{"id":24159,"date":"2017-01-16T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=24159"},"modified":"2017-01-17T00:31:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T06:31:59","slug":"on-gun-stories-the-maxim-vickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/on-gun-stories-the-maxim-vickers\/24159\/","title":{"rendered":"On Gun Stories: The Maxim &#8211; Vickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GunStories3-4-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"GunStories3-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GunStories3-4-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GunStories3-4.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Vickers machine gun was based on the successful Maxim gun of the late 19th century. After purchasing the Maxim company in 1896, Vickers took the design of the Maxim gun and improved it. It changed the world, some times in terrifying and horrific ways.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 4 &#8211; Season 3. First aired on 07-24-13.<\/p>\n<p>Air times on Outdoor Channel: Tue Jan 17: 11:30AM ET | Wed Jan 18: 7:00PM ET | Wed Jan 18: 10:30PM ET | Thu Jan 19: 2:00AM ET | Thu Jan 19: 1:00PM ET.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Outdoor Channel is available to cable and satellite customers across the United States. Additionally, some cable providers offer Outdoor Channel HD.&nbsp;<a href=\"outdoorchannel.com\/channelfinder.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to look up where to watch the channel in your area.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bAC3wT\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/MOTVGunStories500wide.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/MOTVGunStories500wide.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/MOTVGunStories500wide-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gun Stories Home Page on Outdoorchannel.com:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/outdoorchannel.com\/Shows\/GunStories.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/outdoorchannel.com\/Shows\/GunStories.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gun Stories Facebook Fan Page:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GunStories\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GunStories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mantegna on Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joemantegna\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joemantegna<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mantegna on Twitter<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMantegna\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMantegna<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mantegna&#8217;s web site<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joemantegna.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.joemantegna.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vickers machine gun was based on the successful Maxim gun of the late 19th century. 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