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If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:50 pm
by FL450
I figure if Utah can adopt a state gun were not far behind.
So if we adopted a state gun what gun do you think would fit our history and image?
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:53 pm
by Mike1951
My offerings, in no specific order:
Colt 1873
Colt Walker
double barrelled shotgun (no specific maker)
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:56 pm
by RPB
STI (pick a model)
Bond Arms Snake Slayer 4 (or "Texas Defender" but I like the B A S S 4 better)
(or other Made in Texas guns)
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:05 pm
by ELB
I thought we already had a state gun:
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:17 pm
by FL450
How about a weapon from the Republic of Texas?
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:23 pm
by Mike1951
FL450 wrote:How about a weapon from the Republic of Texas?
That's what I understood the OP's line of thought was!
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:26 pm
by Mike1951
The Colt might rank at the top, but the shotgun had wider ownership (everyone) and did more to tame the countryside and provide food.
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:27 pm
by Slowplay
I know it's old school, but how 'bout a Billy Dixon '74 Sharps rifle?
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:50 pm
by boba
FL450 wrote:I figure if Utah can adopt a state gun were not far behind.
So if we adopted a state gun what gun do you think would fit our history and image?
A small derringer because the Old West sixguns are hard to conceal.
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:52 pm
by MoJo
Winchester 1873 - - - "the gun that won the west"
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:06 pm
by Mike1951
Consider how many owned either a Sharps, a derringer, or a Winchester 73.
Respectively, the mental image is of buffalo hunters, gamblers, and cowboys.
Then consider that each and every family had to own a shotgun for defense and procuring food.
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:13 pm
by blue
After all - This IS Texas!
How could it be anything but the trusty SIX GUN ????
(Maybe WITH a 30-30 to boot!)
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:26 pm
by The Mad Moderate
Something about the Taurus Judge says Texas to me, versatile, powerful, reliable and like nothing else seen before.I think Texas' gun needs to be a revolver, rugged and dependable, like Texas.
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:09 am
by troglodyte
I'll second the double barrel shotgun.
Seems Travis used one at the Alamo. Not much other information as to type, maker, etc.
Here's one citation I found
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt ... _arms.html.
Re: If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:27 am
by jimlongley
ELB wrote:I thought we already had a state gun:
That would have been my suggestion.
But mabe it's not available because it was our national gun.