Favourite Pulp Side Arm ?

[ushistoryprof]

Re Dillingers "gang" how many members was that?  I count 15 pistols and revolvers as well as 2 short barreled shotguns.  That is 17 total.  If 5 members of the gang, then more then 3 each along with whatever long guns.

  According to the FBI report he had several groups or gangs of supporters.  Dillinger with four or five gang members were common numbers.  Here is a brief but interesting read on his case:
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/dillinger/dillinger.htm

[Johnno]

"first Dillinger gang" = Harry Pierpont, Russell "Boobie" Clark, Charles Makley, Edward W. Shouse, Jr., Harry Copeland, James "Oklahoma Jack" Clark, Walter Dietrich and John "Red" Hamilton.

2nd gang = Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis, Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, Joseph Fox, Joe Burns, James Jenkins, and Eddie Green.

That's 15 gang members...surely some guns were seized by police, lost, or just disappeared

[leadfool]

UShistoryprof and Johnno,
Thank you gentlemen for the info.

[northtroll]

C-96 Broomhandle Mauser pretty much spells pulp as far as I'm concerned. Other favorites, the Thompson, of course, the BAR, and the Colt 1911. I love Webley revolvers, as well and the P-08 Luger. But I'll tell you the one that looks somewhat interesting but gets no press at all is the Steyer-Hahn 9mm pistol. It looks like a large version of early Colt and Browining designs, but chambered for 9mm Steyer. Odd and different, but interesting to me.

[doowopapocalypse]

I always had a soft spot for the Colt Hammerless.

[Alfrik]

Favorite side arm, the one that has just enough bullets to "get the job done" of course!

(or power pack energy!)

[Prof. Dinglebat. Phd.]

You know the scene when Indiana Jones shoots the big dude with the sword in the crowd at the market place. Yeah that's the fav,..and went down in small arms legend because of that scene. So forget the rest,..they're no where near famous.  

[Hammers]

Nothing says Pulp villain like a Luger.

[H.M.Stanley]

Mauser. If it was good enough for Churchill on the charge ...

[Malebolgia]

My favorite:



Love the sawed-off
And of course one of my favorite miniatures:

[northtroll]

Yes, it does say "Boomstick", doesn't it! The S&W model 1917 is a nice revolver. I owned one years ago. Not quite as intimidating as a Webley in .455 but damn near!

[Conquistador]

cokillgore, ,snip> Of course the rifle that gets the most attention is my Sharps in 45-70.  I have more fun with the old guns then all my high tech semiauto stuff.  I also hit the center of the target more. 

As a kid taking hunter safety class at the end the instructor who was collector fired several - about half a dozen - older guns (45-70?  45-90? etc., the first was actually louder then the second.)  So uber-cool...

Gracias,

Glenn

[ushistoryprof]

As a kid taking hunter safety class at the end the instructor who was collector fired several - about half a dozen - older guns (45-70?  45-90? etc., the first was actually louder then the second.)  So uber-cool...

Gracias,

Glenn

Oh yes, I have so many fond memories of my first rifle training when my Uncle showed me the thrill of shooting his Model 94 Winchester .30-30 in the early '60's.  It wasn't as fancy, sleek or as powerful as many more modern guns but boy was it fun to fire and so iconic an American weapon.  I still remember how great it felt in the saddle boot when we would ride the fence lines looking for strays or the back country hunting deer.

As to Pulp it just brings to mind so many cops and robbers adventures through out the America's.

HProf
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[leadfool]

So the Pulp gun is "limited" to any caliber between 22 and 50.  Any country of origin including France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Britain, The U.S. or China, any action from single shot, revolver, semiauto, full auto, bolt action, or lever action.  Did I miss anything?

[Weird WWII]

Its dual Colt 1911s for me!

Brian