Vintage Gun Photos

[Jeb48]

Time for another BIG GUN, how about a German 280mm railway gun.

 

[No_0ne]

28 minutes ago, Jeb48 said:

Time for another BIG GUN, how about a German 280mm railway gun.

 

Not much more than a child's toy, compared to the 800 mm Schwerer Gustav "Dora" ...

[Jeb48]

I guess my 240mm would be called a mouse gun then, easier to conceal carry :-)

[Jeb48]

Another view of that 800mm, that is one big gun.

[peejman]

10 hours ago, Jeb48 said:

Another view of that 800mm, that is one big gun.

I'm glad they spent the enormous resources building nearly useless crap like these rail guns instead of more tanks and airplanes.   

[Jeb48]

Holt 75 tractor with 8-inch howitzer - France, 1917

[MP5_Rizzo]

23 hours ago, Jeb48 said:

Another view of that 800mm, that is one big gun.

That’s going to require a lot of Hoppes 9!

[Jeb48]

The photo name is Hog gun. Anyone know what it is?

[Ronald_55]

On 10/13/2017 at 9:39 PM, MP5_Rizzo said:

That’s going to require a lot of Hoppes 9!

Do you just put a guy in overalls soaked in Hoppes 9 and let him crawl tgrough?

[Jeb48]

Everyone needs a convenient way to transport their guns.

[MP5_Rizzo]

I had totally forgotten about this until yesterday while I was visiting with my mother.  She has been going through old family photos and this caught my eye as I strolled by a table scattered with various stacks. My older sister is on the left, two cousins in the middle and me on the right with my Johnny Eagle Break Action Over and Under.  I wish I still had that toy shotgun and maybe not the style but the amount of hair!!  I guess I was destined to be a shotgunner at an early age but didn't figure that out until almost 40 plus years later.

c.1967

[RED333]

4 hours ago, MP5_Rizzo said:

I had totally forgotten about this until yesterday while I was visiting with my mother.  She has been going through old family photos and this caught my eye as I strolled by a table scattered with various stacks. My older sister is on the left, two cousins in the middle and me on the right with my Johnny Eagle Break Action Over and Under.  I wish I still had that toy shotgun and maybe not the style but the amount of hair!!  I guess I was destined to be a shotgunner at an early age but didn't figure that out until almost 40 plus years later.

c.1967

Protecting the women folk, good job.

[Jeb48]

Another gang to watch out for.

[Jeb48]

With legs like that ............

[No_0ne]

Not your typical WWI era soldier ...

[peejman]

The Russian bear personified. 

[No_0ne]

46 minutes ago, peejman said:

The Russian bear personified. 

Except he's Turkish, with a captured M91 ...

Edited October 18, 2017 by No_0ne

[MP5_Rizzo]

11 hours ago, No_0ne said:

Not your typical WWI era soldier ...

The first attempt at a ghillie suit?

[bersaguy]

5 hours ago, MP5_Rizzo said:

The first attempt at a ghillie suit?

Since I think he is surrounded by snow so he will be an easy target. I think he is just trying to stay warm..........JMHO

[MP5_Rizzo]

25 minutes ago, bersaguy said:

Since I think he is surrounded by snow so he will be an easy target. I think he is just trying to stay warm..........JMHO

I think you are correct it was just my first thought when I saw the photo.  My second thought was, I think he ate the entire bear in one sitting before he wrapped the hide over his shoulders.

[Jeb48]

As long as we are around WW-1 here is a pre-WW-1 Guards Battalion of the Prussian Army with KAR98s

Edited October 19, 2017 by Jeb48

[bersaguy]

15 hours ago, Jeb48 said:

As long as we are around WW-1 here is a pre-WW-1 Guards Battalion of the Prussian Army with KAR98s

With those frog gigs they have for bayonnets I guess when they run out of ammo they can always use them a swords and continue to fight till they bring them to a gun fight...........

[Jeb48]

German T Gewehl anti-tank rifle WW-1. That's a lot of gun.

[Jeb48]

Squib????

[RED333]

1 hour ago, Jeb48 said:

Squib????

Or a charge to render the gun inoperative.