The Top Five Modern Firearms The Founding Fathers Would Have Loved

By Bob Owens

If the men who created this nation had access to modern firearms, which would they prefer? While no one can know for sure (until Doc Brown gets things squared away), we can get a sense of what they might have liked based upon the weapons they preferred in their own time, based on things they’ve said.

5. Bergara Mountain Hunter

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.

— Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later our third President, Thomas Jefferson was a fan of the most technologically-advanced firearms of his time. He would have loved the lightweight materials that go into many modern firearms, from “mountain rifles” common amount hunters, to utility rifles that …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms