[c3shooter]

The 2 earlier quizzes concentrated heavily on US arms, so I thought I would roam a little further afield for this one. Will leave up for a week. If anyone has questions about a particular answer, please PM me rather than giving answer anyway for those that have not yet taken it. As always, read question carefully. Enjoy- C3

Quiz Your Friends - Take Your Friend's Quiz

[JCubed]

Question 3 was a little hard to understand but I got a high score of 50 this time.
Thanks again for taking the time to make another decent quiz.

[hogger129]

I got a 40. Guess I need to study up more.

[cpttango30]

Originally Posted by hogger129

I got a 40. Guess I need to study up more.

But you know so much. How did this happen? Quiz must be broke I would guess I would sue the site.

I on the other hand got 80% I disagree with automatic rifle it could have been worded better. Are you talking about a machine gun or a auto loading rifle as in the BAR? Or are you talking about the sub mg? It could be taken any way.

[hydrashok]

Wow... an abysmal 40%. Thanks, C3 for making me feel like a dumbass.

[hydrashok]

C3, FWIW, I love your avatar!

"WHAT WE HAVE HEE-YA IS A FAIL-YU TO COMMUNICATE!"

[c3shooter]

Jerry- at work, that line has gotten to be a catchprase for my unit- with us frequently wishing for the follow up WHACK to go with that quote!

Really not trying to make anyone feel dumb- some of the items were ones that surprised the daylights out of me when I first learned them (That was made WHERE? THAT long ago? Jeez!) and the name is Trivia. If I did a quiz that had "What is the bullet diameter of a .357?", that is really not a challenge, and "How many Marlin 39As were built in 1962?" is going to known to no one that did not work for Marlin, so trying to find a balance.

For REAL trivia- did you gents know that a BOLT ACTION rifle was used during the American Civil War? Made by Greener, breech loading underhammer rifle with ellipsoidal rifling- looks like a smoothbore, but bore is an ellipse that rotates as you go up the bore. There are a LOT of weird guns out there.

[c3shooter]

Say, JD- just a thought- would you like to invite themanbeau to try this quiz- since I DID attmpt to make it international in flavor........

[Gatekeeper]

Tougher than the last one. Got a 50

[c3shooter]

To all that took the quiz- thanx for playing. As promised- the answers-

1. The M47 Rifle was made by Madsen of Denmark. Very nice rifles, and rather scarce.

2, The c-96 pistol (Broomhandle) is older than the 9mm Parabellum, and was originally made in .30 Mauser. Later pistols were made in 9mm, and are known as "Red 9s" from the red #9 carved in the grips.

3. The 7.65 Cartridge was first adopted by Agentina. AKA Argentine Mauser

4. The Mannlicher-Carcano was the standard Italian military rifle, and sold in great numbers in the US after WW II, including the rifle bought by Lee Harvey Oswald.

5. The Uzi is actually fairly old- general issue began in 1956.

6. The 7.62 X 39 is a 7.62 mm diameter bullet with 39 mm long cartridge case.

7. In 1887 Mexico began issue of the Mondragon autoloading rifle in cal 7mm Mauser, There was also a full auto version. These served in several wars with several nations.

8. In WW II, the British used a 200 gr .38 S&W, known as the .38-200. In the US, was known as the .38 Super police.

9. In 1886, the French began issue of the 8mm Lebel rifle, using the new smokeless powder invented 2 years earlier.

10. Since Japan considered all arms to be property of the Emperor, rifles were marked with a stylized chrysanthemum (mum) rifles that were surrendered at war's end had the mums ground off as a concession to the Emperor.