Bruce from West Oz
New member
I know things are looking grim over there for gunowners, and we've written a lot about the "good old days" when gun ownership was not Politically Incorrect
Let's look back then with a bit of a smile -- what were some of your favourite TV shows which featured or included firearms?
I'll kick off with just a couple (and I'm sure you'll appreciate that in the "early"days of TV, Australian TV showed a lot of American shows -- still does for that matter )
Combat -- I wanted to be like Caje -- but I wanted Kirby's BAR more! (How did he carry so much ammo?) It also started a lifelong love affair with the M1 carbine (the Lieutenant carried one) that culminated nearly 20 years later when a mate of mine bought one (it was legal in his State) and I actually got to fire it!!
The Rifleman -- I'd watch it just for the opening!!!
Maverick -- loved Brett, hated Bart!
F Troop -- "Chinwester, the gun that won the West!"
The Avengers (UK) -- Mrs Peel, now she could shoot (and gave an adolescent boy many fevered fantasies!)
Hawaii 5-O -- "Book 'em, Danno"
Paladin -- I wanted a holster with a horse's head on it s-o-o-o bad!
Sea Hunt -- if it wasn't a gun, it was a speargun
I'm sure we can think of others. What I remember most is that the morality was so clear-cut -- guns were used to right a wrong, and only the crims and bad guys "misused" them. But then, maybe we were looking through rose-tinted glasses.
Bruce
Let's look back then with a bit of a smile -- what were some of your favourite TV shows which featured or included firearms?
I'll kick off with just a couple (and I'm sure you'll appreciate that in the "early"days of TV, Australian TV showed a lot of American shows -- still does for that matter )
Combat -- I wanted to be like Caje -- but I wanted Kirby's BAR more! (How did he carry so much ammo?) It also started a lifelong love affair with the M1 carbine (the Lieutenant carried one) that culminated nearly 20 years later when a mate of mine bought one (it was legal in his State) and I actually got to fire it!!
The Rifleman -- I'd watch it just for the opening!!!
Maverick -- loved Brett, hated Bart!
F Troop -- "Chinwester, the gun that won the West!"
The Avengers (UK) -- Mrs Peel, now she could shoot (and gave an adolescent boy many fevered fantasies!)
Hawaii 5-O -- "Book 'em, Danno"
Paladin -- I wanted a holster with a horse's head on it s-o-o-o bad!
Sea Hunt -- if it wasn't a gun, it was a speargun
I'm sure we can think of others. What I remember most is that the morality was so clear-cut -- guns were used to right a wrong, and only the crims and bad guys "misused" them. But then, maybe we were looking through rose-tinted glasses.
Bruce