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Quoted: Remington Model 8 with a Grubb reflector sight. I like this idea. I'd do a police variant that uses detachable mags and have mostly 15-rounders unless the "police only" 20s were available by this time. .35 Remington seems like the best choice out of what was available. This would be a bedside gun. Primary carry gun would be a Colt M1911 without a doubt. Dunno if the detachable shoulder stock was an option then, but if it was, I'd have that as an accessory, although not for daily carry. Backup carry gun would be a Colt M1908 Vest Pocket, which is a gun I actually have carried. I might do a M1908 Pocket Hammerless for a primary concealed piece when something more concealable than a 1911 is desired. I would have a rotation for truck gun use, with one or more being thrown in as may be needed or desired, to include a Colt M1919 Machine Rifle, the Remington Model 8, both sporterized and martial M1917 Enfields n .30-06, with perhaps a sporter or two also in medium cartridges, I'm thinking .318 Westley Richards and maybe also 9.3X62, and a pair of 12 ga. Browning Auto 5s (riot version, maybe with an extension custom made for it and perhaps some manner of attaching a shotgun bayonet lug, and a sporting version). Some kind of belt-fed to optionally turn my truck into a technical would be cool, too. Not sure the 1919 could be had, but maybe a 1917 or some sort of Maxim. Even a Lewis gun might not be a bad idea. A .22LR gun in the rotation (not sure what, though; maybe the Browning SA-22 or perhaps some kind of pump gun that can also use shorts and longs) would be a good idea as would a good combination gun with 24" barrels and some barrel sets and insert barrels to customize. Separately from the question, I'd probably have a double rifle for African use as well, maybe a .470 NE or something. A .22LR revolver of some sort would be nice to have as well, and maybe a .45 Colt if there was something with a frame strong enough for hotter loads for carry in bear country. While I would certainly own more guns than this if I had the means, these would probably cover most of my bases for practical use, too. |
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Quoted: M1919 Browning machine gun and a bunch of crates of ammo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/407062/Browning_1919-2915578.jpg That's the A4 variant, which wasn't around until the late 1930s. Here's the original 1919: 
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Quoted: I just got back from the war to end all wars and I know what everyone over there has heard about firearm effectiveness. Truck Gun is a 12 gauge trench shotgun. Because they can clear a whole trench of people and nobody wants to mess with that big hole pointing at them. My carry gun is a Colt .45, because everyone knows that the .45 will knock them on their ass while the .38 will just piss them off. I might even have a .25 for my suit pocket. My bedroom gun will probably be the same .45 Colt, while if I was married I would have a .32 revolver for the "Little Lady". I'm with this guy. |
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Remington model 51 in .380 ACP, Mosin Nagant with that clever peep sight on the striker, and a short double barrel 12 gauge. Probably more than I can afford, though. I definitely couldn't afford one of those bullet resistant silk vests that were over $60 at the time. |
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1920 - The Roaring 20's....ok...I'll bite... For carry pistol I would carry a Colt Hammerless Pistol in 380 in a belt holster and a Colt or S&W snub nosed 38 special in an Ankle holster Reason: No Glocks, 1911's are big and print too much even though everyone is dressed to the nines wearing suits but the baggy slacks make it easy to hide a snub snose revolver in an ankle holster. The Colt Hammerless is very slim and while it is wimpy with FMJ bullets it might buy me enough time to get to my Model A and pull out my Tommygun (1927 Thompson Machine Gun) that I bought at the local Sears. (pre NFA days) or a sawed off Browning Auto 5 12 gauge shotgun. It's prohibition and there are a lot of tough guys around supplying booze to the local speakeasy's. |
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Quoted: M1919 Browning machine gun and a bunch of crates of ammo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/407062/Browning_1919-2915578.jpg Lewis gun is more practical if you have to run and gun. Can I get my hands on the prototype Colt Monitor? |
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Those are great guns. 10 shots quick was the advertisement |
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Assuming I'm back on the farm, there would be several rifles (Remington Rolling Block .45/70, Grandpa's squirrel rifle) and shotguns (double 10 or 12 hammer guns) in the gun cabinet. Maybe even a Winchester pump-action .22. Model of 1906? Probably would have spent my mustering out money on a S&W Lemon Squeezer in .38 and several boxes of bullets at Bill's place down by the train station. Its kinda hard to say whether I would have kept my trench knife, though. A sledge handle does just fine for most things. |
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Quoted: M1919 Browning machine gun and a bunch of crates of ammo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/407062/Browning_1919-2915578.jpg This guy fucks! I'd probably go with the 1911 and .25 BUG mentioned previously along with the trench scatter gun, but for a rifle I'm going with the Model 1907 modified for full auto fun  ETA: I forgot about the BAR. Maybe keep one of those around the house for funsies too. |
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Quoted: 1920, that's after 1911 right?  What the hell, I'm with Kiju. C96 Mauser in a drop-leg holster with tall boots. Edit: That is sexy. Quoted: 1920, that's after 1911 right? What the hell, I'm with Kiju. C96 Mauser in a drop-leg holster with tall boots. Edit: Quoted: My chopped 1917. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/6163/Chopped1917_jpg-1594527_jpg-2915567.JPG That is sexy. Absolutely! Love Tyler T-Grips! |
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Quoted: Same thing my grandfather and great grandfather carried. A .38 and a Thompson ( ok mid to late '20's). Great grandpa owned an armored car business. For the 87th time, this is 1920. Not 1921. When we get to the 1930 thread, you guys can go nuts w/ Thompsons. In 1920, there are no Thompsons available to civilians. You wanna do a Thompson thread, go nuts. This is NOT a Thompson thread. |
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I'd carry my pre-M&P S&W 38 special Attached File My chopped Winchester 1897 12 gauge Attached File My 1907 Winchester 351SL Attached File And my Winchester 94 (not time period correct). Attached File |
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Quoted: It's 1920, you're back from France, you have a job, haven't made up yer mind between your high school sweetheart that waited for you and the French gal you're still writing to - what heat are you packing? What's your BUG? What's your truck gun? What's on your dresser for burglars? You've got no red dots, no LASERs, no WML, no NV, no thermal, and any armor is steel plate. Significantly, penicillin hasn't been discovered yet, meaning miscreants really don't want to get shot w/ even a .22 Short. ETA: Some of you guys didn't pass high school English or Math. NO THOMPSONS. You can post all the Thompsons you want in the 1930 thread. Thompson hits the market in 1921 - this is a YEAR before that. |
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From everything I've read and heard, most folks who actually carried, including most police, carried small .32 and .38 revolvers (often top breaks), or small .25, .32 or .380 pistols. Concealed carry laws were already a thing in a lot of places too so most folks weren't toting large framed guns. I know two of my great grandfathers carried small Colt .32 revolvers (an uncle has one of them but it's broken and apparently not worth fixing). As someone else noted, the thought of getting shot by any caliber was much more of a deterrent back then than it is these days- between a bit more honor and not wanting to bring shame to your family name and dying slowly of a nasty infection, fewer people seemed to want to take that risk and a .32 short from a spur triggered top break was probably almost as much of a deterrent as a 1911. That said, I'd probably carry some sort of Colt or S&W .38 with a short barrel, maybe a Colt Hammerless .380, etc. Whatever I could afford that would tuck into my waistband or coat pocket. |
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Quoted: 1911, same as I carried in 1980. Maybe 2. I'm big enough that I can CC one pretty easily. There weren't many true pocket pistols back then, so maybe a Baby Browning or a set of knucks. Maybe an Iver Johnson .38, they were pretty small. Truck gun would be a '17 Enfield. There'd be a trench broom leaning up against the headboard of the bed. Plenty of Euro pocket pistols in 1920. Single actions in .25 & .32 ACP. You're only familiar w/ the ones that survived and are famous today, but there were lots. Walther got their start before the 1st WW. |
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Quoted: Good to see so many people doing so well economically in 1920. It has been a little over a year since you got back home. You are in your 20s, probably early 20s. Yet you can afford multiple expensive firearms. Good job! I now return you to your 1920 fantasy.  In 1919, the Army was more kind to you about bringing home souvenirs of your military service than it is today. 
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