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    Amazing gun I had never heard of

    This video is pretty fascinating to me. The Girandoni Air Rifle was used as early as the 1700's in battle and carried by Lewis and Clark across the great plains. I had no idea that they were capable of producing such a gun in the 1700's.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPZ6DLHVa2c

    How it worked

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fRu5tYH-4Q
    ..... I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge pecker.
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    Awsome piece of history! I forwarded this to some friends. Thanks for posting.
    Obama says: They get bitter and cling to their guns and their religion.

    I say: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.


    "I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians."

    - George Mason (father of the Bill of Rights and The Virginia Declaration of Rights)

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      Nice post Frank

      Here's a pretty good article about the Girandoni air rifle:
      (note that they say the story that Napoleon ordered the execution of any captured Austrian troops in possession of an air rifle is a myth):
      http://www.beemans.net/Austrian%20airguns.htm

      FWIW, there a school of thought that the air rifle carried by Captain Meriwether Lewis was actually a .31 caliber, pneumatic rifle built by Isaiah Lukens of Philadelphia.

      Power wise, a modern day equivalent?
      http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/

      Regards,
      Greg
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