tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post4401364407128457620..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: For Keads--The Smith and Wesson Model 76 sub-machine gunMurphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-47001656573022734932012-06-11T07:34:43.641-05:002012-06-11T07:34:43.641-05:00The Carl Gustav M/45 was also issued to/given to/a...The Carl Gustav M/45 was also issued to/given to/acquired for pilots flying for the CIA in Vietnam/Cambodia/etc. <br /><br />Now I'm trying to think of where I put that, the story of a pilot who got an M/45, kept it in his plane, and when he came back to the US, flying the same plane, kept it and ultimately registered it during an amnesty. Hm. It's around here somewhere.<br /><br />I suppose the M76 was made around the same time S&W was trying to provide a full range of cop products; remember the 1200 shotgun?JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865354946519925483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-1863891360298680122012-06-08T23:31:00.623-05:002012-06-08T23:31:00.623-05:00I want one!I want one!Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-40668685453939895752012-06-07T20:10:12.317-05:002012-06-07T20:10:12.317-05:00Yep, interesting little sub-gun, and not something...Yep, interesting little sub-gun, and not something one would associate with S&W!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-54643663950373205842012-06-07T04:14:29.249-05:002012-06-07T04:14:29.249-05:00@ Bob. I still haven't seen that movie, nor co...@ Bob. I still haven't seen that movie, nor could I find a decent clip of it with the S&W 76 for my Saturday man Movie bit. But I'll be looking more.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-46133807243614318032012-06-06T22:48:31.842-05:002012-06-06T22:48:31.842-05:00It was also Chuck Heston's weapon of choice in...It was also Chuck Heston's weapon of choice in <i>The Omega Man.</i> The opening scene where he is cruising the empty streets of Los Angeles in a convertible, then suddenly screeches to a halt and fires an M76 at a passing hooded menace is classic.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-5424592302251177212012-06-06T19:50:13.870-05:002012-06-06T19:50:13.870-05:00Wow. I bow before your Firearm-Fu. Hell, I'm l...Wow. I bow before your Firearm-Fu. Hell, I'm lucky every once in a while though!Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.com