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To: BenLurkin
Lewis and Clark almost killed a native woman with their Girandoni air rifle.

It was .46 cal.

/johnny

6 posted on 04/18/2013 7:14:27 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Lewis and Clark almost killed a native woman with their Girandoni air rifle.
It was .46 cal.


What a neat rifle, too.


13 posted on 04/18/2013 7:20:42 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals will never get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

There is a very fascinating story about the Lewis & Clark expedition using those air guns to impress the Indians not to try any ideas endangering the expedition.


34 posted on 04/18/2013 11:22:19 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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