American Gun: A History of the U.S. In Ten Firearms
Chattanooga, Battle of, 45
Chauchat machine guns, 174
Chicago Tribune: Hickok-Tutt shootout story in, 75
Churchill, Winston, 184, 185
Cicchinelli, Joseph M., 207, 208
Civil War
carbines in, 44, 51, 52, 102
cavalry in, 39, 44, 47, 48–50
civilian gun ownership and veterans of, 67
Colt Revolvers in, 65, 68
Enfield muskets in, 33
Gatling guns in, 105, 122, 169–71
gun manufacturing during, 44
muskets in, 41, 41
Ordnance Corps decisions during, 122
Ripley actions during, 40–42
Sharps rifles in, 41, 42–45, 43, 52, 98
sharpshooters/snipers in, 43, 44–45
Spencer Repeaters in, 31, 38, 39, 40–42, 45–48, 46, 48–50, 49, 51–52, 53–54, 55, 95
Springfield carbines as recycled from guns of, 102
Springfield muzzle-loading rifles in, 33
“Union Repeating Gun” for, 169
See also specific battle
civilian gun ownership
of AR-15 rifles, 252
Civil War veterans and, 67
Claiborne, Billy, 83
Clanton, Billy, 77–81, 82, 83
Clanton, Ike, 77–81, 82, 83
Clapp, Wiley, 143, 149
Cody, Buffalo Bill, 69, 74, 267
“Coffee Mill Gun,” 169
Coffelt, Leslie, 218, 219, 220
Coffeyville, Kansas: Dalton gang robbery at, 85–93
Collazo, Oscar, 215–16, 218–20
Colt, Samuel, 57, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66
Colt .32 Revolvers, 221
Colt .38 Long Revolvers, 149
Colt .44 Revolvers, 89
Colt .45 Automatic Pistols, 143, 150–51, 233. See also Colt Single-Action Army Revolvers “Peacemaker”; M1911 Colt Pistols
Colt Detective Special Revolvers “Dick guns,” 216, 223, 226
Colt Frontier Revolvers, 71, 96, 267
Colt M1851 Navy Revolvers, 67, 74, 76
Colt M1860 Revolvers, 65, 267
Colt M1873 Revolvers. See Colt Single-Action Army Revolvers
Colt M1877 Double-Action Revolvers, 222–23
Colt M1895 Machine Guns, 173–74
Colt M1900 Pistols, 155
Colt M1908 Revolvers, 180
Colt M1911 Pistols
in Afghanistan, 162
and Army’s handgun face-off, 150–51
in “Banana Wars,” 157–58
Browning design of, 151, 153, 270
commemorative SEAL, 149
customized, 149
design and development of, 175
of Dillinger, 179, 180
in Iraq, 162
in Korean War, 161–62, 270
Kyle’s modification of, 156
Kyle’s preference for, 232
law enforcement and, 162–63, 180, 270
loading/firing of, 155–56
and marketing of other Colt weapons, 224
as official Army sidearm, 153
origins of, 149
overview of, 270
pictures of, 143, 152, 179, 270
popularity of, 163
reputation of, 148–49, 157
of Sgt. York, 147
as standard sidearm for U.S. military, 141, 158
in Vietnam War, 162, 270
weight of, 156
in World War I, 143, 145, 157, 270
in World War II, 158–61, 159, 270
Colt Navy Revolvers, 67, 223, 224
Colt New Police Revolvers, 224
Colt Official Police Revolvers, 216, 224–25, 226
Colt Paterson Revolvers, 58–59, 60, 63, 65
Colt Police Positive Revolvers, 224
Colt Revolvers
of Roosevelt (Teddy), 119, 120
on Western frontier, 73
See also specific model
Colt Single-Action Army Revolvers “Peacemaker”
accuracy of, 68
and Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, 69, 71
and Colt-Smith & Wesson rivalry, 222
description of, 66–69
on frontier, 57–62, 60, 71–81, 83
in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 78, 79–81
importance of, 58
as legend/classic, 62, 69, 70, 83
mass production of, 63
nicknames for, 58, 267
overview of, 267
percussion locks on, 63, 65
pictures of, 57, 70, 267
range of, 68
Texas Rangers and, 57–62, 60, 63, 65
for U.S. Army, 68, 69, 71
Colt snub-nosed pistols, 225
Colt’s Manufacturing, 63, 64, 176, 222, 229, 240, 267, 273, 274. See also specific model
commandos, 184, 186, 191, 192, 198, 199–200, 201
computer guns, 140
Connell, Evan S., 102
Connelly, Charles T., 90
Connors, Chuck, 268
Cornwallis, Charles, 14, 15, 23
cowboys. See frontier; specific person
Cowpens, Battle of, 15–16, 18–22, 22, 23
CQB rifle (M14 Enhanced Battle Rifle), 212
Craft AR-15 rifle, 253
Crazy Horse, 103, 104
criminals/gangsters
Glock weapons and, 230, 232
and guns as products of their time, 260
Tommy gun and, 165–69, 176, 178, 179, 180–83
See also specific person or gang
Crockett, Davy, 25, 26
Cuba/San Juan Hill: Rough Riders and, 113–21, 114, 117, 120, 123, 126–27
Currier & Ives painting, 17
Curtis, Paul, 151
Custer, George Armstrong, 48–50, 53, 72, 102–6
customization of guns, 138–39, 252
D-Day (June 6, 1944), 158–59, 186–87
Dallas, Texas: police department in, 227, 229, 232, 254–55
Dalton, Bob, 86–93
Dalton, Emmett, 86–93
Dalton, Grat, 86–93
Dalton Gang, 69, 85–93, 92, 93
Daly, Dan, 132–33
Davis, Jonathan, 65
Davis, Richard Harding, 113–14, 118
deer rifles, 107
Defense Department, U.S., 211
“Dick guns.” See Colt Detective Special Revolvers
Die Hard 2 (movie), 230, 232
Dieppe, France: raid on, 191–93, 198–200
Dietz, James, 256
Dillin, John, 3
Dillinger, John, 179, 180, 181
Dixon, Billy, 99–100
double-action revolvers, 223. See also specific model
double-barreled shotguns, 80
Drug Enforcement Administration, 232
dump pouches, 228
Durbin, Donnie, 189–90
Durkee, Dick, 208
Earp, Morgan, 69, 77–81, 82, 83
Earp, Virgil, 77–81, 82, 83
Earp, Wyatt, 69, 77–81, 82, 83
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 206
El Dorado (movie), 108
Elliott, David, 90
Emberlin, Rich, 229, 254
Enfield M-1917 Bolt-Action Rifles, 143–44
Enfield muskets, 33, 34
Ezell, Edward, 150
face-off: handgun, 150–51
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, 238, 240. See also ArmaLite
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Colt Official Police revolvers and, 225
Florida felons shootout with, 227, 228
G-men as nickname for, 183
gangsters and, 180, 181, 183
Glock use by, 232
M1911 and, 162
.38 Specials and, 227
Tommy gun and, 180
training for, 227
FG42 Assault Rifles, 237
Flagler, Daniel Webster, 123
flintlock
caplock as improvemen
t on, 25, 29
muskets, 7, 24, 32
North & Cheneys, 58
as rifles in U.S. arsenals, 122
See also specific model
Florida: FBI-felons shootout in, 227, 228
FN Mimimi Machine Guns, 271
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 51–52
Fraser, Simon, 2–3, 10–12, 23
Fredericksburg, Battle of, 54
Fremont, John, 65–66
French machine guns, 174
From Here to Eternity (movie), 141
frontier
Browning designs for, 155
carbines on, 44
Colt Revolvers on, 57–62, 60, 71–77, 73, 77–81, 83
end of the, 111
repeating rifles on, 94
Winchesters on, 85–93, 100, 102, 104–5, 104, 109, 110, 111
See also Dalton Gang; hunting rifles; Texas Rangers; Texas Wars; specific person or fight
Funk, Leonard A. Jr., 188
Gaines’s Mill, Battle at, 45
gangsters. See criminals/gangsters; specific person
Garand, John Cantius, 193, 195–96, 197, 211, 272
Garrett, Pat, 69, 267
gas systems, 209, 211
Gates, Horatio, 14
Gatling guns, 105–6, 119, 122, 169–71, 170
Gatling, Richard Jordan, 169–70
Gaylord, Chic, 224–25
Gentry, Curtis, 151–52
George, John, 201, 202
Germans
assault weapons of, 237
Gewehr 98 rifles of, 127
Karabiner K98 Mauser rifle of, 204
Lugers of, 188
M1 Garands and, 205
Maxim guns and, 173
StG44 assault rifles of, 204
See also specific battle or war
Gettysburg, Battle of, 45, 48–50, 49, 53, 54, 95
Gewehr 98 rifle, 127
Gillespie, Robert, 62
Gillis, Lester. See Nelson, Baby Face
Glock 17 Pistols, 229–30, 231, 232
Glock, Gaston, 229–30
Goliad, massacre at, 25, 27
“grape” shot, 171
Gregg, David McMurtrie, 48, 50
grenade launchers, 248, 250, 257
Guadalcanal, 158, 186, 201, 203, 204
guerilla tactics: in Revolutionary War, 10, 13, 18–19
Gulf War, first, 211
gun manufacturing
during Civil War, 44
of Colt Revolvers, 63
and guns as products of their time, 259
of M1 Garands, 197
of M1911 Colt Pistols, 156
mass production and, 63, 156, 184, 195, 197
and numbers of guns, 261
of semi-automatic rifles, 195
standardizing of, 63
of Tommy gun, 184
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Tombstone, Arizona), 77–81, 82, 83
guns
customization of, 138–39, 252
in the future, 262
hand-made, 3, 5, 259
numbers about, 261
as products of their time, 259–62
as tools, 259, 260, 261
See also specific manufacturer, model, or topic
Haiti, 157–58
Hallahan, William, 198
handgun face-off, 150–51
handguns
for cavalry, 58
See also specific manufacturer or model
Hanger, George, 1
Hanneken, Herman, 157
Hannibal, 21
Hanten, Mark, 221, 225, 254–55
Harbord, James, 136
Harpers Ferry Arsenal (Virginia), 122–23
Haskins, Jerry, 139
Haskins Rifles, 139
Hathcock, Carlos, 137
Hawkens guns, 96, 98
Hayford, Robert, 182
Hays, John Coffee, 57–58, 59, 61, 62
Hemingway, Ernest, 141
Henry, Benjamin Tyler, 35
Henry Repeaters, 34, 38, 95, 105, 268
Herren, John, 245
Hester, Leigh Ann, 255–58, 256
Hickok, Wild Bill, 69, 72–77
HK-91 Rifles, 254
HK-416 Rifles, 252
Hole in the Wall Gang, 71
Holliday, Doc, 69, 77–78, 79, 80–81, 82, 83
hollow point bullets, 228
Hoover’s Gap, Battle of, 47–48
Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkeley, 172, 174
Hotchkiss Machine Guns, 171–72, 174
Houston, Samuel Jr., 23, 24, 25, 27–28, 28, 29
Houston, Samuel Sr., 14, 23, 24
Howard, John, 20–21
hunting rifles
buffalo and, 98–99, 100–101, 101
long rifles as, 5–6
muzzle-loading, 96, 98
and numbers of guns, 261
Remington 700 Rifles as, 137
Winchesters as, 109, 111
See also specific model
Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, 236, 241–45
Indians/Indian Wars
at Adobe Wall battle, 99–100
Colt Revolvers and, 59–61, 60
end of, 101
at Little Bighorn, 102–6
long rifles and, 6
Ordnance Corps decisions during, 122–23
Remington’s picture of, 59
rifle uses by, 104–5
Sharps Big 50 and, 99–100
U.S. Army and, 100
Winchesters in, 100, 104–5, 104, 122–23
See also Little Bighorn, Battle of
Iraq
Hester in, 255–58, 256
Kyle (Chris) in, 137, 250–51, 253
Kyle (Jeff) in, 246
M1911 in, 162
Marines in, 250
snipers in, 137, 139
J frame guns, 225
Jackson, Andrew, 36
Jaeger hunting rifles, 3, 265
James, Frank, 86
James, Jesse, 86, 86
James-Younger Gang, 86
Japanese
Arisaka Type 99 rifle of, 196
See also specific battle
Jefferson, Thomas, 15, 36
John M. Browning Firearms Museum (Ogden, Utah), 156
Jonathan Davis Incident, 65
Jones, James, 141
Jones, William E., 136
Kalashnikov, Mikhail, 238
Kawaguchi, Kiyotake, 204
Keith, Elmer, 98
Kelly, “Machine Gun” (aka George Celino Barnes), 182–83
Kennedy, John F., 232
Kentucky rifle. See long rifles, American/Kentucky
Kettle Hill, Battle of. See Cuba/San Juan Hill
King, Jeffery, 181
Knox, Henry, 122
Koons, Franklin “Zip,” 191–93, 198–200, 262
Korean War
M1 Garands in, 209, 210, 272
M1911 Colt Pistols in, 161–62, 270
Springfield M1903 Rifles in, 136
“Tommy Guns” in, 168
Kouma, Ernest R., 161–62
Krag .30 Rifles, 149
Krag-Jorgensen M1896 Rifles, 116, 117, 123
Kyle, Chris
bolt-action weapons used by, 137
Craft AR-15 Rifle of, 253
favorite sniper weapons of, 138
firing of long rifle by, 5
Houston ancestors of, 14
in Iraq, 137, 139, 156, 250–51, 253
and lever-action rifles, 94
M16 Rifle use by, 250–51
M1911 in collection of, 149, 156
M1911 preference of, 232
as Navy SEAL, 5, 54, 139, 250–51, 253
pictures of, 253
as sniper, 5, 137, 139, 156, 250–51, 253
Winchester M1892 as favorite of, 107
Kyle, Jeff, 94, 246, 248, 251
LaGarde, Louis, 175
Land Pattern Muskets “Brown Bess,” 7, 24
Lapua .338 Magnum, 139
law enforcement
br /> Colt M1911 Revolvers and, 162–63, 180
gangsters and, 180–82
Glock 17 Pistols and, 229–30, 232
M16 Rifles and, 252, 254–55
practice for agents of, 222
semi-automatic weapons and, 163, 228–29
.38 Special as main gun of, 163, 273
Tommy guns and, 176, 179
training of agents for, 227–28
See also FBI; police departments; Secret Service, U.S.; Texas Rangers; specific person
Leavelle, Jim, 232–33
LeClair, Monty, 138–39
Lee-Enfield rifles, 201
Lefebvre, Louis, 243
Lehman, John, 122
LeMay, Curtis, 240
lever-action rifles, 34, 79, 85, 94–95, 107. See also specific model
Lewis Machine Guns, 173, 174, 182
Lewis, Meriwether, 58
Lincoln, Abraham, 31, 34, 35–38, 37, 40, 42, 50–51, 52, 169, 171, 266
Lindsey, Julian R., 147
Little Bighorn, Battle of, 102–6, 104, 123
long rifles, American/Kentucky
accuracy of, 5–6
barrel of, 5, 6, 7
black powder for, 147
bullets for, 8
of Crockett, 26
design and development of, 3, 5, 265
firing of, 5, 6–7
hand-made, 3, 6
as hunting rifles, 5–6
importance in Revolutionary War of, 3, 5
legacy of, 29
loading/reloading of, 8, 11–12, 19, 265
nicknames for, 5, 265
overview of, 265
pictures of, 1, 4, 265
on Plains, 96
popularity of, 5
primary uses for, 5–6, 265
problems with, 8
recoil of, 5
in Revolutionary War, 1–3, 8, 9, 10–12, 19, 265
of Sgt. York, 147
Texas Wars and, 24, 25, 26, 28
weight of, 5
Lopez, Baldomero, 210
Lugers, 145, 156, 157, 188, 215, 218. See also Mauser Luger
M1 Garands
accuracy of, 196, 199, 205, 214
as American classic, 214
ammunition for, 195–96, 272
assault rifles as offspring of, 238
automatic weapons compared with, 209
bayonets on, 208
benefits of, 202, 205, 214
bolt-action rifles compared with, 202
British and, 200–201
design/development of, 193, 195–96, 272
German views about, 205
and guns as products of their time, 260
importance of, 193
improvements on, 209
in Korean War, 209, 210, 272
loading/firing of, 195, 196, 198, 199, 202, 272
M14 Rifles compared with, 211
mass production of, 197
military and, 196, 201–2
overview of, 272
pictures of, 191, 197, 207, 272
problems with, 202, 204
range of, 214
reputation of, 193, 198, 200
semi-automatic weapons compared with, 209
sights of, 199, 202
Springfield rifles compared with, 199, 202
in World War II, 186, 190, 191–93, 194, 198–202, 203, 204–8, 207, 272