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Jayhawker
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Baby Face Nelson had a pair of 1911s...one in .45 ACP and another in .38 Super, that a Texas gunsmith modified to fire full-auto only, fitted with 20 round magazines a fore grip(from a Thompson sub-machine gun) and a Cutts Compensator...cyclic rate of fire, 1000 rounds per minute...
Baby Face Nelsons 1911
Jayhawker
Posts: 18,356 Senior Member
Baby Face Nelson had a pair of 1911s...one in .45 ACP and another in .38 Super, that a Texas gunsmith modified to fire full-auto only, fitted with 20 round magazines a fore grip(from a Thompson sub-machine gun) and a Cutts Compensator...cyclic rate of fire, 1000 rounds per minute...Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
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First time I've seen the cobbled Thompsonish type.
I think Browning A5's were desired candidates for mods too.
Only similar thing from that era was the "Schnellfeuer" Mauser select-fire pistol or its Spanish clone (Astra Super Azul) in 7.63x25mm.
At close range it must have been a nasty **** for a revolver-totting lawman. I'd have chosen the .38 Super one.
Here's a picture of SOME of the guns they found in the car they day they were gunned down. This is from an article from the History Channel website:
"One the day that Bonnie and Clyde were killed, the authorities found an arsenal of weapons in their car that was enough for a small army:
Furthermore, there were also 3,000 rounds of various ammunition, and 100 BAR magazines with 20 cartridges in each."
Far too indiscrete to keep it.
A Browning A5 shotgun fully automatic?
The psychology of full-auto on both the giving and receiving end is fascinating to contemplate. Very little is typically hit by it, but blast and noise is both reassuring to the shooter or unnerving to the receiver.
At least until some experience creeps in. In the book "A Rifleman Went to War" outlining his WWI experience, Herbert McBride says you eventually come to grips with the fact that it is possible for a great many bullets to impact very close to you without having any effect whatsoever.
The cool-headed types like McBride, Earp, or Hamer would all have probably eaten Baby Face Nelson's lunch. Of course Baby Face Nelson probably counted on the fact that was not his typical opposition.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Clyde Barrow would drive a thousand miles in a day. That's the only thing that prolonged his life. No brains, just distance.
One hiest I read about by a different gang involved an armored car, a police chase, car jackings, and killings. For two bags of useless letters and papers that were supposed to be full of money.
All that said, I think I want to watch "Public Enemies" again, just for the guns. A lot of that positively luminous 1920's bluing in that film. . .
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee