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Offline dvc

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Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark.
« on: February 21, 2011, 08:23:01 PM »
A friend shared this video with me.  I thought some of you might find it interesting as well.

Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark. A National Firearms Museum Treasure Gun.

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Re: Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark.
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 08:17:07 AM »
Thank you for sharing, neat video!
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Re: Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark.
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 09:17:58 AM »
That is a really cool rifle.
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Re: Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark.
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2011, 04:02:40 PM »
American Rifleman TV did a two part show on this rifle and the guys that reproduced one. Very cool part of our history.
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Re: Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark.
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2011, 07:05:27 PM »
 Don't tell ATF they will have something else to black ball......
 Thanks for the video...........
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Re: Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark.
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2011, 11:19:32 PM »
Cool gun, I went and looked at some of the modern day air guns in 9mm .45 and .50 cal running about $400 to $600. They have a .50 cal pushing a 185 grain round ball at a bout 650 Fps and 175 Ft-lbs of energy. They were easily punching through at 2x10 at about 30' so it could be a fun little small game gun to play with if you really like airguns.
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Re: Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark.
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 11:32:02 PM »
I saw this gun when I visited the NRA museum in January.  I'd heard of it before, so I knew what it was when I saw it.  Pretty stinkin' cool - except for the 1500 pumps thing...

If you ever have a chance to drop by the museum, I recommend it!

Dan
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