Gun Trivia Thread

[TINCANBANDIT]

Kit Carson was an Indian go between...

C

nope


Which of these mountain men were given the title “Lone Elk” by the Native American Tribes?
A. Jim Bridger
B. “Old Bill” Williams
C. Kit Carson
D. Thomas “Broken Hand” Fitzpatrick

[WaJim]

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Last edited by WaJim on Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[WaJim]

Well I already guessed sooo......

50/50 chance guys!

Before it gets lost on page 2

BTT

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(Fitzpatrick was an Irishman...maybe they had Hooch in common?) Just a guess.

Shit, I dunno...just trying to connect the remaining dots.

Wow, screwed that post up on 2 beers....

[Eagle Chaplain]

D. Thomas “Broken Hand” Fitzpatrick

[TINCANBANDIT]

D. Thomas “Broken Hand” Fitzpatrick

no sir, the correct answer was "Old Bill" Williams

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Which has a higher SAMMI maximum chamber pressure, the .308 Win or .30-06?
A: .308 Winchester
B: .30-06 Springfield
C: they are the same

[jukk0u]

I am going to say they are the same.

[Guntrader]

A. 308
Believe that along with the boattail bullet they also slightly raised the chamber pressure to compensate for the shorter case to achieve the same result as the 30-06.

[TINCANBANDIT]

A. 308
Believe that along with the boattail bullet they also slightly raised the chamber pressure to compensate for the shorter case to achieve the same result as the 30-06.

correct

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The song Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter was in reference to whose suicide?
A: R. Budd Dywer
B: Kurt Cobain
C: Hunter S. Thompson
D: Keith Emerson

[WaJim]

Never thought about it but a favorite song of mine.

Don't know when it was written 90's somewhere but one line goes something like "things you could have taught me" leads me to beleive it was Cobain.

B

[Tank674]

R. Budd Dywer He was a east coast newsman that ate his pistol on air...

[TINCANBANDIT]

R. Budd Dywer He was a east coast newsman that ate his pistol on air...

partially correct, I believe he was a politician who was implicated (wrongly as it turned out) in some wrong doing


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What was mobster Bugsy Siegel doing when he was assassinated?
A. Sitting on the toilet
B. Reading a newspaper
C. Beating the crap out of a Casino Manager
D. Watering his lawn

[jukk0u]

B....

[TINCANBANDIT]

B....

correct

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What was another name for the Carl Gustav M/45 Machine Gun?
A. The Swedish Uzi
B. The Swedish K
C. The Witches Broom
D. The Swedish Step Ladder (according to GIs, that is all it was good for)

[Eagle Chaplain]

Witches Broom

[TINCANBANDIT]

Witches Broom

no sir