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mr0w1 · 06-02-2005, 12:57 PM

Yeah, Browning is the only person I put in any sort of order. He is #1; the rest I just put in a random order. I'm thinking though....sigh. I dunno. Mauser was probably slightly more influential than Kalashnikov. Errr...well...

Can I give both of them 2nd place?

manygunner · 06-02-2005, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mr0w1

I was pondering this topic this morning. Thought it would be easy. I quickly rattled off to myself 5, and then 6, and then 7, and then realized that limiting the list to 5 would be a difficult endeavor. Just wondered who you all would put on your list.

Here's mine (in no order, except for the first, and he is the first):

1. John Browning (I believe, most influential of all time)
2. Paul Mauser
3. Mikhail Kalashnikov
4. Samuel Colt
5. Eugene Stoner

Honorable mentions (or other people I wanted to put on the list):

Gaston Glock
Sergei Simonov
John Garand

Okay...that's enough for now. Have fun.

Not sure that Eugene Stoner belongs there. Most of his designs are ****, too complicated and prone to failure when not cleaned constantly. How about Schmeisser? Most modern SMGs are based on his design. Can anyone say anything good about Mr. Henry? He did make the design that all lever actions copy.

Brickboy240 · 06-02-2005, 03:37 PM

Can we replace Stoner with Saive?

I think the FN-FAL and the Hi-Power are fielded by more soldiers than the M-16. The Hi-Power is still carried by many military groups. The Canadian soldiers took WWII made HPs to Iraq!

Besides, ask anyone in my Dad's generation (the guys that went to Nam in the mid 60s) what it was like to transition from the M-14 to the M-16. Dad never had a good word for the early M16.

-Brickboy240

87-51 · 06-02-2005, 03:58 PM

Who designed the HK P7? Whoever that was deserves to be on that list. That pistol is a stroke of genius.

epsylum · 06-02-2005, 06:19 PM

I would lke to add the unknown european who decided to put some of that chinese gunpowder and a metal ball in a tube then light the gun powder.

His design has them all beat as far as influence.

manygunner · 06-02-2005, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Brickboy240

Can we replace Stoner with Saive?

I think the FN-FAL and the Hi-Power are fielded by more soldiers than the M-16. The Hi-Power is still carried by many military groups. The Canadian soldiers took WWII made HPs to Iraq!

Besides, ask anyone in my Dad's generation (the guys that went to Nam in the mid 60s) what it was like to transition from the M-14 to the M-16. Dad never had a good word for the early M16.

-Brickboy240

+1 the FAL is an aswome weapon and much more reliable then the plastic fantastic you can tell its swell its Mattel.

Son of Norway · 06-02-2005, 09:25 PM

IMHO, Sam Colt should be a little higher on the list.

**hobocircus** · 06-03-2005, 01:17 AM

Bill Ruger
Richard Gatling
Carbine Williams
Uzi Gal
George Luger
and of course Byron Airsoft and Norman Paintball

JimLongley · 06-03-2005, 06:54 AM

And of course, Smith, and Wesson. And Eli Remington, and Derringer, and, and, and...

jeffshc1 · 06-05-2005, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by epsylum

I would lke to add the unknown european who decided to put some of that chinese gunpowder and a metal ball in a tube then light the gun powder.

His design has them all beat as far as influence.

I agree, but I think the unknown European was... Chinese.

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Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,963	Can we replace Stoner with Saive? I think the FN-FAL and the Hi-Power are fielded by more soldiers than the M-16. The Hi-Power is still carried by many military groups. The Canadian soldiers took WWII made HPs to Iraq! Besides, ask anyone in my Dad's generation (the guys that went to Nam in the mid 60s) what it was like to transition from the M-14 to the M-16. Dad never had a good word for the early M16. -Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

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epsylum XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 94	I would lke to add the unknown european who decided to put some of that chinese gunpowder and a metal ball in a tube then light the gun powder. His design has them all beat as far as influence. __________________ \"Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life\'s little problems.\" -Homer Jay Simpson

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06-03-2005, 01:17 AM	#18
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87-51 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 267	Who designed the HK P7? Whoever that was deserves to be on that list. That pistol is a stroke of genius.

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