Chris Kyle - American Gun

customization of guns, 138–39, 252

D-Day (June 6, 1944), 158–59, 186–87

Dallas, Texas: police department in, 227, 229, 232, 254–55

Dalton, Bob, 86–93

Dalton, Emmett, 86–93

Dalton, Grat, 86–93

Dalton Gang, 69, 85–93, 92, 93

Daly, Dan, 132–33

Davis, Jonathan, 65

Davis, Richard Harding, 113–14, 118

deer rifles, 107

Defense Department, U.S., 211

“Dick guns.” See Colt Detective Special Revolvers

Die Hard 2 (movie), 230, 232

Dieppe, France: raid on, 191–93, 198–200

Dietz, James, 256

Dillin, John, 3

Dillinger, John, 179, 180, 181

Dixon, Billy, 99–100

double-action revolvers, 223. See also specific model

double-barreled shotguns, 80

Drug Enforcement Administration, 232

dump pouches, 228

Durbin, Donnie, 189–90

Durkee, Dick, 208

Earp, Morgan, 69, 77–81, 82, 83

Earp, Virgil, 77–81, 82, 83

Earp, Wyatt, 69, 77–81, 82, 83

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 206

El Dorado (movie), 108

Elliott, David, 90

Emberlin, Rich, 229, 254

Enfield M-1917 Bolt-Action Rifles, 143–44

Enfield muskets, 33, 34

Ezell, Edward, 150

face-off: handgun, 150–51

Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, 238, 240. See also ArmaLite

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Colt Official Police revolvers and, 225

Florida felons shootout with, 227, 228

G-men as nickname for, 183

gangsters and, 180, 181, 183

Glock use by, 232

M1911 and, 162

.38 Specials and, 227

Tommy gun and, 180

training for, 227

FG42 Assault Rifles, 237

Flagler, Daniel Webster, 123

flintlock

caplock as improvement on, 25, 29

muskets, 7, 24, 32

North & Cheneys, 58

as rifles in U.S. arsenals, 122

See also specific model

Florida: FBI-felons shootout in, 227, 228

FN Mimimi Machine Guns, 271

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 51–52

Fraser, Simon, 2–3, 10–12, 23

Fredericksburg, Battle of, 54

Fremont, John, 65–66

French machine guns, 174

From Here to Eternity (movie), 141

frontier

Browning designs for, 155

carbines on, 44

Colt Revolvers on, 57–62, 60, 71–77, 73, 77–81, 83

end of the, 111

repeating rifles on, 94

Winchesters on, 85–93, 100, 102, 104–5, 104, 109, 110, 111

See also Dalton Gang; hunting rifles; Texas Rangers; Texas Wars; specific person or fight

Funk, Leonard A. Jr., 188

Gaines’s Mill, Battle at, 45

gangsters. See criminals/gangsters; specific person

Garand, John Cantius, 193, 195–96, 197, 211, 272

Garrett, Pat, 69, 267

gas systems, 209, 211

Gates, Horatio, 14

Gatling guns, 105–6, 119, 122, 169–71, 170

Gatling, Richard Jordan, 169–70

Gaylord, Chic, 224–25

Gentry, Curtis, 151–52

George, John, 201, 202

Germans

assault weapons of, 237

Gewehr 98 rifles of, 127

Karabiner K98 Mauser rifle of, 204

Lugers of, 188

M1 Garands and, 205

Maxim guns and, 173

StG44 assault rifles of, 204

See also specific battle or war

Gettysburg, Battle of, 45, 48–50, 49, 53, 54, 95

Gewehr 98 rifle, 127

Gillespie, Robert, 62

Gillis, Lester. See Nelson, Baby Face

Glock 17 Pistols, 229–30, 231, 232

Glock, Gaston, 229–30

Goliad, massacre at, 25, 27

“grape” shot, 171

Gregg, David McMurtrie, 48, 50

grenade launchers, 248, 250, 257

Guadalcanal, 158, 186, 201, 203, 204

guerilla tactics: in Revolutionary War, 10, 13, 18–19

Gulf War, first, 211

gun manufacturing

during Civil War, 44

of Colt Revolvers, 63

and guns as products of their time, 259

of M1 Garands, 197

of M1911 Colt Pistols, 156

mass production and, 63, 156, 184, 195, 197

and numbers of guns, 261

of semi-automatic rifles, 195

standardizing of, 63

of Tommy gun, 184

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Tombstone, Arizona), 77–81, 82, 83

guns

customization of, 138–39, 252

in the future, 262

hand-made, 3, 5, 259

numbers about, 261

as products of their time, 259–62

as tools, 259, 260, 261

See also specific manufacturer, model, or topic

Haiti, 157–58

Hallahan, William, 198

handgun face-off, 150–51

handguns

for cavalry, 58

See also specific manufacturer or model

Hanger, George, 1

Hanneken, Herman, 157

Hannibal, 21

Hanten, Mark, 221, 225, 254–55

Harbord, James, 136

Harpers Ferry Arsenal (Virginia), 122–23

Haskins, Jerry, 139

Haskins Rifles, 139

Hathcock, Carlos, 137

Hawkens guns, 96, 98

Hayford, Robert, 182

Hays, John Coffee, 57–58, 59, 61, 62

Hemingway, Ernest, 141

Henry, Benjamin Tyler, 35

Henry Repeaters, 34, 38, 95, 105, 268

Herren, John, 245

Hester, Leigh Ann, 255–58, 256

Hickok, Wild Bill, 69, 72–77

HK-91 Rifles, 254

HK-416 Rifles, 252

Hole in the Wall Gang, 71

Holliday, Doc, 69, 77–78, 79, 80–81, 82, 83

hollow point bullets, 228

Hoover’s Gap, Battle of, 47–48

Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkeley, 172, 174

Hotchkiss Machine Guns, 171–72, 174

Houston, Samuel Jr., 23, 24, 25, 27–28, 28, 29

Houston, Samuel Sr., 14, 23, 24

Howard, John, 20–21

hunting rifles

buffalo and, 98–99, 100–101, 101

long rifles as, 5–6

muzzle-loading, 96, 98

and numbers of guns, 261

Remington 700 Rifles as, 137

Winchesters as, 109, 111

See also specific model

Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, 236, 241–45

Indians/Indian Wars

at Adobe Wall battle, 99–100

Colt Revolvers and, 59–61, 60

end of, 101

at Little Bighorn, 102–6

long rifles and, 6

Ordnance Corps decisions during, 122–23

Remington’s picture of, 59

rifle uses by, 104–5

Sharps Big 50 and, 99–100

U.S. Army and, 100

Winchesters in, 100, 104–5, 104, 122–23

See also Little Bighorn, Battle of

Iraq

Hester in, 255–58, 256

Kyle (Chris) in, 137, 250–51, 253

Kyle (Jeff) in, 246

M1911 in, 162

Marines in, 250

snipers in, 137, 139

J frame guns, 225

Jackson, Andrew, 36

Jaeger hunting rifles, 3, 265

James, Frank, 86

James, Jesse, 86, 86

James-Younger Gang, 86

Japanese

Arisaka Type 99 rifle of, 196

See also specific battle

Jefferson, Thomas, 15, 36

John M. Browning Firearms Museum (Ogden, Utah), 156

Jonathan Davis Incident, 65

Jones, James, 141

Jones, William E., 136

Kalashnikov, Mikhail, 238

Kawaguchi, Kiyotake, 204

Keith, Elmer, 98

Kelly, “Machine Gun” (aka George Celino Barnes), 182–83

Kennedy, John F., 232

Kentucky rifle. See long rifles, American/Kentucky

Kettle Hill, Battle of. See Cuba/San Juan Hill

King, Jeffery, 181

Knox, Henry, 122

Koons, Franklin “Zip,” 191–93, 198–200, 262