Question of the Day: Is . ACP Enough Gun? By Dan Baum. When I can add to my collection of pre- 1. Gunbroker, I do so, and I’ve assembled a nice, idiosyncratic collection. Margaret and I just spent four days scouting the place we’ll hunt elk in November, and I brought along a few old . What I didn’t bring along, since I had so many guns in the bag, was the Model 1. ![]() Smith and Wesson . ACP revolver I usually take camping, and that got me thinking . The Austro- Hungarian Dreyse 1. It did not, however, recock. The Dreyse is so ugly it’s charming, and has some over- engineered features that were quite revolutionary in 1. Still, when when you’re fighting the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo, and the Italians are attacking (again!) you want more than one shot. Next up was the Harrington & Richards . Autoloading Pistol (center) of which only 4. Colt and Savage largely had the market locked up. That, and the pistol is terrifically ugly and doesn’t work. Mine made an anemic little divot on the primer but didn’t fire. ![]()
And looking at that elegant but diminutive pistol, I found myself a little uneasy. Which led me to wonder why. The 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18, also known as the M18 "Hellcat", is a Rank III American tank destroyer with a battle rating of 4.7 (AB/SB) and 5.3 (RB/SB). NRA HOME contents classes firearms ammo holsters. Binocular Buyer's Guide and Glossary - What makes up a good set of glass. One of the handiest things to have in the outdoors is a quality pair. Have I been so Farago- fied that I consider anything less than a 9mm a “mouse gun?” Have not generations of Europeans, including James Bond, successfully defended themselves with pistols chambered for 7. Browning — a. k. a. This was the caliber issued to policemen and military officers of just about every nation on the continent in the 2. Over here, the . 3. ACP was the pocket pistol of choice throughout Prohibition. If the 7. 6. 5 is good enough for the Europeans, and the . ACP was good enough for the greatest generation, why is it no longer considered powerful enough for us? ![]() Or — dare I ask — are we pussies for thinking we need ever- bigger guns to defend ourselves? Dan Baum is the author of Gun Guys: A Road Trip. ![]()
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