Week 30 2023

 This Week in Firearms History:

July 23: In 1852 the first US Soldier is buried at the National Cemetary at the Presidio in SF, in 1942 Hiltler issues "directive 45" ordering his army to advance on Stalingrad.

July 24: in 1832 Ben Bonneville leads 1st wagon train across Rocky Mountains; in 1917 Mata Hari is tried for espionage.

July 25: in 1866 U.S. Grant named General of US Army; in 1868 Wyoming Territory formed. in 1943 Mussolini was fired and an arrest warrant issued.

July 26: In 1914, War of 1812, Battle of Lundy's Lane; in 1863 Sam Houston dies; in 1875 Black Bart robs his 1st Stagecoach

July 27: In 1944 the M1C Sniper Rifle adopted by US military; in 1953 a cease fire is signed, ending combat in the Korean War

July 28: In 1898 US declares victory in Puerto Rico; 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting WWI; 

July 29: In 1796 gun designer Walter Hunt was born; in 1921 Adolph Hitler becomes lead of the National Socialists Workers Party; in 1976 first Son of Sam attack in NY.

Gun of the Week:  Ithaca Model 37 

The Ithaca model 37 gets its name from the year it was introduced, but its origins go back a bit farther.

The shotgun known now as the Ithaca model 37 was designed by John Browning in 1915 for Remington. After some design changes by John Pedersen, Remington produced the gun as the model 17. Remington gave up on the gun and went on to other designs. With the patent expired, Ithaca began producing the gun in 1937.

One of the unique features of the gun is that the loading and ejection ports are one and the same, on the bottom of the receiver, making the gun suitable for right- and left-handed shooters.

The gun is still produced today, by a new Ithaca Gun Company, no longer in Ithaca, New York, they are produced in Ohio.

Cartridge of the Week:   .22 Remington Jet

The .22 Remington Jet is also known as the .22 Centerfire Magnum, the. 22 Jet or the .22 Remington Jet Magnum. It was developed in 1961 under a joint partnership between Smith & Wesson and Remington.

Smith & Wesson built the K-frame model 53 revolver specifically for the .22 Remington Jet, which is a .357 Magnum necked down to .22 caliber. The cartridge was designed for small and medium game out to 100 yards. Bullet weights can be the same as a .223 Remington, but commercial offerings are usually 40 or 45 grain.

Gun Quote of the Week:

"It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it" - Col Jeff Cooper

Bubba Gun of the Week:

We don't get too many foreign nationals entering the Golden Poop Award for Gunsmithing, but occasionally a shining example shows up. This distasteful engraved and painted Sig P210 was modified by Guru Yogesh Boob of Nangina India, he calls it War and Peace and Rainbows.

Gun Sticker of the Week:

Buy this comical diagram of a pew pewer here

Gun T-Shirt of the Week:

How about this one from Teedep?