Week 52 2023

This Week in Firearms History:

December 24: Christmas Eve; in 1809 Kit Carson is born; in 1993 Tombstone is released in theaters.

December 25: Christmas, in 1066 William the Conqueror is crowned King of England; in 1776 George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware river and defeat 1,400 Hessians.

December 26: In 1944 Patton and 3rd Armored Division break the encirclement of US Troops near Bastogne 

December 27: In 1945 the World Bank was created; in 1979 the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. 

December 28: In 1732 Benjamin Franklin publishes his Poor Richard's Almanack; In 1846 Iowa becomes the 29th State; in 1949 H&K is founded in Germany.

December 29: In 1898 Lt Col John Henry Patterson kills the second of the two Tsavo man eating lions (Ghost & the Darkness). In 1934 development of the Winchester model 70 begins; in 1940 Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London.

December 30: In 1922 the USSR is formed; in 1959 the USS George Washington, the 1st ballistic missile submarine is commissioned.

Gun of the Week: Whitney Wolverine

The Whitney Wolverine was a short lived .22 pistol that resembled a Buck Rogers space gun.

The gun company and the pistol were given names to honor gunmaker Eli Whitney and the University of Michigan sports teams.

The pistol was the creation of Robert Hillberg and production began in 1956 and ended in 1958. Trademark issues required a name change to the "Lightning" while financial issues sunk the endeavor with less than 14,000 pistols being produced. The design was revived in 2002 by Olympic Arms, this time with a polymer frame.

Cartridge of the Week: 7.62 x 25mm Tokarev

The 7.62 x 25mm Tokarev was a copy of the 7.63 x 25mm Mauser. Created by the Soviet Government after paying license to manufacture the Mauser round, the Soviets just copied it and quit paying for the license. 

Although the cartridges are interchangeable, the Tokarev round does have higher pressure and should not be fired in guns chambered in the Mauser cartridge.

The cartridge was used in a variety of Soviet firearms including the TT-30 Tokarev pistol, the CZ-52 and the submachine guns PPSh-41 and the PPS-43.

 

Gun Quote of the Week:

"I will teach my children weapons and warfare, so they might teach their children science and law, so they might teach their children art and literature."
- Unknown Greek

Bubba Gun of the Week:

This week's bubba gun comes from D'jaquan D'javion D'jarnell Grandberry of Black Bottom Detroit. He performed most of the work himself with a bit of help from his sister Shaniqua Shantel Shardonay.

Gun Sticker of the Week:

This weeks sticker is simple in its message, I don't know who created it, but I like it.

Gun T-Shirt of the Week:

This week's T comes from Guerilla Tees, buy them here.