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To: XRdsRev

dang me! I mis-spoke ! I meant to say Whitworth....
A cherry little import from Britain. It gave good Long range accuracy, in the right hands , in those days
Excuse my error.


308 posted on 07/08/2006 4:02:33 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (strive on with heedfulness)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Long , as in Longstreet...Longstreet was a very hard road to travel... ;^)


310 posted on 07/08/2006 4:03:30 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (strive on with heedfulness)
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To: LeoWindhorse
that's OK. at least you're SMART enough to know when you've "misspoken".

the Whitworth rifle, with mounted telescopic sight, was DEADLY to at least 800 yards, as many a blue-clad lad sadly discovered.

99% of the coven members are wrong most of the time & are too IGNORANT to know it.

PITY!

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339 posted on 07/08/2006 8:55:16 PM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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