What is the most Patriotic/American gun, to you???

[ellensburgpo]

Browning M2!!

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  The ma deuce has dispensed a whole lot of freedom over the years

[yorketransport]

Has to be the 950 JDJ. It's loud, over weight, excessive, impractical, expensive and gluttonous. That's about as American as it gets!

[Magnum_Willys]

Model 94 Win 30-30

 

[WapitiTalk1]

Of course, many of us started with this one over the years.

[Shoofly09]

red ryder lever action

[viva_che1363]

Well I'd say my Ruger American 30-06 . But always think 30-30 lever actions, or colt single action army  as especially " american"

[Biggerhammer]

1911

[Westside88]

1911, but I wish the question was 1 per generation. I sure love those single action Colts and Winchester Lever guns

[timberfaller]

Ole Betsy with a bayonet on the muzzle!   America's First official assault weapon!   Precursor to the trapdoor, 1903-A3, M1, M14 then the Colt AR.  Then there is the Tommy gun, the SAA, 1911 and Puff the Magic Dragon!!  What ever works and does what it is intended to do is acceptable too!!

[Pathfinder101]

At the risk of sounding too nerdy, I actually teach something like a class on this.  My first year ROTC students read Chris Kyle’s American Gun.  If you haven’t read it, you should.  It covers the history of the US through 10 different firearms.  I have added a couple of guns that I felt Kyle left out, like the 74 Sharps and the Model 70 Winchester.  Here are the 12 guns that I feel lay a claim to being the “most American”:
The Kentucky Long Rifle- The original American Rifle
The Spencer Repeater-America’s first reliable repeating rifle; could have won the Civil War in 6 months if the Army would have spent the money to buy it
The Colt Peacemaker- The pistol in every American Cowboy Movie.  Ever.
The 1873 Winchester- The rifle in every American Cowboy Movie.  Ever.
The 1874 Sharps- The original 1000 yard rifle; won the first World Championship Rifle Match for the American team at Creedmoor in 1874.  Quigley's rifle
The Winchester Model 94- John Moses Browning’s version of the Winchester 73; the most prolific rifle ever made
The 1903 Springfield- The original American Bolt Action that brought us the 30-06 and won WWI.  Most US Color Guards and Drill Teams still use this rifle
The Colt 1911 .45- Of the 82 firearms that genius gun designer John Moses Browning invented, arguable his best
The M1 Garand- The rifle that won WWII.  General Patton called it “The finest battle implement ever designed”
The Winchester Model 70- Jack O’Connor and Carlos Hathcock.  ‘Nuff said…
The Remington 700- The oldest continuously manufacturing company in the US.  Period.  The Model 700 has sold over 5 million rifles since the 60s.  You probably own one.  Like the company says; “The biggest Army in the world aint in China”
The M16/AR-15- Where other than America have you ever seen one carried?  It is a symbol of freedom around the world

[Pathfinder101]

So…

Which one is “most American”?
I gave this a bunch of thought today.  I think I vote for the Kentucky Long Rifle.  Before America, rifles were not common weapons.  German (or Swiss?) gunsmiths had invented rifling around 15th century, but only the fabulously wealthy could afford it.  Armies didn’t even carry rifles.  But in America, where people took the responsibility for their own sustenance and defense into their own hands out of necessity, there was a real need for the rifle.  German gunsmiths from Pennsylvania began producing relatively inexpensive rifles for people moving out “to the middle of nowhere” to make a living (an area nicknamed the “Ken-tuk-ee” in colonial times).  By the time of the American Revolution, there were thousands of these 100, 200 and 300 yard weapons in the hands of Americans.  Many of these backwoods types volunteered to fight the British.  Most of them were placed in units like “Morgan’s Rifles” and used as sharpshooters throughout the war.  At the Battle of Saratoga, Sergeant Timothy Murphy (one of Morgan’s Rifles) climbed a tree and placed an accurate shot on British General Simon Fraizer, allowing the American Army to overrun the battlefield and ultimately win the battle.  The victory at Saratoga was what brought the French to our side, without which we could not have won our independence.  One American.  One shot.  One rifle.   

[spookgus]

Pennsylvania or Kentucky Long Rifle

French and Indian war and the American revolution. Most American I own is the Model 61 or the Model 94 in 32spl, or just maybe the pre 64 or the 721

[pianoman9701]

The Brown Bess. I know someone who owns one.

After doing some reading, I found out that the Brown Bess was made by the British, even though it was widely used by the revolutionaries. So, I'm going to have to go with the Pennsylvania Rifle - long rifle.

[Fl0und3rz]

Pennsylvania or Kentucky Long Rifle

For patriotic. 

For American, lever rifle or single action six gun.

[PA BEN]

M1 Garand.