Why I'm a traditionalist.
Bought a new gun today. A little lever action, a reproduction of John Browning's Winchester 1892.
No pistol grips. No rails. No flash hider or bayonet lug. It's not even semi-auto, and it only holds eight rounds.
A nostalgia piece, right?
What you don't see at first glance is that modern metallurgy allows this fundamentally-sound century-old design to contain massive pressures. (65,000 PSI, if you want to get technical.) Each and every one of those eight .454 Casull cartridges produces 25% more energy than a slug from a 12 gauge. Over twice as much as a single 5.56mm NATO round fired from an M16, and exactly twice as much as a standard AK-47 bullet.
All this in a package that's super light (6 pounds), super short (34" long), and super slick (nothing hanging off it to snag or get in your way.)
And totally innocuous.
No pistol grips. No rails. No flash hider or bayonet lug. It's not even semi-auto, and it only holds eight rounds.
A nostalgia piece, right?
What you don't see at first glance is that modern metallurgy allows this fundamentally-sound century-old design to contain massive pressures. (65,000 PSI, if you want to get technical.) Each and every one of those eight .454 Casull cartridges produces 25% more energy than a slug from a 12 gauge. Over twice as much as a single 5.56mm NATO round fired from an M16, and exactly twice as much as a standard AK-47 bullet.
All this in a package that's super light (6 pounds), super short (34" long), and super slick (nothing hanging off it to snag or get in your way.)
And totally innocuous.