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Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark. A National Firearms Museum Treasure Gun.
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| Red_Devil232
Posted on 03/02/2011 4:40:38 AM PST by Red_Devil 232
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To: Red_Devil 232
I admire any man who can pump anything 1500 times to shoot a pellet.
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posted on
03/02/2011 4:44:54 AM PST
by
mmercier
To: mmercier
A .46 caliber ball was a pretty big pellet.
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posted on
03/02/2011 4:55:20 AM PST
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: Red_Devil 232
22 shots in less than 30 seconds!
but who got the task of pumping it up again!
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:01:46 AM PST
by
maine-iac7
("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
To: Red_Devil 232
800 PSI in the stock? Had to be steel lined. Still, I wouldn’t want to put it between my legs to pump it up!
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:04:26 AM PST
by
IamConservative
(Liberalism - the surety of knowing that which cannot be proven.)
To: Red_Devil 232
It’s my understanding that no one is quite sure what air rifle the expedition had, though this one is a good bet. Interestingly very few articles exist today that can conclusively be attributed to the journey, most everything was sold at auction.
Lewis wrote that the air gun caused “great astonishment” amongst the Indian, it was definitely high-tech for the time.
To: IamConservative
The original stocks were cast iron.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:11:54 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: maine-iac7
One of the videos above says it could fire 40+ shots before it needed to be repumped.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:14:28 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
Lots of effort to pump it up, but it’s good for 40 shots on a single charge, and can put a hole through a 1” pine board at 100 yards! That’s a pretty nifty alternative to “fire” arms - also seems like a pretty quiet option for neighborhood hunting of small game for food and protecting your food from varmints (both two and four-legged type...)
The “Part 2” video actually shows the replica rifle being fired - very cool stuff. My Daisy air rifle weeps with envy and shame ;-) Thanks for sharing!
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:16:59 AM PST
by
GizmosAndGadgets
(That given freely is charity; Taken by force, theft; Stolen by the government, tyranny.)
To: Red_Devil 232
Fascinating thread . Thank You.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:18:17 AM PST
by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
To: Red_Devil 232
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:19:32 AM PST
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Red_Devil 232
The air reservoiris in the stock and required hand pumping 1500 times to a working pressure of 800 psi.So is this Lewis or Clark?
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:19:44 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Red_Devil 232
Pretty awesome indeed considering I don’t see anything like it being sold to consumers nowadays, of course technology can improve on having to re-pump it or to use an outside pressure tank. We have all seen high performane .177 and .22 airguns, but nothing like a 230gr. .452 lead bullet or a comparable black powder conical or such.
Would make for an interesting build, especially on a TV reality series. And not a potato gun, something that duplicates the velocity of a rifle fired 45auto.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:25:07 AM PST
by
Eye of Unk
("These people are either at your neck or at your knees" A quote by Winston Churchill)
To: mmercier
I think those assault muskets are illegal here in CT.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:25:29 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: mmercier
I admire any man who can pump anything 1500 times to shoot a pellet.I pick things up & put them down.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:26:23 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Red_Devil 232
According to one of the videos it was calibrated to take exactly 1500 full strokes of the pump. The gasket was made of bone.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:30:59 AM PST
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: Drawsing
My pal has a Beeman that can hit a beer can at 50 yards, every shot. Most accurate thing I ever shot. It shoots a .077 pellet or something.
Truly a cool device, only 10 pumps. The bb’s tend to stray.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:31:37 AM PST
by
mmercier
To: mmercier
They were young healthy men.
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posted on
03/02/2011 5:35:06 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(Social Justice is the epitome of injustice.)
To: Eye of Unk
Check out Quackenbush Air Guns.
.495 round ball @ 850 fps from a modern air rifle.
To: mmercier
I admire any man who can pump anything 1500 times to shoot a pellet. That's about around Obama's pay grade.
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posted on
03/02/2011 6:06:48 AM PST
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BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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