Weapons you have first hand experience with

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Thought this might be fun.
What weapons you have first hand experience with over your lifetime?
I say weapons because that will open the whole gambit of what you have had the pleasure to fire.

No specific order:

  1. M-60 From Ground, Helo, M113
  2. M-2 50 Cal Machine Gun off a M113.
  3. TOW Missile from AH-1 Cobra (3ea of which 2 failed to fire the third tail rocket and grounded. One was successful)
  4. Dragon Missile
  5. HK-91 and variants
  6. Mauser Bolt Rifles (M-96, VZ-24, M-48)
  7. Ariisaka Type 99
  8. Remington 600 308
  9. Browning BDA 380
  10. Walther P-38
  11. Mauser Broomhandle
  12. SKS
  13. M-16
  14. AR-15
  15. Colt Bisley Model 1873
  16. SWD M-11/9
  17. Ruger 10/22
  18. Enfield No 5
  19. 1911 (Standard, Officer)
  20. Jennings J-22
  21. Bolt Action Shotguns
  22. Pump Shotguns
  23. Auto Load Shotguns
  24. S&W Mod 27 357mag
  25. S&W Model 10 38 Special
  26. AK 47
  27. Weatherby 300 Win Mag
  28. Hand Grenades
  29. Claymore Mines
  30. Mini 30 From AH-1 Cobra
  31. 60mm Grenade Launcher from AH-1 Cobra (aka Chunker)
  32. LAWS Rocket

As I recall that pretty much covers them for me.
Not a lot but loved it all.

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Glenfield marlin 22

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So list the nationalists of the women I’ve know?

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Pics too please.

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all joking aside, I have no idea of all the guns I have shot. it would be way more than I wanna type. we had a machine gun club and everyone shot others guns. I have shot numerous semi and bolt guns. no clue how many and what brands. I do know a few offhand, but no way I would remember them all.

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From my standpoint that’s a lot.

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I’m too embarassed to show my list. It’s very short

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Nice list @Grenz45 and I can first-hand all your list except 3 and 31. It would suggest your experience was with Cobra-Hueys, I was a bit closer to the ground with riverine gun boats in our struggle to “break-even” with Uncle Ho.

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You got that right.
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment HHT AirTroop as a 19D2-F. (We were actually the Prototype Test for Enlisted as Combat Air Crew Members, but that’s another story)
But I didn’t care for the Cobras and my service was mostly as an Air Scout in OH-58 A and C Kiowas.
Much more activity and excitement.
But we did cross-train a little for the Cobras as well.

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NO SUCH THING!!!
Your List will grow with time.
Many in my list are from my Military time.
I was very lucky VERY LUCKY to participate in some really off the wall programs.

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Here is something else to think about folks.
I put together a meet not long ago and invited everyone here.
I call it The History Gathering.
If you had attended you could have added 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26 to your own list.
That is what my group of friends had intended when we set it up.
Come On Out and Shoot History.
We had fun and introduced some really inexperience folks to shooting and the History tied to those firearms.
We were there to learn, shoot, and experience.
Nobody give a damn how we grouped on targets or anything thing else like that.
It was simply for the enjoyment and pride of being able to say “I Shot One Of Those!!”
Great Time we will do again this year.
I just wish we had better participation. Perhaps next time.

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I’ll focus on the cartridges themselves and on firearms only. Off the top of my head that I can remember.

  1. .22 LR
  2. .22 WMR
  3. .22-250
  4. .223 / 5.56
  5. 5.7x28
  6. .243
  7. .308 / 7.62x51
  8. 7.62x39
  9. 7.62x54R
  10. 9x18 Makarov
  11. 9x19 Luger
  12. 9x25 Dillon
  13. .357 Mag
  14. .40 S&W
  15. 10mm
  16. .45 ACP
  17. .45 Colt
  18. 20ga
  19. 12ga

I may add more, I just don’t remember.

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My hat is off to you all, quite an experience anytime. Enjoy, shoot safely.

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Mixed Martial Arts with some knife combatives and boxing.

Eskrima- stick and blade fighting (similar to a machete)

Lots of different handguns, mostly striker fired and DA/SA 9mms.

AR15s mostly in 5.56

.22 semi autos

Bolt actions mostly Savages in .22 lr, .308 and .300 win mag.

Next, I want to try out some fencing with a military saber and possibly some dagger work.

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Savage .410/.22
Stevens 73y .22
Remington nylon 66 .22
Remington model 14 30 Remington
1903 Springfield 30-06
P 17 Enfield 30-06
Remington 870s in .410,20,12 gauge
Remington 1100 in 20 and 12 gauge
Browning Citori 12 gauge
Win model 70 .300 win mag.
Sako 7mm rem mag.
Remington 700 in .270 and 223
Daniel defence ar15
Armalite ar 15
Marlin 30-30
Smith &Wesson revolvers in 38 ,357, .44 , 22
1911s by Springfield ,colt, Kimber
Glocks
Smith m&p
Sig p238
Springfield 911
Thompson sub gun
Mini Uzi
M16
Various muzzleloader s
There have been others but they don’t come to mind

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Military - Current.
240B
M249
M16A-2,3,4
M4
AT4/AT4 Trainer
LAW
M9A1
Mossburg 590A1
M2 .50
M60E3, 6
M203
M19
M107

Military Historical- USA
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Thomson MSG
1911 Colt
1903 Springfield
1917 Enfield
Kentucky Long Rifle
M14

Military Historical- Germany
K98 1938, 1942, 1944
MP40
Luger pistols assorted
STG 44

Military Historical- Japan
Type 38
Type 44
Type 99
Type 14 “Nambu”

Military Historical- Swiss
K31 assorted years
Schmidt-Ruben 1896/11

Military Historical- Russian
M90/30 M39, M44
PPS
SVT-40
SKS Assorted Years.
An ACTUAL AK47
AKMS
AK4U
Mosin- Revolvers of assorted years

Military Historical- British
LME
SMLE - no1 Mk3, no4 Mk1, Jungle carbines ect…
Nearly every variant of the Enfield revolver.

Civilian Rifles
Hundreds of variants of hunting rifles
and enough mods on the 700 series to write a book about it.

Ar-15’s of all brands and types.
Mak-90
4 different year models of the Ruger 10/22
Assorted Winchester .22 rifles
Assorted bullpup rifles.
Ruger precision rifle

Civilian pistols.
Basically everything from 1996 forward with VERY few exceptions.

Civilian shotguns
MK1919 All variants
Mossburg 500 assorted version
Mossburg 590
Mossburg shockwave
Remington 870 Assorted versions
Remington 1100 Assorted versions
Remintons 1187 police model
Keltek ksg
Vepr12
Assorted other hunting and 1800’s models of shotguns.

Im stopping now because this is getting crazy and there is at least 3 more pages.

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Now thats Experience!!!
:gasp:

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Huh, the beginnings of Alzheimer have kicked in cause I can’t remember everything that I’ve shot over the years.

It just might take me a month to report back anything I can possibly remember other than what I have in my possession today, but some of you folks are definitely shooters that’s for sure :laughing:

Good for you guys!

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