobray Terminator
- OTs-38 Stechkin Silent Revolver
- Remington 700 Etronx Rifle
- MAG-7
- Dardick Revolver
- Ljutic Space Gun
A Remington 870 is a simple weapon, right? It’s a pump-action shotgunthat’s been an American mainstay for decades. How weird can it get? I’m so glad you asked… The Remington 870 competition is not your average 870. First, it’s a single shotgun, which is strange but not super out there. But what if I told you that it’s not a pump-action shotgun but ...
The Springfield 1911-A2 SASSisn’t necessarily a gun, but more like a 1911 slide/upper receiver. SASS kits would be retrofitted to 1911 frames so the user can fire a rifle round through their 1911. For some reason, rifle caliber pistols were big in the 80s and 90s. (I don’t mean AR pistols, either.) I mean real handguns in real rifle rounds, like .3...
Let me sell you this idea… A bullpup machine pistol, in .22 Magnum, that utilizes a pan magazine, rests on your arm, and uses a blow forward design? You’d buy one, right? Well, you and I are cool, but the world wasn’t ready for the Stoehr Machine Pistol. It died at the prototype stage. However, we can still gaze up its weirdness in joy. The Stoehr ...
Cobray were madmen, and I love them for it. They produced affordable machine pistols before the Hughes Amendment. They offered open-bolt, easily convertible machine pistols; the first .45 Long Colt/.410 handguns; and, of course, the Cobray Terminator. Terminator makes it sound fearsome, but as a single-shot shotgun, it’s tough to consider it more t...
Let’s say you are a quasi dictatorial country, and you need a dissident removed quietly. You can’t leave evidence behind. What do you turn to? Well, if you’re Russian, you turn to the OTs-38 Stechkin Silent Revolver. It’s a super-compact revolverutilizing a silent cartridge instead of a gas seal and a long oblong tube with baffles. When loaded with...
Much like the 870 Competition, it’s tough to think the Remington 700could be considered a weird gun. It’s one of America’s favorite rifles, but that doesn’t mean Remington couldn’t mess with it a bit. The EtronX rifle offered an electronic trigger and ignition system. Ot had an 8-bit computer in the stock and used a 9-volt battery to power the thin...
That ole’ Uziis a really neat design, right? Light, handy, compact, and perfect for a wide variety of tasks…but you know what? Why not take some design influence from the Uzi and make a pump-action shotgun. And that’s how we got the MAG-7 shotgun. This box-fed shotgunmade a weird choice with the magazine in the pistol grip. Since we measure shotgun...
There is this old Simpsonsmeme about a guy loading a magazine into a revolver. While that Simpsons scene is nonsense, there is such a thing as a magazine-fed revolver. This magazine-fed revolver was touted as the future of firearms, promising to combine the best aspects of revolvers and automatics. The Dardick’s cylinders formed a U-shaped and were...
The Ljutic space gun came to be because a man didn’t have a trap gun when he was invited to go trap shooting. What’s a man to do? Well, he built one! It turned out to be a rather crazy design for a single-shot trap gun. But it worked, and Al built plenty more. He even jumped into rifle variants too. This oddball utilized a fascinating internal desi...
- Whitney Wolverine: The Atomic Age Pistol (1956) Whitney Wolverine, an ‘Atomic Age’ influenced .22 pistol from the 1950s. The Whitney Wolverine is a semi-automatic .22 LR caliber pistol created in 1956.
- German hunting knife that’s also a gun and a calendar (1528) Hunting knife combined with wheellock pistol, 1528–29. Photo by Met Museum. This is a German hunting knife that’s also a gun and etched with a calendar for the years 1529–34; barrel dated 1540 or 1546.
- Napoleon’s three-chamber box lock pistol (1802) Napoleon’s three-chamber box lock pistol from the year 1802. A historic gold-inlaid 120-bore three-barrelled flintlock box-lock tap-action pocket pistol presented in 1802 by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Thornton to Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul.
- A knuckleduster/revolver (1870) A very scarce Apache/Delhaxe type pepperbox revolver. Italy, 1870. The Apache operates on the principle of a pepperbox revolver using a pinfire cartridge and incorporates a fold-over knuckle duster forming the grip and a rudimentary foldout dual-edged knife.
- The Krummlauf (STG-44) Assault Rifle. Krummlauf means “curved barrel,” and refers to a barrel-and-periscopic-sight combination with a 30-degree bend that could be fitted to a standard Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle.
- The Coffee Mill Sharps. The Union Army ran on coffee. Each soldier was issued 36 pounds of beans a year, and brewed it by the one-quart tin cupful, “strong enough to float a horseshoe” and heavily sweetened with sugar or molasses.
- The A-Square .577 T-Rex. A-Square was the brainchild of Lt. Col. Art Alphin (Armor/USA), who, while an instructor at West Point, began building dangerous-game rifles chambered for standard cartridges and for his own line of proprietary rounds.
- The Velo Dog Revolver. In late 19th century France, the bicycle, or velocipede as it was then called, came much in fashion, and dogs discovered that it was great sport chasing after peddlers and biting at their legs, or trousers, or God knows what.
Feb 24, 2024 · Cobray might be the king of weird guns with competitors like the Terminator shotgun, the Pepperbox, and of course, the Pocket Pal. The Pocket Pal was a pocket revolver that certainly didn’t look like a revolver.
Apr 20, 2011 · The evolution of firearms has taken some weird turns through the years. Check out our list of the strangest guns ever made.
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