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To: samtheman
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls of All Ages.

I present you, An Eight Shot Matchlock circa 1580.

From that Radical N.R.A. loving Website Wikipedia.

Not a Wheelock

Not a Flintlock

Not a Percussion

An 8 Shot Matchlock.

People have had repeating arms for a long long time.

9 posted on 06/14/2016 11:46:56 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: KC_Lion

Blackbeard the pirate kept six one-shot pistols on his person and kept matches burning that were tied to his beard. He could touch off six shots quickly.


30 posted on 06/14/2016 12:00:33 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( Even more American than a French Bikini and a Russian AK-47)
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