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Giant Guns |
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Guns [gone] Lubbock, TX |
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These Guns were on the lot of Custom Iron Works. I believe they both doubled as sculpture and BBQ grills. These photos are from 2006. By 2012, the guns were gone. |
Revolver Atoka, OK |
Revolver [gone] Duncan, OK |
This Revolver in Atoka functions as a barbeque smoker. [map]
This Revolver in Duncan was located at La Fortuna BBQ. This gun may also have functioned as a barbeque smoker. The restaurant closed in 2023 and the gun is gone now. |
Revolver Denison, TX |
Revolver Childress, TX |
This Revolver in Denison is installed in front of Hickory House Bar-B-Que. It was installed at some point between 2008 and 2016. [map]
This Revolver in Childress is installed in front of Trading Post & Loan. It has been there since around 2016. [map] |
Revolvers Panhandle, TX |
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Two Revolver barbeque smokers were installed next to the highway in front of a house around 2012. In 2023, there was only one left and it was installed in front of the house. [map] |
Giant Revolver Dawsonville, GA |
Giant Revolver Atlanta, GA |
This Giant Revolver in Dawsonville is installed in front of Big D's BBQ by 2015. [map]
This Giant Revolver in Atlanta has been installed in front of the Rusty Nail Pub since at least 2008. [map] |
Giant Revolver Amarillo, TX |
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This Giant Revolver was installed at the Cliffside Event Center in 2023. It is 33 feet long and was created from oil tanks by Daryl Podzemy. [map] |
Gun Kansas City, MO |
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This Gun is located at the former Pistol Social Club which closed in 2010. The building now houses the Cap Gun Studios photography rental studio. [map] |
Gun Del Rio, TX |
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This Gun is installed next to Humphrey's Gun Shop. This six-shooter was created in 1981 by Bob Wade. It is 20 feet long and made of steel and stucco. It represents a Colt single-action revolver. [map] |
Gun Sturgis, SD |
Gun [gone] Clearwater, FL |
This Gun, a 44 Magnum, in Sturgis was installed in front of Sturgis Guns around 2017. The gun and store moved to this location in 2019. [map]
This Gun in Clearwater was installed in front of Gun City Corporation, a gun shop which also sold garden statuary. The gun was about 10 feet long. This photo is from 2009. It was still there in 2014. By 2016, the gun was gone and there was a used car dealership on the lot. |
Gun Alton, IL |
This Gun supporting a mailbox has been installed of this residence since at least 2009. [map] |
Rifle Cody, WY |
Musket Glendale, CO |
This rooftop Rifle is about 30 feet long. It was originally built for a parade float. After the parade it was installed on this roof. It was eventually rebuilt. [map]
This Musket is installed on top of the sign at Shotgun Willie's. It is about 15 feet long. [map] |
Rifle & Chainsaw Ishpeming, MI |
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The Rifle and Chainsaw are located at Da Yoopers Tourist Trap. Da Yoopers opened in the late 1980s so these "sculptures" were built sometime after that. The Chainsaw is 23 feet long and has a working motor. The Rifle is 35 feet long and actually shoots. For more, see this website. [map] |
Cartridge [gone] Roe, AR |
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This Cartridge was installed on top of the Sanders LaGrue Sporting Clay Range sign. By 2022, the sign and cartridge were gone. |
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Marion, NC Wauseon, OH Klamath Falls, OR York, SC [gone] Buffalo Ridge, SD [gone?] Centerville, TX |
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