Something about proto mall ninjas from the 70s that gets people going. The only thing that would have made it better was one of those double shots common in the era. With the sitting portrait and the disembodied close up staring off into the distance in the upper corner. Like this.
People sure did make some bad stylistic choices in that decade. I feel fortunate to have survived.
Any firearm advancement from that decade, stylistically or otherwise? Series 70 Colt pistol with the odd barrel bushing that I have never seen in person. It doesn't seem to have remained popular or I don't know what I am looking at. Also in the 70s, the depredations of the post 1968 GCA ATF, exemplified in the Ballew Raid in Silver Spring (by me! I was 2.)
Anything else? Anything positive at all?
You could still buy machine guns at semi-decent prices. I remember an M-60 coming out of the VCI paper at my local shop, price tag under three grand if I remember right (might as well have been 30 grand at the time far as I was concerned, but still...)
ReplyDeleteWhy, yes indeedy do! YOU OWN ONE! Ever heard of Sig Pistols? And the H+K VP70 pistols were showing up then. Probably the First Tupperware Gun, beating the Glock by years.
ReplyDeleteAnd I THINK the Charter Arms .44 Special was a '70s era, but don't quote me.
Also, the "Gun Games" were born in the '70s. ISPC/USPSA were organized then. You should have heard the Brouhaha from the Fudds. "MOVING WHILE SHOOTING? YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THAT'S TOO DANGEROUS!"
Yep, IPSC/USPSA, and the 70 LS1 Chevelle :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't know about so much that I was dealing with firearm advancement as much as firearms consistency, we were buying QUALITY Smith and Wesson revolvers, models 65, 66, 67, 19, 15, 28, 27, 57, 58 were all finely put together weapons. This was before Smith got into the gun of the month club and quality control went right into the toilet. We were playing around with new items however, A buddy of mine had a Heckler & Koch P9S in 9 mm. that was rather interesting. It looked like something that George Jetson would tote, but it did shoot well and it prompted me to buy a HK-4, a pocket pistol which was convertible so you could fire 4 different calibers, 380 a.c.p., 32 a.c.p., 25 a.c.p. and 22 L.R. It was a fun little pistol but I let it get away from me a few years back.
ReplyDeleteAs I remember the Ruger Mini-14 came out about that time too.
why does this remind me of Will Ferrell
ReplyDelete"...the odd barrel bushing that I have never seen in person."
ReplyDeleteThat's because they're all broken. ;)
Because it IS Will Ferrell, Anon
ReplyDeleteThe 70s were cooler. H&K P7, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon... what more proof do you need?
ReplyDeleteI like bullpups, particularly the Steyr AUG which was a product of the 70's. The FAMAS also entered service in the late 70's.
ReplyDeleteIIRC the Bulldog came into being in 1973.
ReplyDeleteI'll be the geek and say it: Star Wars.
ReplyDeleteStar Wars WAS good for the Broomhandle Mauser C96
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