State Gun

[Kyle Wright]

Saw a headline that Idaho is asking for help to name its state gun. What state do you live in and what would be your pick for your state gun?

 

[Tony Caggiano]

Florida - Zip Gun

 

[PNWTO]

ID is the home of Elmer Keith, so I would hope it’s either the No. 5 or the M29.

 

[Milo'sSyndicate]

HAD to look this up, pretty dang cool if you ask me.....
“Which of the following guns should be designated as the state gun of Idaho? Please choose only one answer.

(a) Winchester Model 1894 (.30-30);


(b) Winchester Model 1873 "Gun that Won the West" (.44-40);


(c) 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver "Peacemaker" (.45 Colt);


(d) M1 Garand rifle (.30-06);


(e) Colt M1911 .45 automatic Colt pistol (.45 ACP); or


(f) Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle (.30-06).”

 

[Keith Wood]

Old Florida would have been a bolt-action .22 Hornet-- that was the "do-it-all cartridge" for Crackers. Was also relatively quiet if you were operating in a legal gray area.

My adopted home of Alabama seems to prefer switch-equipped Glock 19s.

 

[Kyle Wright]

ID is the home of Elmer Keith, so I would hope it’s either the No. 5 or the M29.

It’s also the home of Jack O’Connor which would point to the Winchester M70 in .270.

 

[Kyle Wright]

https://www.nrafamily.org/content/10-american-states-with-official-firearms/

Found this and thought it was relevant to the conversation at hand.

 

[Bill Mazelin]

Wyoming should have the Winchester 1894, in 30-30. For Tom Horn, if no other reason. I'm a bit surprised WY does not have a state firearm.

 

[HowieR]

MA would probably make a Byrna the state gun then put it on the non approved roster - just saying

 

[fletcher8732]

Utah is the 1911 which is logical since John Browning's house is in Ogden.

 

[YETI]

California's state gun should be a water pistol. One that leaks and doesn't squirt well

Either that or a Glock 17 with a switch and extended magazine

 

[Rjohnson.307]

Wyoming should have the Winchester 1894, in 30-30. For Tom Horn, if no other reason. I'm a bit surprised WY does not have a state firearm.

Or the Colt Peacekeeper.
Montana should be the Sharps

 

[Chad Adams]

I'm from Kentucky. So it's Kentucky Long Rifle all day. Hershel House is probably the greatest example of the highest level of the form - http://www.housebrothersproject.com/articles/article4.html. Lives in a log cabin in western Kentucky and hand builds these amazing rifles. I spent a weekend out there back in the day on a story. Incredible. Some of them go for around $15K.

 

[beharvison]

Was surprised that Oklahoma doesn’t have one…I think that in honor of Bass Reeves we should adopt the state gun as two Colt .45s, which he famously carried handles forward to cross draw.

 

[RWS]

I’d suggest the Colt Paterson revolver and carbine as the official state guns of NJ.

 

[Grant Simpson]

California's state gun should be a water pistol. One that leaks and doesn't squirt well

Either that or a Glock 17 with a switch and extended magazine

"This ballot measure is sponsored by Super Soaker"
The Nerf lobby would definitely have some serious push-back against a water pistol.

 

[Ron Dan]

Georgia has to be a Glock Forty (no one needs to specify if it’s a 40 caliber, model 40, or 40rd clipazines)

 

[Grant Simpson]

HAD to look this up, pretty dang cool if you ask me.....
“Which of the following guns should be designated as the state gun of Idaho? Please choose only one answer.

(a) Winchester Model 1894 (.30-30);


(b) Winchester Model 1873 "Gun that Won the West" (.44-40);


(c) 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver "Peacemaker" (.45 Colt);


(d) M1 Garand rifle (.30-06);


(e) Colt M1911 .45 automatic Colt pistol (.45 ACP); or


(f) Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle (.30-06).”

Sharing this with my friend that moved to ID. Tough choices, toss up between the 1894 and the 1873 for me. Peacemaker to the head, I guess I'd go with the 1873, as it pre-dates Idaho becoming a state.