First video with Model 70 PreWar .30-06: th-cam.com/video/_itPllTJvsE/w-d-xo.html Model 10 .38 Special first video: th-cam.com/video/lGcr5JsYcW0/w-d-xo.html Also, remember that The Zombie movie we're in, "Strain 100," is available on Amazon Prime: watch.amazon.com/detail?
Lots of sporterized bolt action from the war(Springfield1903), an old side by side (maybe black powder) or pump shotgun, a 1911 if rich a revolver (old or new)
The shot gun would probably be a pump and the rifle some type of semi auto and maybe a SMG but the 38 on point I want to thank him, I back the thin blue line
@@jedimasterjoe5386 he probably would not have carried an smg in the year 1954 maybe an ar15 a couple years later but thats on the cutting edge as far as i can tell
It gives me hope that this guy can post something like this and get the huge audience he does. Network television has nothing on this guy, his guns, and a camera.
@@gabrielcastileherrera9262 it must be pretty easy hiding behind a fake cloud of safety thinking you have nothing in the world to worry about. That is the true definition of a sheep. 🐑
I'll never get bored watching this old man teaching us that life is fun when you have enough weapons to arm a small army Love from Argentina Buenos Aires hickok!
I’m 63. My grampa drove a 1950 Buick Wildcat. Black. With a split windshield where the antenna had a knob at the top of the split inside. And you turned it down in between the windshields to pull it into the garage. We was poor so our scatterguns were single barrel. Carberaters were two barrel. And we were free.
@@Boy-pr2uz Unfortunately no. He was really a Teamster back when they had a team of horses. I always wondered where the two horse heads came into play with a trucker. Anyways when he passed we all said it was the passing of an era. My grandpa’s bottom land was filled with all kinds of horse drawn equipment. And about 75 old cars my uncle his oldest son had brought for parts. Well he got the farm and sold everything for scrap. My grandpa was born before cars and phones. He told how he took grandma to see an airplane in a field as a barnstormer was rounding the country. And he had seen too much. He didn’t believe we’d been to the moon.
@Orion Glass I wouldn't say cheap, but they can be affordable. Guns range from $20 to tens of thousands (for your standard firearms, not mentioning auctioned one-of-a-kind ones). It's a whole market and it's fascinating to study i and how it fluctuates
Nothing wrong with a double barrel shotgun. A lot of the old men I knew used to say a 12 gauge double barrel was their only gun for hunting. Birds, small game and even deer.
I was born in 1954. Still love the guns from that era, and still shoot 'em. First shotgun I ever shot was a Harrington & Richardson 16 gauge single shot, when I was 5 years old. I held it at belt level, and it spun me around like a freakin' top. H&R and New England firearms are still my favorite to this day.
That’s really impressive. My great grandma til 97 and when I was cleaning out her house I found 2 Winchester model 77s in 22lr and a Winchester model 21 in 16 gauge and I got to keep all of them and my grandpa told me my great grandpa bought them for her and I thought it was the coolest thing that my great grandma was slinging lead back in the day
I always love how fun and pure these videos are, but imagining Hickok in a movie set during some post apocalyptic event, surviving in the wastes while still carrying on his normal show with his unflinchingly calm attitude would be hilarious for all the right reasons.
I would have been riding in the front passenger seat (no seatbelt), but my dad’s choice would look something like a Colt Woodsman, a Sears double barrel, and a Winchester 94. Thanks for triggering some great memories.
Thank you. My cats don't seem to know it's a special day. I guess when every day's just another day to get spoiled by their servants, every day is "special" for them. :-)
I was born on May 3rd, 1954 in Upper Manhattan, NYC. My parents moved to Cleveland in 1957. I didn't start buying firearms until I turned 21 in 1975. 1954 was 66 years ago!
Great year. I was born in August 1954. It was a great time to grow up. I was lucky to have a Dad who taught me how to hunt and use different weapons safely. Sure wish I had a time machine. Thanks for the video.
In 1954 as a twelve year old kid living in a small town in Maryland, I was walking down a state highway with a Hi Standard Double Nine .22 revolver in a holster on my hip and a Winchester .22 slung over my shoulder when a state trooper pulled up beside me and yelled “don’t shoot near the highway” and then drove off. At any one time, you could go out to the parking area of my high school and find a rifle or shotgun unsecured in the back seat of a students vehicle. My, how things have changed. Maryland is now one of the most oppressive gun control states in the country. I currently own and drive a really nice original 1954 Chevrolet 3100 pickup that I found on a ranch in Nevada 18 years ago. Driving it brings back the feeling of the good old days before feminism and Marxist socialists ideology took root.
Yes indeed, the simplicity and beauty of pure American iron and wood... Remnants of a bygone era and a reminder of how much closer we have still much to be thankful for. Thanks for all you do Hickok with all the hard work you pour into your channel, it is much appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours !
Yep, it's not just an "old saying" any longer. It's pretty much true as true can be. We've learned to believe very, very little we hear from media or government. And on top of THAT, one would expect to get more relevant "truth" from social media, where it's the voice of regular people. However, it seems 99% of posters are so desperate for clicks that almost any type of "embarrassing click-bait" is the order of the day. All thumbnails are beginning to look alike - anything to get attention, even to the extent of trying to make lame content appear more important than it actually is.
@@hickok45 Nowadays a person has to learn to navigate through tons of b/s . Perhaps we are developing a nose for this but how do we regulate it without doing something bad ? We don't want to end up like Russia or China . Libel or slander are bad enough but the constant stream of dodgy content seems to be getting overwhelming .
Based on what my grandpa had at the time, some came back from Korea with him some came back from WW2 and others he had just bought. I'd say his options would have been either a Russian made SKS or model 70 270, either a star model B or Enfield No. 2 Mk 1*(no hammer spur or single action) , and most likely an 870
Happy Thanksgiving all. If I had to arm myself in the 50’s, I would have chosen from WWII era American arms most likely. At that time, an M1 Carbine or Garand would have been my choices in carbine or rifle depending on what power factor I needed. A good old 1911 would be tough to beat for a handgun. For a shotgun, something like an 1897, model 12, or any pump would do just fine. Hell, I wouldn’t feel terribly outgunned in 2020 with that loadout. I’m also looking at it from the perspective that if I were about 30 years old in 1954 like I am today, I probably would have been in WWII and be predisposed to that familiar manual of arms just as I am predisposed to the AR-15 because of its semblance to what I carried in Afghanistan. Not that a bolt action, a revolver, and a double barrel couldn’t or can’t get the job done. There’s just a certain intimate familiarity with a weapon with which you’ve fought.
As much as I agree with where you are going with this, I have to say that a military spec ar variant is kinda a bad choice. The only reason I'd own a quad rail ar is to remind me how much I hated carrying an overweight cheese grater around in the desert.
My Dad's choices were M1 Garand for a rifle (modified front sight and stock to be more "hunter like"), 3 round bolt action 20 gauge, cheap 9 round 22LR Hombre pistol. He added a carbine in there and it was a Universal Mfg. 30 Carbine. I'm now the proud owner of 2 of these fine guns after his passing a few years back. He also picked these in the early 60s but I'm not counting. Love the 38 special, however. Wouldn't mind getting one myself.
My great grandfather would walk through his farm with his colt 1911 on his hip and a Swiss vetterli (weirdly enough) over his shoulder. And now i walk the same fields with an ar and his .38 special s&w. Its terrible i never got to meet him but I now curate and take care of most of his old guns and only recently started living on the farm.
Yeah. Hickok45 mentioned a fanner 50. An excellent cap gun by Mattel I believe. But in 54 you’d probably own a Hubbley cap gun. Fanner 50s coming along the late 50s along with greenie stickum caps
@@JW...-oj5iw Yeah my buddy and I used to make those strike anywhere match rockets with the foil. And the lighter fluid pop can cannons. But yeah my buddy heard you take a hat pin and poke through the middle of the black powder dot on the red rolls roll em back up and stomp on em it was louder than a milk carton in a cafeteria. ( Can you imagine if a kid did that now?!) Well he did and it was pretty impressive. So he did another and it’s been so long I don’t remember what he did different but it was really loud and he said his foot was numb for like 15 minutes. Aahhh those were the days. Experimentation. Testing and finding limits.
I had the pleasure of meeting Hickok 45 and his son John as they were leaving Cracker Barrel in Lakeland, Tn, made my day (a couple of years ago)! My dad had a 55' Pontiac (Star Chief)! God bless!
21 years before i was born. Lol. What a great time id like to been alive in. Like always thanks for the video. Shotgun was and will always be a Great weapon.
@@dillpickle8015 That would be quite an experience getting to see the old maestro up front and in person. But, Hickok is big time, whereas I am small time. Maybe one day our paths will cross. It's a small world.
My wife who passed away in 2012 was born in 1954, still enjoyed the video. I have that same five screw S&W in 38 spl love it. I also had a pre 64 model 70 in 270 I wish I never sold it. Life is good...
In 1954 Dad bought a Model 12, a Husqvarna 4100 lightweight 270 Winchester and a K38 target pistol. He still owned them when he died two years ago. They served him well and were well taken care of.
I was 12 in '54 and very much into guns. In my area of NE Ohio, a sporterized Model 98 Mauser was the rifle to have! Many gun shops were specializing in these. Anything in .38 would have been correct, however most were in .38 S&W - the .38 special was the "magnum" of the day. Everyone had a least one shotgun. When I was a young mechanic in the early '60's I had the exact same 54 New Yorker - even the same color combo. The Hemi engine was 354 cu in. The 331 was the first hemi and ran from 1951 to 1953. Thanks for all the great videos you guys do, I watch each and everyone. Have a great Thanksgiving! God Bless ...
What a beautiful collection. Thank you for sharing with us. Sending love to the both of you! Spent a pretty penny on federal ammo because of their support of you and MAC!
I really like to watch your videos any that would give them a thumbs down is jealous with false pride and self pity im to the point that I only waste my time on hickok45 videos it has to be something I'm really interested in to watch someone else because I absorb so much info from John's camera manship he is almost as good as his father doing the shooting im hooked on hickok45 videos so informative and down to earth with us small individuals like they treat you as it at school but one on one keep them coming im going to join up hickok45
@@connorfoster2712 My father in law was a Combat Medic in the 25th Infantry in 51 and 52. Told me there were so many times we could not get to all of them.
My grandfather was a navy corpsman in Korea, he was awarded the navy cross for his actions. Unfortunately he passed in 95 from an aneurysm and I never got to meet him. I also joined the navy out of high school as a corpsman and I never knew his story until after I graduated boot camp my grandmother sent me his medals and citations. Let’s just say I was a little surprised and proud to follow his footsteps.
I’m really enjoying this video series! History and firearms are so interrelated that there is a real need to explore this aspect of American history and traditions. I’ll put in my request again for December 8, 1941. Thanks again !
I'm a big fan of these "Armed in ____" videos. My great grandfather was the Sheriff of a small logging town in Missouri way back in the 20's and 30's. One of the firearms we inherited was his old .38 revolver.
You brought a smile to my face. This reminds me of my dad. Rest his soul 🙏🏼 Thank you for showing daughters like me reminding us what our dads did in their spare time. Dads teaching us about hobbies worth having. Hunting, Archery and Guns, clocks 🕰 brought a peace, a tradition, good old fashion America’s best. Oh, My Father in Love is 92, You and him would be instant buddy’s. He has a lot of knowledge about old guns too. The history and story’s gives me a calmness. Happy we still have men like you two still around to teach this generation and refresh my generation. Happy Thanksgiving 🍽🍁 Merry Christmas 🎄 Happy New Year . 🙏🏼
These are 3 of the best guns made in 50s era Wish I had a car like that to cruise around in 2021 I think this video of a long gone era is one of my favorites of all your videos Keep them coming you tell so much forgotten history also
Those were the days my friend 9 years old and life was real , I lived in a real country with real men and women . Sorry to see it gone but at least I experienced it
Here is more that is never more at my school Ramsey HS in Ramsey NJ About 40 min drive from NYS hunting areas we had a Rifle Club ! Where you met on club day to learn all about weapons that you had brought to school that day . There never was a school shooting in a school of about 1000 students. Remember our teachers were WW 2 vets in many cases , no one feared guns we respected them and others. A rifle club just ponder that and now look at our world today .....
I was born in 1954. My dad's Arenal consisted of a S&W Combat Masterpiece in .22, a 16 ga single barrel shotgun and a 98 Mauser from WW2. I still love those cars of the early 50"s.
Mod 70 win.06 got me more deer bear and elk then i could count.aman.great choice.those 3 guns and car would cover it all aman.love ya hickock.good videos .great shot.
@@Rozmic you could hold it on a FAC. A SxS or O/U only needs to be 12" barrel 24" OA length (same as an S1 rifle). Anything more than 2 shot needs to have 24" barrel even on a FAC.
I agree with all three of your choices. In 1954, my dad, a WWII Army veteran, purchased a Winchester Model 70 featherweight in .308 caliber that I still use today. Great rifle.
My Dad bought a Remington 30.06 and Remington model 870 Wingmaster 12 gauge pump. I inherited his old Winchester. 32 Special lever action and 20 gauge double barrel shot gun as soon as I was big enough to keep both ends off the ground.
“Thanks for the memories”. Simpler times. We endure the vast stupidity of today as a trade off for conveniences in life. You can’t fix stupidity: ignorance is optional. 🤔
Well hell, I was born in 1949 so I can barely remember much about 1954. Good choice of guns, love your videos. I am a life long gun nut and always admire the way you know what you are talking about and do not blow any smoke at us viewers. Nothing worse than some idiot telling you stuff that just ain't right. You are not one of them. Thanks man.
Folks under 30-yo may not fully appreciate this video. All us "old guys" love it! I have all three guns. Still use the Model 10 today to shoot Wild Bunch SASS .
First video with Model 70 PreWar .30-06: th-cam.com/video/_itPllTJvsE/w-d-xo.html
Model 10 .38 Special first video: th-cam.com/video/lGcr5JsYcW0/w-d-xo.html
Also, remember that The Zombie movie we're in, "Strain 100," is available on Amazon Prime: watch.amazon.com/detail?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nice car
Hola
My father wasn’t even packing live sperm back then😂
The chrome and trim on the car looks to be in amazing shape. Hope you paint the car one day.
He's like the cool grandpa you see once a year at christmas
You should see him more.
@@MausOfTheHouse I agree 😂
Ye
A cool grandpa who gives you a thompson for christmas and socks to your dad
@@GuerovaTheGreat best grandpa in the universe
This man is a national treasure
I had a 22 single shot, a 38 special from the army and no shotgun
We must protect him at all costs
The car too lol
he is also an original gangster
@@xrstevenson I dont think Hickok45 is the one that will need protecting, but he does have an online army on reserve
I was in elementary school in 1954. Dad had a double barrel shot gun and a German Luger he brought back from WW2.
@abradolf lincler I had it when I went to college. Now my brother has it. Still works quite fine.
@@DWS1435 what on earth made you part with that gem?
@@sheslikeheroin93 his brother gave him an atomic wedgie and made him give it lmao
@@kishascape of all places to run into another OS player lol. Small world
I bet a very nice German gave it to him as a gesture of friendship.....
Hickok gets out of the car: so anyway, I started blasting
Theres just something about those 50’s cars its hard to explain, but they’re very nice timeless design
Also the fact that he can slap the car over and over and it’s fine. My cars body is made of Perrier cans and would dent
Yeah those things are built like tanks
I was getting chills every time hit slapped it, just something about the sound of real metal, even the guns sliding sounds better
Still think we should remake these designs into modern cars lol
@@saintlulu3387 right right
You should do a video about "guns during The Great Depression". What guns were made and did it effect the gun supplies? That would be a cool video
Armed in 1930
@@stc3145 before the nfa
Good idea. If he does, I'll share my grandfather's Mod 12 story.
Will save it for later!
Pls it would be so interesting.
Lots of sporterized bolt action from the war(Springfield1903), an old side by side (maybe black powder) or pump shotgun, a 1911 if rich a revolver (old or new)
Everybody gangsta until hickok45 gets out of the car
Yes cause you never know what he’s carrying on him
lol
lol!
Hickok steps out with a double barrel shotty and a Glock 17...lol
Everbody facepalms when Matt drives up in a heavily used vehicle.
The opening : Americana. The DB shotgun, the epitome of reliability.
And the .30-06, a proven, battle tested round. The revolver, a classic.
They are just as good now as back then too. Now people shoot 20 rounds and feel good if they get one hit.
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In 1952, my great-grandfather was a Sheriff. He probably carried all of these at one point or another.
The shot gun would probably be a pump and the rifle some type of semi auto and maybe a SMG but the 38 on point
I want to thank him, I back the thin blue line
@@jedimasterjoe5386 no
@@kdm187 yes
32 special lever action 410 and 303 British…my first firearms. Nice video… Thanks
@@jedimasterjoe5386 he probably would not have carried an smg in the year 1954 maybe an ar15 a couple years later but thats on the cutting edge as far as i can tell
They're American, they came from the 50's, and they still work.
A better time.
@@MrEpeeFencer I like the shortwave radios of the 40s-50s but prefer the Film SLRs and Super 16 cinema cameras of the 80s.
@@MrEpeeFencer Indeed, my S&W Chief's Special was made in 1955 and it is pristine and shoots very well.
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@Jimmy Two Times I wasn't talking about guns...
It gives me hope that this guy can post something like this and get the huge audience he does. Network television has nothing on this guy, his guns, and a camera.
R Lee Ermey used to have a great show on History Channel. RIP.
That's because television is dying. "The future is now old man!"
*Unplugs your TV*
"Hey! I was watching that!"
@@bigdapramirez6157 lol. Android box.
"If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
Jeff Cooper
Happy Thanksgiving!
We miss Cooper.
@Floyd Vaughn hes got a point. when hunting, you hope to get two holes so the animal bleeds out quicker
That was Steinbeck. Still a good quote.
So true
For Hickok the 38sp revoler has an effective range of 500 yards
He's better with that .38 than he is with the rifle.
Armed in 2054: A sharpened stick and a permit to carry said sharpened stick.
Full auto AK-74 that came up from whatever war in Central or South America. If everything is illegal Why settle for a simple shotgun?
@@gabrielcastileherrera9262 it must be pretty easy hiding behind a fake cloud of safety thinking you have nothing in the world to worry about. That is the true definition of a sheep. 🐑
Or in CNN terms: A DOUBLE BARRELED SAWED OFF FULLY AUTOMATIC HIGH CALIBER PISTOL GRIP BREAK ACTION REVOLVING FIREARM
Unsharpened, take it or leave it.
Yea. The way things are going you may be more right, than you know.
The car entering the scene: menacing
A man coming out of it and instantly starts shooting: am i in GTA?
In 1954 the only thing I was loading was my diaper.
LOL 🤣. Yep, we've all dropped "hot" loads in our diapers at one time.
lol...
No shortage of ammo for that
@@joelyates2404 10-4 to that!
@@mikemerrill175 Good heavens! I hadn't thought of that! Its too true to contemplate! Lol
I'll never get bored watching this old man teaching us that life is fun when you have enough weapons to arm a small army
Love from Argentina Buenos Aires hickok!
Old dudes with guns, man.
Let’s quit calling our mighty king old man. He’s not.
and this is the best part, you’ll have a head start, if you’re among the very young at heart ❤️
@@BilgePump hoping to get a gun as soon as I turn 18 😌
@@chrisXlr8r excellent. Hope to see u on the range 🤠
Imagine people driving these sick cars when papa hickok was young 😳😳😳
Their feet stuck out the bottom back then
I’m 63. My grampa drove a 1950 Buick Wildcat. Black. With a split windshield where the antenna had a knob at the top of the split inside.
And you turned it down in between the windshields to pull it into the garage. We was poor so our scatterguns were single barrel.
Carberaters were two barrel.
And we were free.
They might be a little trash, but when fully restored they are beauties.
@@bradleyweiss1089 is the great car still around ?
@@Boy-pr2uz Unfortunately no. He was really a Teamster back when they had a team of horses. I always wondered where the two horse heads came into play with a trucker.
Anyways when he passed we all said it was the passing of an era.
My grandpa’s bottom land was filled with all kinds of horse drawn equipment. And about 75 old cars my uncle his oldest son had brought for parts. Well he got the farm and sold everything for scrap.
My grandpa was born before cars and phones. He told how he took grandma to see an airplane in a field as a barnstormer was rounding the country.
And he had seen too much. He didn’t believe we’d been to the moon.
Alternative Title:
*How gangsters pull up in 1954*
This man’s everyday life is essentially my dream existence
He literally has weapons from every era
Average american citizen
Depends where you live
@@DaedalusHelios can I ask you something? How much did you buy those guns for? I am just curious because I am not from the US
@Orion Glass thank you for the explanation
@Orion Glass I wouldn't say cheap, but they can be affordable. Guns range from $20 to tens of thousands (for your standard firearms, not mentioning auctioned one-of-a-kind ones). It's a whole market and it's fascinating to study i and how it fluctuates
He really bought a whole car for one video
Respect
Also, a potential tax write-off. :)
Its John's. He traded one of his classics for that car in the video. Hickock just loves to drive it
Would be stupid to buy half a car for one video, wouldn’t it?
@@rolux4853 Filming props are always decent investment. Just depends how much you got it for and how much you end up using it in production.
Nothing wrong with a double barrel shotgun. A lot of the old men I knew used to say a 12 gauge double barrel was their only gun for hunting. Birds, small game and even deer.
I was born in 1954. Still love the guns from that era, and still shoot 'em. First shotgun I ever shot was a Harrington & Richardson 16 gauge single shot, when I was 5 years old. I held it at belt level, and it spun me around like a freakin' top. H&R and New England firearms are still my favorite to this day.
Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping he'd bring out a Tommy Gun and just start unloading lol
Im thinking thats more 1920-1930s with a 1911 and a coach gun for a bonnie and clyde style prohibition gangster video
The ole Chicago Typewriter. Still well in use in the 50s during Korea War.
If politicians didn’t make such a big deal about capacity, I don’t think people would care as much.
His tactical assault vehicle is so scary
ngl I want one
Grammar nazi here.
Assault*
@@Shape07-0 so sorry bro corrected it
@@joelerk6298 it's alright just here to protect your grammar.
My fart could stop a slug
My grandma was born 1918 and passed away last month, she was the first cowgirl in our area and her sister was one of the first female trick shooter
Congratulations on a full life. My grandma was a shooter too.
That’s really impressive. My great grandma til 97 and when I was cleaning out her house I found 2 Winchester model 77s in 22lr and a Winchester model 21 in 16 gauge and I got to keep all of them and my grandpa told me my great grandpa bought them for her and I thought it was the coolest thing that my great grandma was slinging lead back in the day
One of the things that I REALLY like about this channel is that there is no noisy, flashy, obnoxious and repetitive intro.
I always love how fun and pure these videos are, but imagining Hickok in a movie set during some post apocalyptic event, surviving in the wastes while still carrying on his normal show with his unflinchingly calm attitude would be hilarious for all the right reasons.
I would have been riding in the front passenger seat (no seatbelt), but my dad’s choice would look something like a Colt Woodsman, a Sears double barrel, and a Winchester 94. Thanks for triggering some great memories.
70 year old weapons, looking like they were bought yesterday. Speaks volumes, Hickok 45.
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Happy Thanksgiving Hickok & Son!!
Thank you. My cats don't seem to know it's a special day. I guess when every day's just another day to get spoiled by their servants, every day is "special" for them. :-)
@@hickok45 You're the GOAT 🐐
Happy Thanksgiving
I would like to see more of the armed in series. Thank you Hickok 45.
I was born on May 3rd, 1954 in Upper Manhattan, NYC. My parents moved to Cleveland in 1957. I didn't start buying firearms until I turned 21 in 1975. 1954 was 66 years ago!
"What were you packing in 1954?"
Me, born in 1998: Good question partner
1999
2001
What’s kinda funny is I was born in 1980 and when I was 18 I bought a 1954 Plymouth Savoy. None of my guns are that old, though.
98 as well.
1998 right here bud.
Great year. I was born in August 1954. It was a great time to grow up. I was lucky to have a Dad who taught me how to hunt and use different weapons safely. Sure wish I had a time machine. Thanks for the video.
Ah the double barrel shotgun. An elegant tool, for a more civilised age. Love them.
I need a new double barrel. Mine is an over 100 year old outside hammer one. Don’t trust is with modern ammo.
Bought two in the past 2 years to go with my semiauto and my pump.
In 1954 as a twelve year old kid living in a small town in Maryland, I was walking down a state highway with a Hi Standard Double Nine .22 revolver in a holster on my hip and a Winchester .22 slung over my shoulder when a state trooper pulled up beside me and yelled “don’t shoot near the highway” and then drove off. At any one time, you could go out to the parking area of my high school and find a rifle or shotgun unsecured in the back seat of a students vehicle. My, how things have changed. Maryland is now one of the most oppressive gun control states in the country. I currently own and drive a really nice original 1954 Chevrolet 3100 pickup that I found on a ranch in Nevada 18 years ago. Driving it brings back the feeling of the good old days before feminism and Marxist socialists ideology took root.
Yes indeed, the simplicity and beauty of pure American iron and wood... Remnants of a bygone era and a reminder of how much closer we have still much to be thankful for. Thanks for all you do Hickok with all the hard work you pour into your channel, it is much appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours !
That Model 70 is just beautiful
For sure
That is one long bolt.
Hand-fitted perfection. If it were a .270 I’d give Hickok the Jack O’Connor award!
My Dad: Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see.
Today we can't even believe what we see sometimes.
Yep, it's not just an "old saying" any longer. It's pretty much true as true can be. We've learned to believe very, very little we hear from media or government.
And on top of THAT, one would expect to get more relevant "truth" from social media, where it's the voice of regular people.
However, it seems 99% of posters are so desperate for clicks that almost any type of "embarrassing click-bait" is the order of the day. All thumbnails are beginning to look alike - anything to get attention, even to the extent of trying to make lame content appear more important than it actually is.
@@hickok45 I 100% agree
@@hickok45 Nowadays a person has to learn to navigate through tons of b/s . Perhaps we are developing a nose for this but how do we regulate it without doing something bad ? We don't want to end up like Russia or China . Libel or slander are bad enough but the constant stream of dodgy content seems to be getting overwhelming .
It is a crying shame that people have been duped by everyone and everything.. Honesty is no more.
@@hickok45 absolutely. The word of the year is hypocrisy.
Based on what my grandpa had at the time, some came back from Korea with him some came back from WW2 and others he had just bought. I'd say his options would have been either a Russian made SKS or model 70 270, either a star model B or Enfield No. 2 Mk 1*(no hammer spur or single action) , and most likely an 870
Fanner 50's were the choice of every kid in my neighborhood. Nostalgia is good.
That which is old and still around is positive proof of it's quality. It survived the test of time.
Happy Thanksgiving all.
If I had to arm myself in the 50’s, I would have chosen from WWII era American arms most likely. At that time, an M1 Carbine or Garand would have been my choices in carbine or rifle depending on what power factor I needed. A good old 1911 would be tough to beat for a handgun. For a shotgun, something like an 1897, model 12, or any pump would do just fine. Hell, I wouldn’t feel terribly outgunned in 2020 with that loadout. I’m also looking at it from the perspective that if I were about 30 years old in 1954 like I am today, I probably would have been in WWII and be predisposed to that familiar manual of arms just as I am predisposed to the AR-15 because of its semblance to what I carried in Afghanistan. Not that a bolt action, a revolver, and a double barrel couldn’t or can’t get the job done. There’s just a certain intimate familiarity with a weapon with which you’ve fought.
As much as I agree with where you are going with this, I have to say that a military spec ar variant is kinda a bad choice. The only reason I'd own a quad rail ar is to remind me how much I hated carrying an overweight cheese grater around in the desert.
I agree with your load out and thank you for your service
@@andyd2960 Thank you Sir for your service in our military 🇺🇸
My Dad's choices were M1 Garand for a rifle (modified front sight and stock to be more "hunter like"), 3 round bolt action 20 gauge, cheap 9 round 22LR Hombre pistol. He added a carbine in there and it was a Universal Mfg. 30 Carbine. I'm now the proud owner of 2 of these fine guns after his passing a few years back. He also picked these in the early 60s but I'm not counting.
Love the 38 special, however. Wouldn't mind getting one myself.
My great grandfather would walk through his farm with his colt 1911 on his hip and a Swiss vetterli (weirdly enough) over his shoulder. And now i walk the same fields with an ar and his .38 special s&w. Its terrible i never got to meet him but I now curate and take care of most of his old guns and only recently started living on the farm.
That car is probably one of the few cars Hickok has headroom in. :-)
I was carrying a cap gun in 1954.
Cap gun was my first here, too. High capacity roll 😉. The Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers were my heroes.
@@foreverbrownsfan Still are.
Yeah. Hickok45 mentioned a fanner 50. An excellent cap gun by Mattel I believe. But in 54 you’d probably own a Hubbley cap gun. Fanner 50s coming along the late 50s along with greenie stickum caps
@@JW...-oj5iw Yeah my buddy and I used to make those strike anywhere match rockets with the foil. And the lighter fluid pop can cannons.
But yeah my buddy heard you take a hat pin and poke through the middle of the black powder dot on the red rolls roll em back up and stomp on em it was louder than a milk carton in a cafeteria. ( Can you imagine if a kid did that now?!)
Well he did and it was pretty impressive. So he did another and it’s been so long I don’t remember what he did different but it was really loud and he said his foot was numb for like 15 minutes.
Aahhh those were the days.
Experimentation.
Testing and finding limits.
my mon was 4 years from being born.
The gaps on this 66 year old car are better than gaps on cars made yesterday.
Back when cars were built for humans, by humans.
Gaps?
Mr. Anonymous the gaps between the body panels
The car looks like a Jonathan Ward Derelect resto. Fantastic
The whip
I had the pleasure of meeting Hickok 45 and his son John as they were leaving Cracker Barrel in Lakeland, Tn, made my day (a couple of years ago)! My dad had a 55' Pontiac (Star Chief)! God bless!
21 years before i was born. Lol.
What a great time id like to been alive in.
Like always thanks for the video. Shotgun was and will always be a Great weapon.
I would be completely satisfied with '54 and earlier firearms.
I am too
@wolvieguy at least in 1954, you could own machine guns as long as you paid the stupid $200 tax stamp and didn’t take it out of state.
Hickock's intros keep gettig better and better
I liked seeing the S&W Hand Ejector back in action.
You need to do a collab with Hickok, would love to see you guys shoot some classic and new revolvers together
@@dillpickle8015 That would be quite an experience getting to see the old maestro up front and in person. But, Hickok is big time, whereas I am small time. Maybe one day our paths will cross. It's a small world.
I love the car, too. My aunt and uncle have a 54 Chevy convertible that they've restored and occasionally take out on nice summer evenings.
My wife who passed away in 2012 was born in 1954, still enjoyed the video. I have that same five screw S&W in 38 spl love it. I also had a pre 64 model 70 in 270 I wish I never sold it. Life is good...
I wished he would have lifted the hood to see the hemi.
I wanted to see the dashboard.
Happy Thanksgiving Hickok and all your viewers
I would argue a lever gun for the rifle, I was a boy but a 30 30 was what all the men carried. They also drove Fords or Chevys.
In 1954 Dad bought a Model 12, a Husqvarna 4100 lightweight 270 Winchester and a K38 target pistol. He still owned them when he died two years ago. They served him well and were well taken care of.
I was 12 in '54 and very much into guns. In my area of NE Ohio, a sporterized Model 98 Mauser was the rifle to have! Many gun shops were specializing in these. Anything in .38 would have been correct, however most were in .38 S&W - the .38 special was the "magnum" of the day. Everyone had a least one shotgun.
When I was a young mechanic in the early '60's I had the exact same 54 New Yorker - even the same color combo. The Hemi engine was 354 cu in. The 331 was the first hemi and ran from 1951 to 1953.
Thanks for all the great videos you guys do, I watch each and everyone. Have a great Thanksgiving! God Bless ...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING MR H. IN 1954 I WAS 3. HOPE YOU AND JOHN AND FAMILY HAVE A SAFE AND BLESSED DAY.
I agree with you Hickok on the fanner 50. Unless you our age no one would know what it is.
Still got mine, aaallllll these years.
Always happy to see a new episode of Hickok45, aka the Bob Ross of firearms.
The armed in series just started showing up in my recommended. Don’t know how I missed it first time around. Fantastic, bravo.
What a beautiful collection. Thank you for sharing with us. Sending love to the both of you! Spent a pretty penny on federal ammo because of their support of you and MAC!
To each their own. I think my picks would have been: M1 Carbine, Winchester Model 12, Browning Hi-Power.
Amen to the Win. Model 12. I’m hunting w/a 1954 model myself this year..
Feels like this could almost be a throwback episode of Supernatural.
Hickok45 would make a good Hunter of any era.
Put it up at 6 AM so the old heads see it first I love it
boomer moves
That 1954 Chrysler New Yorker would look awfully nice restored,with some new white walled tires and some rally wheels. 😊
I really like to watch your videos any that would give them a thumbs down is jealous with false pride and self pity im to the point that I only waste my time on hickok45 videos it has to be something I'm really interested in to watch someone else because I absorb so much info from John's camera manship he is almost as good as his father doing the shooting im hooked on hickok45 videos so informative and down to earth with us small individuals like they treat you as it at school but one on one keep them coming im going to join up hickok45
Then there was the "forgotten war" in Korea, which had just ended.
Two of my great grandfather's fought in Korea
@@connorfoster2712 My father in law was a Combat Medic in the 25th Infantry in 51 and 52. Told me there were so many times we could not get to all of them.
My dad came home from Korea in 1956
My grandfather was a navy corpsman in Korea, he was awarded the navy cross for his actions. Unfortunately he passed in 95 from an aneurysm and I never got to meet him. I also joined the navy out of high school as a corpsman and I never knew his story until after I graduated boot camp my grandmother sent me his medals and citations. Let’s just say I was a little surprised and proud to follow his footsteps.
@BADSPOCK No it pretty much ended in every real world sense. Technicalities are meaningless these days.
what real americans do when they leave a car
You mean the school bus (il American I can make this joke)
@@jetdavis9414 what joke?
@@summushieremiasclarkson4700 oof
That's how we greet our neighbors in the south.
@@jetdavis9414 im not american but i know what you mean. school shootings
I’m really enjoying this video series! History and firearms are so interrelated that there is a real need to explore this aspect of American history and traditions. I’ll put in my request again for December 8, 1941. Thanks again !
If your talking about pearl harbor its December 7th 1941 December 8th was when roosevelt said his speech to the American people
I'm a big fan of these "Armed in ____" videos. My great grandfather was the Sheriff of a small logging town in Missouri way back in the 20's and 30's. One of the firearms we inherited was his old .38 revolver.
My grandfather had that 30.06 there. He died this month. 1933-2020.
Congrats on your grandfather living a long life
You brought a smile to my face. This reminds me of my dad. Rest his soul 🙏🏼 Thank you for showing daughters like me reminding us what our dads did in their spare time. Dads teaching us about hobbies worth having. Hunting, Archery and Guns, clocks 🕰 brought a peace, a tradition, good old fashion America’s best.
Oh, My Father in Love is 92, You and him would be instant buddy’s. He has a lot of knowledge about old guns too. The history and story’s gives me a calmness. Happy we still have men like you two still around to teach this generation and refresh my generation.
Happy Thanksgiving 🍽🍁 Merry Christmas 🎄 Happy New Year . 🙏🏼
I was born in 1950 and remember most of this , it was better time , slow and easy living !
Today it's all about bio weapons and drones that can fry your brain with frequencies. Good times!
There’s something about the Model 10 .38 that just feels right to me
The .38 was a popular gun for a long time. Great choice for someone living in 1954. By the way.. Y'all should get that car painted.
Model 10 is my nightstand gun
These are 3 of the best guns made in 50s era Wish I had a car like that to cruise around in 2021 I think this video of a long gone era is one of my favorites of all your videos Keep them coming you tell so much forgotten history also
Happy thanksgiving Hickok45 and everyone else 🦃
I am questioning if this IS doomslayer's retired grandfather
Cringe
Those were the days my friend 9 years old and life was real , I lived in a real country with real men and women . Sorry to see it gone but at least I experienced it
K frame was much more affordable then a new 1911.
I got to see the tail end of it.
I wish I was there
Wish I grew up in that era
Here is more that is never more at my school Ramsey HS in Ramsey NJ
About 40 min drive from NYS hunting areas we had a Rifle Club ! Where you met on club day to learn all about weapons that you had brought to school that day . There never was a school shooting in a school of about 1000 students. Remember our teachers were WW 2 vets in many cases , no one feared guns we respected them and others.
A rifle club just ponder that and now look at our world today .....
I was born in 1954. My dad's Arenal consisted of a S&W Combat Masterpiece in .22, a 16 ga single barrel shotgun and a 98 Mauser from WW2.
I still love those cars of the early 50"s.
Mod 70 win.06 got me more deer bear and elk then i could count.aman.great choice.those 3 guns and car would cover it all aman.love ya hickock.good videos .great shot.
mom . . . gramps is here, and he’s shooting up the yard, again . . .
His vids are always filled with important information. I didn’t know John Travolta was born in 1954.
It's pretty much what we have in Britain today minus the handgun.
I didn’t even know brits were allowed to own guns
Shotgun's too short though.
Can you get one of those Black-Powder conversions?
@@Chris-vs4wt a commonly held misconception that we like to maintain. But in reality we can own a lot...
@@Rozmic you could hold it on a FAC. A SxS or O/U only needs to be 12" barrel 24" OA length (same as an S1 rifle). Anything more than 2 shot needs to have 24" barrel even on a FAC.
I agree with all three of your choices. In 1954, my dad, a WWII Army veteran, purchased a Winchester Model 70 featherweight in .308 caliber that I still use today. Great rifle.
My Dad bought a Remington 30.06 and Remington model 870 Wingmaster 12 gauge pump. I inherited his old Winchester. 32 Special lever action and 20 gauge double barrel shot gun as soon as I was big enough to keep both ends off the ground.
0:15 mafia in a nutshell
As soon as he opens the door: "So anyway, I started blasting..."
This comment screams „I’m 12“ like nothing else in this world
@@rolux4853 You sound like you're upset about a comment on youtube. I wish I had the time to complain about such things.
“Thanks for the memories”. Simpler times. We endure the vast stupidity of today as a trade off for conveniences in life. You can’t fix stupidity: ignorance is optional. 🤔
Well hell, I was born in 1949 so I can barely remember much about 1954. Good choice of guns, love your videos. I am a life long gun nut and always admire the way you know what you are talking about and do not blow any smoke at us viewers. Nothing worse than some idiot telling you stuff that just ain't right. You are not one of them. Thanks man.
Folks under 30-yo may not fully appreciate this video. All us "old guys" love it! I have all three guns. Still use the Model 10 today to shoot Wild Bunch SASS .