NaN/100 votes#1 - Walther PPK
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 7/2/2014
Some times fame comes calling from the oddest directions. For the Walther PPK, fame arrived in the form of a letter to the author Iain Fleming. Host Joe Mantegna and numerous experts explore the history of James Bond’s famous firearm.
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#2 - Browning Auto-5
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2014
The Browning Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. It was designed by John Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900. It was produced continually for almost 100 years by several manufacturers with production ending in 1998. It features a distinctive high rear end, earning it the nickname “Humpback”. The top of the action goes straight back on a level with the barrel before cutting down sharply towards the buttstock. This distinctive feature makes it easy to identify A-5s from a distance. The shotgun was also used in military service worldwide between World War I and the Vietnam War.
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#3 - Lee Enfield
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2014
The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army’s standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957.
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#4 - Bullpups
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2014
The Bullpup rifle design with the magazine and action behind the pistol grip seems like an excellent solution to the constant military demands of shorter and lighter. But after decades of service, the verdict is still out on the bullpups.
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#5 - Colt Python
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 7/30/2014
Think of it as the Lamborghini of revolvers. The Colt Python in .357 Magnum with its sleek lines and credible finish, superb accuracy and flawless trigger pull , is described as the finest production revolver ever made.
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#6 - The C96 Broomhandle Mauser
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/2014
Think of it as a jigsaw puzzle that, when fully assembled, creates one of the most recognizable gun profiles of all time. The C-96 Mauser, as its more commonly known, the Broomhandle Mauser, is not only a machine of warfare, but the finest expression of Victorian Era gun-making, maybe the ultimate “Steampunk” pistol.
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#7 - Roosevelt’s Africa Guns
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/13/2014
Was there ever a more enthusiastic President than Theodore Roosevelt? Teddy Roosevelt lived life largely, a character perfectly suited to the Gilded Age of American History. Cowboy, soldier, politician and first and foremost, a hunter.
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#8 - Ruger Standard .22 Pistol
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 8/20/2014
If there was ever a gun perfectly suited to its time, it’s the Ruger Standard .22 semiauto pistol, Bill Ruger’s enduring triumph of modern manufacturing, the relentless pursuit of a vision and, and this is important, an uncanny sense of what the American public wanted.
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#9 - Sniper Rifles
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 8/27/2014
The date was May 9, 1864, and Union General James Sedgwick had just admonished his troops in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House to stop flinching from Confederate fire almost 1000 yards away. “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance,” he shouted. Within seconds, the Confederate sniper’s bullet hit the General just below his left eye, and the Union troops learned the battlefield-controlling power of the sniper.
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#10 - Guns of Little Big Horn – Part 1
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/3/2014
Host Joe Mantegna and numerous experts take a look at the firearms used by the Seventh Cavalry during the Battle of Little Big Horn. Was Custer’s last stand due to the choice of arms during the battle, or were his tactics and bravado the root cause of his defeat during the most studied battle in American History.
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#11 - Guns of Little Big Horn – Part 2
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 9/10/2014
For over a hundred years, experts and historians have claimed the Native Americans under Sitting Bull’s command had a superiority of firepower over George Custer’s Seventh Cavalry at the Little Big Horn. But recent excavations of the battle site, combined with historical interviews of the time, paint a different picture of the quality and number of arms they were able to bring to bear against the US Military.
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#12 - English Double Rifles
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 9/17/2014
In the mid-1800s, as the height of the British Empire, explorer Sir. Richard Francis Burton returned from Darkest Africa with amazing stories and a new word, safari, the Swahili word for “long journey.” Then the rush was on as young gentlemen explorers and hunters headed to Africa and India in search of game and adventure. And with them they brought perhaps the finest firearms ever made, the magnificent English double rifles.
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#13 - Browning M2 HB
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 9/24/2014
Few firearms have had such a profound effect on warfare as John Browning’s massive .50 caliber M2 heavy machine gun, the most successful machine gun ever made. Affectionally called the “Ma Deuce” by American soldiers through 5 wars and numerous smaller actions around the world,and still is the go-to gun for the U.S. military.
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The Best Episodes of Gun Stories Season 4
Every episode of Gun Stories Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gun Stories Season 4!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"Walther PPK" is the best rated episode of "Gun Stories" season 4. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/2/2014. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Browning Auto-5".