For all you bitter clingers out there: The 10 Best Guns Ever Made

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[js1138]

Ah, the old Nylon 66 gets a mention. I got one for my 16th birthday many decades ago. It was the most fun of any firearm I ever used. Never jammed.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

This is definitely the top 10 list for hunting rifles, however two of these rifles play a big role in the military as well. The Winchestor model 70 and Remington model 700 are used by Marine snipers in sta platoons all across the Marine Corps. Forget the McMillans and Barrets. The most widely used sniper rifles in the Marine Corps are still these two rifles.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"If this was “best guns” listing actually taking the world (not just North America) into account, the AK-47 would be the top firearm, no contest."

That would depend on your criteria. If your criteria was what is the simplest, cheapest auto rifle to learn how to use and never has to be cleaned then I would agree. The AK-47 is the way to go. If you are basing this on precision and accuracy, then the AK-47 is not your ideal weapon. Again, before you come up with a top 10 list, you have to lay out the criteria that the weapons are being rated by.

[SandWMan]

Clearly, the S&W M&P should be at the top of the list (and I mean the .38 special revolver, not that silly plastic thing they make now). This gun, in its various minor incarnations, is the most produced single handgun of all time (yes, there are surely many, many more 1911’s, but from a zillion different manufacturers). It has been the trusted sidearm of the policeman, civilian, soldier, and airman for almost a hundred years.