American Gun: A History of the U.S. In Ten Firearms (40 page)

HK-91 Rifles, 254

HK-416 Rifles, 252

Hole in the Wall Gang, 71

Holliday, Doc, 69, 77–78, 79, 80–81,
82
, 83

hollow point bullets, 228

Hoover’s Gap, Battle of, 47–48

Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkeley, 172, 174

Hotchkiss Machine Guns, 171–72, 174

Houston, Samuel Jr., 23, 24, 25, 27–28,
28
, 29

Houston, Samuel Sr., 14, 23, 24

Howard, John, 20–21

hunting rifles

buffalo and, 98–99, 100–101,
101

long rifles as, 5–6

muzzle-loading, 96, 98

and numbers of guns, 261

Remington 700 Rifles as, 137

Winchesters as, 109, 111

See also specific model

Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, 236, 241–45

Indians/Indian Wars

at Adobe Wall battle, 99–100

Colt Revolvers and, 59–61,
60

end of, 101

at Little Bighorn, 102–6

long rifles and, 6

Ordnance Corps decisions during, 122–23

Remington’s picture of,
59

rifle uses by, 104–5

Sharps Big 50 and, 99–100

U.S. Army and, 100

Winchesters in, 100, 104–5,
104
, 122–23

See also
Little Bighorn, Battle of

Iraq

Hester in, 255–58,
256

Kyle (Chris) in, 137, 250–51,
253

Kyle (Jeff) in, 246

M1911 in, 162

Marines in, 250

snipers in, 137, 139

J frame guns, 225

Jackson, Andrew, 36

Jaeger hunting rifles, 3, 265

James, Frank, 86

James, Jesse, 86,
86

James-Younger Gang, 86

Japanese

Arisaka Type 99 rifle of, 196

See also specific battle

Jefferson, Thomas, 15, 36

John M. Browning Firearms Museum (Ogden, Utah), 156

Jonathan Davis Incident, 65

Jones, James, 141

Jones, William E., 136

Kalashnikov, Mikhail, 238

Kawaguchi, Kiyotake, 204

Keith, Elmer, 98

Kelly, “Machine Gun” (aka George Celino Barnes), 182–83

Kennedy, John F., 232

Kentucky rifle.
See
long rifles, American/Kentucky

Kettle Hill, Battle of.
See
Cuba/San Juan Hill

King, Jeffery, 181

Knox, Henry, 122

Koons, Franklin “Zip,” 191–93, 198–200, 262

Korean War

M1 Garands in, 209,
210
, 272

M1911 Colt Pistols in, 161–62, 270

Springfield M1903 Rifles in, 136

“Tommy Guns” in, 168

Kouma, Ernest R., 161–62

Krag .30 Rifles, 149

Krag-Jorgensen M1896 Rifles, 116, 117, 123

Kyle, Chris

bolt-action weapons used by, 137

Craft AR-15 Rifle of,
253

favorite sniper weapons of, 138

firing of long rifle by, 5

Houston ancestors of, 14

in Iraq, 137, 139, 156, 250–51,
253

and lever-action rifles, 94

M16 Rifle use by, 250–51

M1911 in collection of, 149, 156

M1911 preference of, 232

as Navy SEAL, 5, 54, 139, 250–51,
253

pictures of,
253

as sniper, 5, 137, 139, 156, 250–51,
253

Winchester M1892 as favorite of, 107

Kyle, Jeff, 94, 246, 248, 251

LaGarde, Louis, 175

Land Pattern Muskets “Brown Bess,” 7, 24

Lapua .338 Magnum, 139

law enforcement

Colt M1911 Revolvers and, 162–63, 180

gangsters and, 180–82

Glock 17 Pistols and, 229–30, 232

M16 Rifles and, 252, 254–55

practice for agents of, 222

semi-automatic weapons and, 163, 228–29

.38 Special as main gun of, 163, 273

Tommy guns and, 176,
179

training of agents for, 227–28

See also
FBI; police departments; Secret Service, U.S.; Texas Rangers;
specific person

Leavelle, Jim, 232–33

LeClair, Monty, 138–39

Lee-Enfield rifles, 201

Lefebvre, Louis, 243

Lehman, John, 122

LeMay, Curtis, 240

lever-action rifles, 34, 79, 85, 94–95, 107.
See also specific model

Lewis Machine Guns, 173, 174, 182

Lewis, Meriwether, 58

Lincoln, Abraham, 31, 34, 35–38,
37
, 40, 42, 50–51, 52, 169, 171, 266

Lindsey, Julian R., 147

Little Bighorn, Battle of, 102–6,
104
, 123

long rifles, American/Kentucky

accuracy of, 5–6

barrel of, 5, 6, 7

black powder for, 147

bullets for, 8

of Crockett,
26

design and development of, 3, 5, 265

firing of, 5, 6–7

hand-made, 3, 6

as hunting rifles, 5–6

importance in Revolutionary War of, 3, 5

legacy of, 29

loading/reloading of, 8, 11–12, 19, 265

nicknames for, 5, 265

overview of, 265

pictures of,
1
,
4
,
265

on Plains, 96

popularity of, 5

primary uses for, 5–6, 265

problems with, 8

recoil of, 5

in Revolutionary War, 1–3, 8,
9
, 10–12, 19, 265

of Sgt. York, 147

Texas Wars and, 24, 25,
26
,
28

weight of, 5

Lopez, Baldomero,
210

Lugers, 145, 156, 157, 188, 215, 218.
See also
Mauser Luger

M1 Garands

accuracy of, 196, 199, 205, 214

as American classic, 214

ammunition for, 195–96, 272

assault rifles as offspring of, 238

automatic weapons compared with, 209

bayonets on, 208

benefits of, 202, 205, 214

bolt-action rifles compared with, 202

British and, 200–201

design/development of, 193, 195–96, 272

German views about, 205

and guns as products of their time, 260

importance of, 193

improvements on, 209

in Korean War, 209,
210
, 272

loading/firing of, 195, 196, 198, 199, 202, 272

M14 Rifles compared with, 211

mass production of,
197

military and, 196, 201–2

overview of, 272

pictures of,
191
,
197
,
207
,
272

problems with, 202, 204

range of, 214

reputation of, 193, 198, 200

semi-automatic weapons compared with, 209

sights of, 199, 202

Springfield rifles compared with, 199, 202

in World War II, 186, 190, 191–93,
194
, 198–202,
203
, 204–8,
207
, 272

M2 Machine Guns, 161

M4 Carbines, 246,
247
, 248, 250, 255, 256–58,
256
, 274

M14 Enhanced Battle Rifle, 212,
213

M14 Rifles, 209–13,
212
, 238, 239, 241, 245–46

M16 Assault Rifles

in Afghanistan,
249

barrel for, 246

bayonets on, 248, 274

cartridges for, 245, 246

design and development of, 237–41, 274

early military actions for, 127

grenade launchers on, 248, 250

importance of, 244–45

in Iraq, 250–52, 256–58

law enforcement and, 252, 254–55

loading of, 241

M14 compared with, 241, 245–46

overview of, 274

pictures of,
235
,
249
,
274

price of, 241

problems with, 245–46

rails of, 248, 250

recoil of, 241

as replacement for M1 Garands, 211

revisions to, 246,
247
, 248

scopes for, 250

sights for, 246, 250

snipers and, 250–51

trading for, 250, 251

in Vietnam War, 235–37,
237
, 241–46,
243
, 248

weight of, 241, 250

M16A1 Assault Rifles, 246, 248, 274

M16A2 Assault Rifles, 246, 274

M16A3 Assault Rifles, 246, 248, 274

M16A4 Assault Rifles, 246, 274

M25 Rifles, 211

M60 Machine Guns, 204

M231 Assault Rifles, 274

M249 Machine Guns, 256–57

MA-1 Survival Rifles, 238

MacArthur, Douglas, 196

Maccabee, Paul, 180

machine guns

Army Ordnance Department and, 169, 174

of Browning, 153

design and development of, 169–74

in Korean War, 161

MP5 family of, 190

squad-level, 190, 271

weight of, 174

in World War I, 131, 132, 133, 134, 143, 144, 147

in World War II, 158

See also specific manufacturer or model

magazine-feeder rifles, 55

Maguire, Russell, 184

Makin Island: World War II battle on, 186

Marine Corps, U.S.

in Afghanistan,
249

in “Banana Wars,” 157–58

“Carlson’s Raiders” of, 186

Colt M1911 Pistols and, 151, 157–58

in Iraq, 250

in Korean War, 209,
210

and Kyle-Marine gun trade, 251

Lapua rounds and, 139

M1 Garands and, 201–2, 209,
210

M16 Rifles and, 246, 274

official sidearms of, 151

and Springfield M1903 Bolt-Action Rifles, 201

Tommy guns and, 176, 186,
187
, 190

in World War I, 129,
130
, 131–36,
135

in World War II, 158, 186,
187
, 201, 204

Marlin 30-30 Rifle, 94

Marm, Joe, 244