NaN/100 votes#1 - Model 29
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/27/2012
Gunsite Academy’s Cory Trapp is the armorer on Gun Stories and you have seen him in all the high speed videography scenes in season 1. Cory is back for season 2 and this time, you can also watch him weekly in our online exclusive where he and Michael Bane talk about the featured guns in each episode. This week, the topic is the S&W Model 29.
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#2 - M-1 Garand
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/4/2012
General George S. Patton declared the M1 Garand the greatest battle implement ever devised. Canadian inventor John Garand’s semi auto rifle with its 8 round end block clip provided the firepower superiority that helped turn the tide for American soldiers in World War II.
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#3 - Classic American Doubles
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2012
What was the gun that won the west? Was it the Winchester 73, the Colt Single Action Army or the Springfield Trapdoor? No, it was the one gun that any person could hunt with and use for self defense. It was the Double Barrel Shotgun.
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#4 - The Thompson Sub Machine Gun
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/18/2012
Once in a blue moon, a machine becomes more than the sum of its parts. It is even more rare when that machine is a tool of war. in 1919, John Taliaferro Thompson, a career army officer, created the firearm that would make his name immortal.
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#5 - The Luger
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2012
The Pistole Parabellum 1908 or more simply the Luger, is as emblematic of the German empire as the slab sided 1911 is of America. Although it was not the first semi automatic pistol, the Luger’s early successes proved that as the 19th century gave way to the 20th, the semi auto pistol was a wave of the future.
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#6 - The Browning 1919
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2012
As World War I began, the American dough boys needed a new machine gun. John Browning responded with his water cooled model 1917. When the war ended, Browning made a few changes to his signature design. What emerged was the air cooled Model 1919.
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#7 - The Ruger 10/22
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/8/2012
When we think of those things that are quintessential American, certainly apple pie comes to mind. Not far behind that delicious vision is a different image – one of long summer afternoons spent plinking with a beloved .22 rifle. And the rifle that embodies that image is the Ruger 10/22, a gun that has earned the name America’s Rifle.
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#8 - The AK-47
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/14/2012
It’s been said that the history of weapons is indeed the history of the world. Maybe a bit of an overstatement, but certainly true in the case of the Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947, the AK-47. I’s a rifle that has quite literary reshaped the world.
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#9 - The Rolling Block
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/22/2012
If ever a firearms could be said to have a inferiority complex, it would be the Remington Rolling Block rifle. Perhaps the most common rifle used by pioneers in America’s westward expansion, it lost out first to the Sharps and later the Winchesters and the critical arena of publicity. But the Rolling Block wrote its name in large letters across our western frontier.
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#10 - The Modern 1911
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/28/2012
Gunsite Academy’s Cory Trapp and Michael Bane talk about the Modern 1911 featured in episode #10 of Gun Stories season 2 on Outdoor Channel.
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#11 - Best of Season 2 - Part 1
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 9/4/2012
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#12 - Best of the Year Part 2
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/11/2012
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#13 - Best of the Year Part 3
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/12/2012
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#14 - One on One with Colonel Cooper
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 9/11/2012
(Online) - When we talk about the modern 1911, we see the tremendous influence of Colonel Jeff Cooper. Unedited interview with Colonel Cooper from early 2006. In part 1, he talks about the Leather Slap matches in California. In part 2, he talks about the mindset, Gunsite Academy and the story behind El Presidente. In part 3, he talks about the bodyguard business, the war on terror, 1911s, the Bren Ten and the CZ75. In part 4, he talks about the Scout Rifle and general thoughts about bolt action and semi auto rifles. He also shares some thoughts about the M16 in .223. In part 5, he talks about The Modern Technique of the Pistol, the ability to defend yourself, democracy and freedom.
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The Best Episodes of Gun Stories Season 2
Every episode of Gun Stories Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gun Stories Season 2!
This documentary series takes viewers through a firearm's history, from the heart of the design through its use on the range. Using state-of-the-art, high-speed photography,...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Outdoor Channel
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Model 29" is the best rated episode of "Gun Stories" season 2. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/27/2012. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "M-1 Garand".