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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Lewis and Clark's "Red Ryder BB Gun"
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Anonymous said...
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an air gun!? I had no idea. Amazing!
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3/1/11, 7:00 PM
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Hell_Is_Like_Newark said...
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The Navy employed air-cannons (a.k.a The Dynamite Gun) during the Spanish American War. Accuracy wasn't so hot though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vesuvius_%281888%29 -
3/1/11, 8:12 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I want to know how we could recreate these things.
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3/1/11, 8:58 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Quackenbush still makes the best air rifles.
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3/1/11, 9:37 PM
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toadold said...
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If I remember correctly they used bone for the seals. Apparently a lot of handwork was involved in getting them leak proof. Very, very,very, expensive. It was reported though that Napoleon hated the air gunners so much he wanted them killed on capture.
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3/1/11, 10:37 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Do they have any that are 800psi, .46 with a 22 round capacity that will fire 40 rounds before the psi drops off noticeably? Enough to go through a 1" pine board at 100yds?
Wait... What? Awesome! wait? WHAT! Screw you Anon. Gettin a guys hopes up. -
3/1/11, 11:07 PM
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Anonymous said...
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American Rifleman had an article on this particular gun, last year? Carried By the Lewis and Clark expedition and identified by the repairs made and recorded in their journals. Discovered in the Benjamin Collection it was donated to the National Firearms Museum. It was a facinating story.
TDB -
3/2/11, 1:33 AM
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Anonymous said...
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The Potomac River.
Bobby Ahr. -
3/2/11, 5:59 AM
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SoylentGreen said...
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In the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Empty House" Colonel Sebastian Moran uses an air rifle to murder his victim. In the BBC TV Series "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" there's a great scene in which Colonel Moran attempts to use the same empty room in which Holmes has staked him out to attempt to murder Holmes whom he thinks is across the street. A beautiful old air rifle plays a significant part in the scene and you get some nice closeups of Moran priming and attempting to use it.
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3/2/11, 10:04 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Stunning!! I would never have known.
--Jack -
3/2/11, 10:10 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Not a repeater, but you can drop a bison with a quackenbush.
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3/2/11, 10:32 AM
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