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The Guns of a Gentleman......

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited April 2002 in General Discussion
Webster defines a "Gentleman" as: a man of good family, breeding, or social position...civilized, educated, sensitive, and well mannered....(Smoking Jackets are optional)

Any suggestions for the appropriate firearms of a Gentleman?...(Pistol, Shotgun, Hunting Rifle).....now, now, let's not be frugal...but let us be generous.
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Twin 50's mounted on a hummer
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A vested 32acp.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • DaRoostaDaRoosta Member Posts: 270 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I picture a gentleman walking afield with his dog, carrying an over/under shotgun and being a perfect sportsman. I can almost picture it...it's probably a Browning Superposed.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Used to be, it seemed like the guns of a gentleman were perceived to be those with fine wood stocks and lots of scrolling. At least, that's the impression American Rifleman covers used to give. They also frequently appeared to be somewhat out of date. Apparently, dueling pistols were once considered the arms of a gentleman.

    I am a gentleman, and I know what I may have to do to live in a society where I may remain one. Someone once said that an armed society is a polite society. But I know that not all armed men are gentlemen. On the other hand, occasionally, a true gentleman must be willing to get down and dirty for his freedom and that of his loved ones.

    Any arm I select is the arm of a gentleman. The same would be true of my lady, of course.

    -- Life NRA Member
    "If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I picture a gentlemans pistol as having a bright finish with either pearl or Ivory grips...but enough poop to take out ruffians.

    I like the idea of a Superposed in the field with a well trained dog....of course one should be attired in english tweeds....

    Perhaps a nice Sauer & Son drilling for large game....or perhaps a lever action Winchester like Theodore Roosevelt used when on Safari...
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm partial to the shotgun idea but being somewhat of a traditionalist I see a Parker or LC Smith SxS.


    The Almighty Himself Entrusted the Future of All Living Creatures to a Wooden Boat.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"Audemus jura nostra defendere"
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt--according to one of the previous posters here it sounds like you're QUITE the gentleman. Also, are you referring to the Winchester .30-30 with which Roosevelt dispatched a bison?

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Would a gentleman not also use an over-under, now that the double-barrel is passe?

    -- Life NRA Member
    "If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Leather cased pair of Purdys 12 bore, a Rigby Mauser .404,
    a Boss 12 bore paradox gun and an engraved ivory gripped Bisley
    in 32-20.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Idsman,
    Could be wrong, but I seem to recall that Teddy used a 45/70 amoung others on his great African Safari....maybe someone else will have some info on this.

    The term "Gentlemen" conjurs up different mental images....the "Gentleman Riverboat Gambler" who packed a small revolver....the "Country English Gentleman" with his fine side by side hunting birds.......the great "Teddy Roosevelt" hunting on safari in Africa.....or even James Bond in his tux, "shaken..not stirred"...
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Teddy Roosevelt took a bison with a .30-30. Can I prove it? Nope. I learned it here.

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    Several come to mind:
    A boxed, 4-barrel Browning shotgun A presentation grade 1911 A cane gun in 20 ga. A humvee with quad .50s (Rosie is a piker)An Ivory handled revolver (As Gen. Patton said 'only a New Orleans pimp would have a pearl handled revolver


    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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  • SCREWEDUPSCREWEDUP Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I LIKE THE COUNTRY SQUIRE APPROACH 12 GA PURDYS OR BROWNINGS. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. OF COURSE I LIKE TO CLAY SHOOT ONLY PROBLEM IS THE LONGER U COOK EM THE TOUGHER THEY GET.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Uh, like here in drug infested NJ, I asked some of the "gentlemen" from the hood this question and they all said their favorite firearm is anyone that is stolen and un-traceable.

    -Charlie

    "It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, naturally, I think a concealed Glock 36 would be the ultimate weapon one might carry inside the pocket of a long smoking jacket!!!

    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Correct me if'n I be wrong, but ain't O/U's double barrels? Last time I counted they had two bbls.
    Since when did SxS guns bite the dust? Southern gentlemen prefer SxS's and sipping whiskey.

    The Almighty Himself Entrusted the Future of All Living Creatures to a Wooden Boat.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"Audemus jura nostra defendere"
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  • SXSMANSXSMAN Member Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Darn Rick,I was born on the wrong side of mason dixon.I like sipping whiskey,I like sipping whisky,scotch,prappa,single malt and one would think you would know my stance on shotguns.


    offeror,passe?

    Does your love of a beautiful woman wane with the passing of years?
    Does your love of this country wane during and unpopular incursion?
    What is not vogue today,was 10 years ago,and maybe again tomorrow.
    For our mortal bounds on this terra are fleeting,SxS's remain the true choice of a gentleman.....(Spoken in a southern gentleman like manor)

    SxS

    Have guns,will travel
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    How about a "Lady" Smith.

    "We become what we habitually do. If we act rightly, we become upright men. If we habitually act wrongly, or weakly, we become weak and corrupt" - *ARISTOTLE*

    **Like Grandad used to say--"It'll feel better when it quits hurtin"
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  • SXSMANSXSMAN Member Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pssst offeror,over here.Keep your voice down.I've got an SKB O/U that I love shooting,and she's something to look at.(PS Don't tell the other kids,okay?)

    And I do want a Feather Lightening pretty bad.

    Have guns,will travel
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Offerer, you have been properly and gently taken to task by true gentlemen. Since you now know that SxS's are not passe, make mine an AyA, please. I have always thought a true gentleman should carry a Purdy, but as I do not hunt in tweeds and tie (at least not most of the time) I will settle for a Eurospendy Styer European Classic in 6.5x55 Swede. Good day Gentlepeople.
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  • JBBooksJBBooks Member Posts: 103 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A set of French Dueling Pistols, one in your hand,
    the other on the ground by your opponet.
    JBB

    I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them.
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  • instrumentofwarinstrumentofwar Member Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My good men, if I am not mistaken, the late Teddy was fond of the .405 Winchester. If you are interested American Rifleman did a piece on his affection for Winchester firearms not too long ago.

    Some people just shouldn't be allowed to breed
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Perhaps photos say it all.......

    Duelling pistols....
    http://www.hallowellco.com/gastinne_renette_cased_breechloa.htm

    a fine big game hunting rifle....
    http://www.hallowellco.com/johnston gervais.htm

    a Varmit rifle for the prairie dogs....
    http://www.hallowellco.com/maurice_ottmar Hagn 257.htm

    An upland game shotgun, must wear English tweeds when using this one
    http://www.hallowellco.com/westley_richards_sidelock_ejecto.htm
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Shotguns by Purdy (SxS)
    Rifles by Holand and Holand (SxS)
    and a brace of Colt SAA 45's

    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • BullzeyesDadBullzeyesDad Member Posts: 64 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I fancy the AR-15 in the outstanding .223 round. I read that they are a very versatile urban tool when dressed in pre ban attire.
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, It lasted longer than I thought.

    A unarmed man is a subject.A armed man is a citizen.
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  • BoltactionManBoltactionMan Member Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guys,

    I am reading Theodore Roosevelt's book African Game Trails right now he had a Springfield Boltaction in the "thiry caliber military cartridge", a Winchester .405, and a Holland & Holland double in 500-450. The double was given to him by a large group of friends for the trip and he named everyone of them in the book. He also had a Fox No. 12 shotgun.

    KC
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Lord Rembrandt:

    I am reminded of you,everytime I see the fine Colt-Sauer boltgun in 458 at the shop where I work.

    .218
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Boltactionman....knew someone would have the answers...

    Lord BeeKeeper, my birthday will be coming up in a few months....hint, hint..
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