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  • Winchester .22 Model 52 Rifle Trigger Mechanism Cutaway, 1951

    Winchester .22 Model 52 Rifle Trigger Mechanism Cutaway, 1951

    Even a .22 rifle has a complicated trigger mechanism.  This one, a Winchester Model 52 from 1951, is timeless.  You’ll find essentially the same mechanism on rifles today.

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    Winchester Model 52 .22 Rifle Cutaway 1951
    Winchester Model 52 .22 Rifle Cutaway 1951

    Source:  Popular Science November 1951

  • Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951

    Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951

    This  cutaway of the classic Colt .45 Automatic was part of Popular Science’s “Know Your Weapons” series that started up in 1951.  This series was aimed squarely at WWII (and even WWI) veterans who had been intimately familiar with these military firearms only a few years before.

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    Colt 45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway Drawing 1951

    Source:  Popular Science October 1951

  • Winchester M1 .30 Carbine Cutaway, 1951

    Firing .30 caliber cartridges, the Winchester M1 Carbine wasn’t intended to be the ultimate killing machine  Rather, it was an intentionally lightweight piece for radiomen, cooks, officers, and others for whom a firefight wasn’t their main job.

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    Winchester M1 Carbine Cutaway 1951

     

    Source:  Popular Science September 1951

  • M1 Garand Rifle Cutaway, 1951

    The M1 Garand is a rifle with a storied reputation.  Over 6.25 million of these .30 caliber shell-firing rifles were produced from 1936 to 1957.

    This cutaway was published in 1951 to an audience of veterans who had been quite familiar with the Garand on tours of duty during both WWI and WWII.

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    M1 Garand Rifle Cutaway 1951

    Source:  Popular Science August 1951

  • M3A1 Submachine Gun “Grease Gun” Cutaway, 1951

    It was an ugly little gun, and like the drawing’s text says, “cheap and easy to make.”  That’s why the moniker “grease gun” was so appropriate.

    The M3A1 had a stamped, riveted, and welded construction, which meant it was difficult if not impossible to work on, and was meant to be discarded if it ever became inoperable in the field.  Over 15,000 of the M3A1 submachine guns were produced.

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    M3A1 Submachine Gun “Grease Gun” Cutaway Drawing 1951

    Source:  Popular Science July 1951

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