If Texas adopted a state gun what would it be?

[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?

[Mike1951]

My offerings, in no specific order:

Colt 1873
Colt Walker
double barrelled shotgun (no specific maker)

[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)

[ELB]

I thought we already had a state gun:

[FL450]

How about a weapon from the Republic of Texas?

[Mike1951]

How about a weapon from the Republic of Texas?

That's what I understood the OP's line of thought was!

[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.

[Slowplay]

I know it's old school, but how 'bout a Billy Dixon '74 Sharps rifle?

[boba]

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.

[MoJo]

Winchester 1873 - - - "the gun that won the west"

[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.

[blue]

After all - This IS Texas!

How could it be anything but the trusty SIX GUN ????

(Maybe WITH a 30-30 to boot!)

[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.

[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.

[jimlongley]

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.