Week 41 2023

 This Week in Firearms History:

October 8: In 1633 the Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its 1st government; in 1918 (WWI) Sgt Alvin York kills 25 Germans and then captures another 132 with an empty 1911 pistol.

October 9: In 1847 Col, Samuel Hamilton Walker dies in battle during the Mexican-American War; in 1967 Eneresto "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia for trying to incite revolution.

October 10: In 1845 Naval School (now the U.S. Naval Acadamy) opens in Annapolis; in 1868 Cuba revolts against Spain; in 1944 U.S. forces take Okinawa; in 2010 John Nosler dies.

October 11: In 1614 New Netherland Co establishes 1st trading post on Manhattan Island; in 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness is released in theaters.

October 12: In 1492 Christopher Columbus makes sight of the Bahamas; in 1839 gun maker Charles Daly is born; in 1858 gun designer Col Issac Lewis is born; in 1870 Gen Robert E. Lee dies.

October 13: Navy Day in 1775 U.S. The U.S. Navy is created; in 1777 the British burn down Kingston NY; in 1943 Italy declares war on Germany its once Axis partner.

October 14: In 1066 the Battle of Hastings begins; in 1890 President Dwight D. Eisenhower is born; in 1914 the predecessor to the gas mask is invented.

Gun of the Week: The Uzi.

A couple of weeks ago we featured the Tavor rifle, this week we have another Israeli gun, the Uzi.

Named after its creator Uziel Gal, the Uzi is an open bolt, blow-back operated submachine gun.

The Uzi was made in several calibers and configurations, but its most popular was the 9mm Luger. The gun ironically was inspired by the German STG44. It almost always was a short-barreled rifle, fitted with a shoulder stock of some sort, but also made as a pistol and a standard rifle.

The gun was developed in the early 1950s and adopted by the Israeli Defense Forces in 1954, retired in 2003, it still sees limited duty with the IDF, however it is still used by dozens of military and police forces worldwide. 

Cartridge of the Week: .22 Winchester Rim Fire

Occasionally a cartridge will end up with more than one name, in this case 90% of the time the cartridge is called the .22 Winchester Rim Fire, but when it was loaded by Remington it is called the .22 Remington Special. This is simply due to competition between what were the two largest rifle makers in America.

To make it worse the .22 WRF is often confused with the .22 MRF (Magnum Rim Fire), they are not the same, however you can safely fire the shorter .22 WRF in a gun chambered for the .22 Magnum.

The cartridge was introduced in 1890 as an improvement over the .22 Short, Long & Long Rifle cartridges, in addition it has a non-healed bullet like the .22 Magnum.

While the .22 WRF is still produced, no new guns have been chambered in the cartridge since the late 1940s. Advancements in powder have made the new high velocity .22 LR cartridges on par with the .22 WRF.

The .22 WRF was also eclipsed in 1959 by the aforementioned .22 Magnum Rimfire

Gun Quote of the Week:

Bubba Gun of the Week:

This Glock was submitted for Golden Poop Award consideration by Harvey Jenks-McCrinkleberry of Bayou Corne Louisianna, Harvey was inspired to add the fish scales to his Glock after he noodled the largest bass in his Parish's history. He calls this his "bassterpiece".

Gun Sticker of the Week:

This weeks gun sticker is a pack of 8 stickers from Magpul

Gun T-Shirt of the Week:

El Camisa de semana is this Do Gooder shirt from Sierra Concepts.