Personally my favourite classical weapons are Lugers and those Drum fed tommy guns
MG-42s are kewl tho.

The Colt 1911 or the M1 Garand.

Old single action revolvers.

Colt Peacemaker or a Four Shot Pepperbox

what makes a waepon count as a classical weapon?

I'd say probably one that is over 50 years old.

Folded katana

You beat me to it.

~Zero

Depends what it's used for i guess. For sniping a Winchester model 70 (pre-64 of course) in the .300 H&H. For close in work a model 1921 Thompson with the 100 round C drum. Or the good old Schmiesser also known as the MP-40. Handguns, I prefer the 1911 colt 45

Yes, I think technically the colts were better...but just look at the lugers and tell me they dont look funky!

I'd have to say a Mosin Nagant (7.62x54 bolt action rifle)
Or the good ol' 1911

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those early mauser pistols. the ones that look like han solo's blaster. and yes i realize that my description makes me sound like an idiot but i don't the years/model numbers but i hope you know what i'm talking about.

Just call it a Mauser Broomhandle

I like the Katana's. For guns, A nice little Browning Automatic Rifle.

Preps suck...

I'd like to have a nice, traditionally crafted katana.

Oh, and if you like Broomhandles, make sure you check out the Chinese Shansi variant: A C-96 chambered for .45!

the Soviet PPSh41 7.62mm "Burp Gun" - sub-machine gun, from WW2 with the drum-style magazines.

Werent those damned ugly?

Check out Mauser Broomhandles and then look at Han solos blaster...coincidence? I THINK NOT!

All they did was put the flash hider from an M1 carbine on the barrel, scoped it, and glued some heat syncs on to it.

The Stormtroopers were using british Sterling Submachine guns.

Evil stormtroopers with british weapons, now that is no coincidence.

European Long Sword!!!!!!

Trebuchet

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Originally posted by ComradeAsh:
Werent those damned ugly?

Check out Mauser Broomhandles and then look at Han solos blaster...coincidence? I THINK NOT!

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as they saiy beuty is in the eye of the beholder ;]

as for the Star Wars guns you might also notice that Stormtrooper lasers are infact the British L2A3 Sterling 9mm sub-machine gun, and I've also clocked other Stormtroopers using German MG42s and snow
Stormtroopers in TESB (Episode V) using a British .303in machine gun (the ones with the drum magazine on top), I forget the name, to fire at the Millenium Falcon as it escapes from the rebel base on Hoff.

oops should've read che4rev's post first

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Originally posted by rlpinca:
Old single action revolvers.

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Ho yeah... and the 45's

WW2 Wise - Forget the name.. it has a repeated single round sound that has ammo the size of a small tank shell.. you see it in Saving Private Ryan...

Ak-47.... Nah....

Most favorite classic weapon overall is the Colt45 Pairs...

Hmm I see some Star Wars discussion here, the only thing I know is that Vaders helmet was made out of a samurias helmet and some other influences, but mostly the samurai if not only.

I was gonna say the Katana Blade... but someone beat me to it.