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Offline fxud

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History can be fun !
« on: October 31, 2009, 06:51:10 AM »


I just found this video about the air rifle that was carried on the Lewis & Clark expidition. A 22 shot repeter operating at 800psi and deadly at 100 yards ! Interresting...





http://www.americanrifleman.org/Video.aspx?vid=1892



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Re: History can be fun !
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 08:20:46 AM »
Great find! I had heard about them having the gun but to see the reproduction was cool!
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Offline North Pack

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Re: History can be fun !
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2009, 09:34:06 AM »
Being a Lewis & Clark fan so to speak, I was aware they had an air gun, and used it to impress a few folks from time to time. That's one great video, shows how impressive that gun actually was.
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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2009, 01:57:05 PM »
Just imagine, 1500 pump strokes to charge it ! And we whine about 150 strokes to charge our Discos.
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Offline jake

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RE: History can be fun !
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2009, 03:45:12 PM »
thats cool!
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