Train Trivia 10/27/05 (ANSWERED)

[Anonymous]

President James Garfield was shot in Washington D.C. Union Station, with what type of weapon?

1. 38 special revolver
2. Winchester rifle
3. 44 Magnum revolver
4. British Bulldog revolver

[Murphy Siding]

I' m seeing a strange fascination with weaponry emerging.[:-,] I don't frequent the ammo & explosives forums much. Do you have any train trivia questions?[:)]

[CSXrules4eva]

I'm going with a 38 here.

[Anonymous]

Well shooting is one of my hobbies. It is train related he was shot in a train station.

[Anonymous]

I'll go with British Bulldog, as I don't know weapons very well , BUT Union Station did not exist then. I believe it was the B&O Station.

[blhanel]

#3, 44 revolver.

EDIT- oops, I take that back. #4, Bulldog. It's also a .44.

[Anonymous]

Gee, for once my NRA membership is coming in handy. A little. The .38 "police" special is an invention of the 20th Century, and I think the .44 "Clint Eastwood" magnum is too. I don't know anything about a British Bulldog revolver, but I do think the Winchester rifle was in existence at that time. If it wasn't, then I wasted two hours on a Jimmy Stewart movie. So I'll guess Winchester.

Al Smalling

[locomutt]

.44cal Bulldog round

[Anonymous]

Bulldog

[CShaveRR]

Bulldog. I read a little about this not too long ago, and it had to be a weapon small enough to be concealed with a handkerchief covering the hand that held it.

[trainboyH16-44]

Yup, read that it was the bulldog in the same page that let me answer your last one, although I wasn't meaning to cheat at the time!
Matthew

[Anonymous]

since when did that cat become president?

the light at the end of my tunnel turned out to be an oncoming train!

[chad thomas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

Well shooting is one of my hobbies.

I like to combine the two and take a few guns with me when I go railfanning. Watching trains and target shooting go well together. [;)]
Too bad you can't shoot guns in Cajon Pass anymore.[B)]

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

The weapon in question was a British Bulldog revolver. I remember reading that somewhere.

CANADIANPACIFIC2816

[PBenham]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

Bulldog. I read a little about this not too long ago, and it had to be a weapon small enough to be concealed with a handkerchief covering the hand that held it.

You have hit the walk off homer, CShave!

[PBenham]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

Bulldog. I read a little about this not too long ago, and it had to be a weapon small enough to be concealed with a handkerchief covering the hand that held it.

You have hit the walk off [8D]homer, CShave!

[espeefoamer]

British Bulldog.
I guess they still hadn't gotten over the fact that we whiped thier tails in 1776[;)].

[Anonymous]

I FIGURED A LOT OF YOU LOOKED THIS UP. OH WELL, BRITISH BULLDOG REVOLVER.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

I FIGURED A LOT OF YOU LOOKED THIS UP. OH WELL, BRITISH BULLDOG REVOLVER.

This was covered in an episode on The History Channel not too long ago. If I remember correctly they covered all the weapons used in presidential assassinations.