a gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun introduced in 1963 that
became popular among sportsmen and remains in production. It
managed to combine a number of positive attributes: versatility,
modern design, and desirable handling characteristics, all of which
came together to produce a best-seller. The gun is well-balanced; the
trigger-pull, smooth; the quality, high; plus, it’s easy to break-down and
clean. For all of those reasons, Remington 1100s are used in trapshooting,
skeet-shooting, and sporting clays; modified versions are
popular in multi-gun practical shooting events. Overall, more than four
million of these reliable and popular shotguns have been produced.
PEPPER-BOX REVOLVER: It
may look like a cross between
a pepper shaker and a gun, but
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from roughly 1830 to t
the Civil War, though the concept
was developed much earlier
earlier. Pepper-Boxes were novelties
that packed a punch, and were most often built as multi-shot
handguns though occasionally as rifle-sized firearms. Early models
were fitted with anywhere between three and seven barrels. Though
primarily sold as civilian weapons, some were purchased privately for
personal use by military personnel. As manufacturers added more and
longer barrels, they became front-heavy, making them difficult to aim,
though at close range they were deadly. The funny firearm survived for
a time after revolvers were introduced, at one point even enjoying a
brief revival, but eventually they faded into the history books.
RUGER STANDARD:
After the Second World
War, a returning Marine
gave firearm designer Bill Ruger a pair of
Japanese Nambu pistols. Using the Nambu
silhouette and bolt system, Ruger produced a
prototype – reminiscent of the German Luger P08 pistol
– that he showed to Alex Sturm, an American artist, author,
and entrepreneur. Sturm, impressed by what he saw, provided
the start-up money to launch Sturm, Ruger & Co. He also created its
distinctive eagle coat-of-arms emblem. The company’s first product was
the Ruger Standard, a rimfire semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1949;
followed the next year by the MK I Target, a variant of the Standard used
in target shooting. The Ruger Standard remained in production, in one
form or another, for more than three decades. The original model came
with a blued carbon steel finish and was equipped with a 4.75-inch
tapered barrel. Its magazine held 9 rounds of .22 Long Rifle ammo.
FRENCH APACHE: Part-dagger, part-gun, and part brass-knuckles
(depending how its various components were folded or unfolded) the
French Apache looks as if it were designed by Jules Verne as a retrofuturistic
weapon for Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
The multi-faceted weapon was designed and patented by Louis Dolne.
It was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by muggers, stickup
men, burglars, and other ruffians in general – and in particular by a
Parisian street gang called Les Apaches. Some were manufactured in
France; others, in Belgium. All were banned in California,
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