I based my list on a balance between being revolutionary, the impact in history, and popularity.

1. AK-47 - Everyone knows what the AK-47 is. It is the most successful and widely used assault rifle in the world.
2. Luger - One of the most popular guns if not the most popular guns in the world. They were a huge leap from the revolver.
3. Maxim - Forever changed military strategy buy being one of the first machine guns.
4. Vickers - Same as the Maxim.
5. Mauser Kar98K - Most successful bolt-action rifle, and copied by many natoins: Springfield, Lee Enfield.
6. PPSh-41 - A highly successful submachine gun used by the Soviets in WWII.
7. Thompson - Mostly only popular in the U.S. It was used by the mafia, and it was widely used in lots of movies. It was also used in WWII, obviously.
8. M1 Garand - The best combat rifle of WWII.
8. Stg-44 - First ever assault rifle.
9. Mg-42 - One of the world's best machine guns.
10. M16 - Eh... I couldn't think of a rifle for number ten. :P

Some people takes game far too seriously oOo:

this isnt about games. this is about the top 10 guns of all time.

i think it's based on that show from history channel called tales of the gun or soemthing

tales of the gun is a great series. I watch it whenever I can.
the Thompson MG has to be in that group
mb

In the words of Quinton McHale Jr. "I can get one in Damascus for $500"

Ok. sorry but I'm a little bias on this one.

I would say
M1A1 Thompson
BAR
anything German ( all the H&K stuff including the MG42 post and pre war)
AK has to be in the list. It may be widely used but that's because it's cheap to manufacture and the Russians flooded the market along with the Chinese. I would recommend a Hungarian AK-47 over all others
FAL

Or as the guy on TV claiming to see the sniper in the DC area a AK-74 hake:

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I'm not big gun fanatic but this is one of my fave guns. Its called the Contender. This isn't how the one my friend has looks, but you get the idea. Its basically a condensed rifle (almost a handgun), that fires an assault rifle bullet.

Very nice Ktog.

Good and safe shooting

i want a gun cry:

1)AK-74
2)AK-47
3)MG-42
4)PPSh-41
5)Mauser Gewehr 98
6)Maxim
7)Mosin-Nagant
8)MP-18
9)MG-34
10)M! Garand

#1. My BB gun.

hake:

You guys are forgetting stuff like the Martini Henry Rifle, used by the British Empire and was used by the British regualrs during the Zulu War. Rorke's Drift shows its devestating effect, although I do admitt the British had their arse handed to them at Ilsandlwana. I'd have the .303 on the list, used by the British and colonial nations in WWI. The Moisant Nagant is perhaps one of the most durable rifles ever, it can survive the Russian winter, 98K firing pins would snap off in the cold. Drop or beat the moisant and it still works. F88 Steyr, a leopard tank drove over one of these guns continually stopping and reversing over it, on the 15th time it cracked, a little. Owen SMG and the Russian SMG(during WWII), both these guns would never jam. You could treat these guns like shit and they still work. I would not put MG42 down, it sucked in desert and winter conditions. M1 Garand was a good rifle as at the time it surpassed all other on the battlefield. AK47&74 obviously, so incredibly reliable. FG MGs, i forget the actual name of these guns but they have been called the best MGs ever made.