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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, Gun Stories looks at the operation and performance of each

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 1 - Model 1911
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    #1 - Model 1911

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    We’re taking a look back at the rich history of John Browning’s model 1911. We have a big line up of gun experts for Gun Stories. In this episode, we are featuring Alex Rose, Ken Hackathorn, Stephen Hunter, Gary Paul Johnston, Dr. Jack Atwater, Frank James, Philip Schreier, Ted Nugent, Bill Laughridge, Jim Supica, Buz Mills, Gene “Evil Roy” Pearcey, Larry Potterfield, Dwight Van Brunt, Lance Olson, Ross Seyfried, Dick Williams and Roger Smith.

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  2. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 2 - Mauser Bolt Action
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    #2 - Mauser Bolt Action

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    When smokeless powder were introduced in the late 19th century, we experienced a new era in the manufacturing of firearms. Paul Mauser’s bolt action design has been copied ever since and are still used in modern rifles. Gun experts you’ll meet in this episode: Philip Shreier, Dr. Jack Atwater, Larry Potterfield, Gary Paul Johnston, Lance Olson, Stephen Hunter, Jason Schubert, Ross Seyfried and Ted Nugent.

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  3. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 3 - 1873 Single Action Revolver
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    #3 - 1873 Single Action Revolver

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    Samuel Colt and his invention of the revolver changed the world. The ability to fire five or six rounds without reloading made a huge difference in the history of firearms. Sam Colt set a standard, but his 1873 Single Action Army was a model he wasn’t even around to see. Gun experts you’ll meet in this episode: Alex Rose, Gene “Evil Roy” Pearcey, Dick Williams, George Harris, Ken Hackathorn, Bill Laughridge, Jim Supica, Philip Shreier, Dr. Jack Atwater, Larry Potterfield, Gary Paul Johnston, Stephen Hunter, Jason Schubert, Ross Seyfried and Ted Nugent.

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  4. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 4 - 1894 Lever Action Rifle
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    #4 - 1894 Lever Action Rifle

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    The Winchester Model 94 are written in large letters across American history. This rifle redefines the meaning of success. Gun experts you’ll meet in this episode: Alex Rose, Gene “Evil Roy” Pearcey, Dick Williams, Buz Mills, George Harris, Ken Hackathorn, Bill Laughridge, Philip Shreier, Dr. Jack Atwater, Larry Potterfield, Gary Paul Johnston, Frank James, Jason Schubert and Ted Nugent.

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  5. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 5 - Browning Automatic Rifle
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    #5 - Browning Automatic Rifle

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    Faced with trench warfare, WWI troops needed a portable weapon with enough firepower to change to course of a battle. John Browning stepped up and came up with what was then the perfect answer – the Browning Automatic Rifle. Gun experts you’ll meet in this episode: Stephen Hunter, Lance Olson, Alex Rose, Gene “Evil Roy” Pearcey, Bill Laughridge, Philip Shreier, Dr. Jack Atwater, Larry Potterfield, Gary Paul Johnston, Frank James, Jason Schubert and Ted Nugent.

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  6. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 6 - Top Break Revolver
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    #6 - Top Break Revolver

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    How did the perfect revolver for its time end up in second place? We look at the Smith & Wesson Top Break, a classic American revolver used by Frank and Jesse James, Annie Oakley, Bill Tilghman and Buffalo Bill . Gun experts you’ll meet in this episode: Larry Potterfield, Jim Supica, Jason Schubert, Dr. Jack Atwater, Dick Williams, Bill Laughridge, Lance Olson and Stephen Hunter.

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  7. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 7 - The M16 Rifle
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    #7 - The M16 Rifle

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    It is arguably the most recognized firearm in the world, and the longest serving US infantry rifle ever fielded. It has been copied by numerous countries, and its civilian counterpart is produced by virtually every firearms manufacturer out there. Yet, when it was first introduced, many people immediately began writing its obituary because of the problems it encountered. Some claimed it was adopted more through political pressure rather than performance. And the design was a polar opposite of what a United States military rifle’s virtues were supposed to be. But many of its early problems were brought about by factors that its designer had never intended the rifle to operate with.

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  8. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 8 - The Glock
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    #8 - The Glock

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    In the early 1980s, Gaston Glock, who knew nothing about firearms but was an expert in advanced synthetic polymers, assembled a huge group of experts to help him create the ideal military handgun. The result of that meeting was ultimately the Glock 17, which virtually overnight became the single best-selling pistol in history…

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  9. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 9 - The FN FAL
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    #9 - The FN FAL

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    There are many images that come to mind when you mention the Cold War. Nuclear arms race, The Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall… East and West, divided. For many, it is the image of the AK 47. Thousands of Soviet troops, marching in-step with a rifle that literally defined communism on the battlefield. But, if the AK defined communism, then the FN FAL was the definitive symbol of Western freedom, and the soldiers who guarded it. So much so that it was called, and is still remembered as “The right arm of the free world.”

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  10. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 10 - The Beretta 92
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    #10 - The Beretta 92

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    How does the oldest family owned corporation in the world teach itself new tricks? If the name is “Beretta,” founded in 1526, about the time Pope Clement VII was creating the Inquisition, the answer is “very well.” And since 1985, when Beretta’s flagship 9mm beat out the legendary 1911 .45ACP, the M9 9mm pistol has been the issue handgun of the U.S. military. But the M9′s tenure has been marked by both praise and controversy…

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  11. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 11 - The Barrett 82A1
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    #11 - The Barrett 82A1

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    How many times in history has one man’s vision changed the course of warfare? As short as that list may be, there is no more unlikely story than Ronnie Barrett…a photographer, with no background in building firearms…who dreamed of a shoulder-fired rifle that could handle the awesome .50 caliber Browning Machine Gun cartridge. The Barrett M82 semi auto .50 BMG rifle did indeed change the battlefield, but its birth was anything but easy.

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  12. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 12 - The Model 870
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    #12 - The Model 870

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    It can be said that the first shotguns — simple iron tubes filled with gunpowder, rocks and pieces of scrap iron — used on a 15th Century battlefield in northern Italy put an end to the Age of Chivalry. Since that time the shotgun has been a companion in both war and peace. But of all the shotguns down through history, none stand as tall as the Remington 870 pump, favored by law enforcement, military and game hunters around the world and, quite simply, the best selling shotgun in history.

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  13. Gun Stories Season 1 Episode 13 - Guns of the Season
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    #13 - Guns of the Season

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    Over this first season of Gun Stories, we’ve covered the history, design and even the future of twelve firearms that have been influential not just in gun design, but society itself. Today, we want to take you through somewhat of a crash course in the guns we’ve covered.

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  14. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 1 - Model 29
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    #14 - Model 29

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    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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  15. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 2 - M-1 Garand
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    #15 - M-1 Garand

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    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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  16. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 3 - Classic American Doubles
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    #16 - Classic American Doubles

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    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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  17. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 4 - The Thompson Sub Machine Gun
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    #17 - The Thompson Sub Machine Gun

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    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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  18. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 5 - The Luger
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    #18 - The Luger

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    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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  19. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 6 - The Browning 1919
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    #19 - The Browning 1919

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    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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  20. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 7 - The Ruger 10/22
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    #20 - The Ruger 10/22

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    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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  21. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 8 - The AK-47
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    #21 - The AK-47

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    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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  22. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 9 - The Rolling Block
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    #22 - The Rolling Block

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    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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  23. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 10 - The Modern 1911
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    #23 - The Modern 1911

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    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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  24. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 11 - Best of Season 2 - Part 1
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    #24 - Best of Season 2 - Part 1

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  25. Gun Stories Season 2 Episode 12 - Best of the Year Part 2
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    #25 - Best of the Year Part 2

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Best Episodes Summary

"Model 1911" is the best rated episode of "Gun Stories". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/29/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mauser Bolt Action".