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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:13 am |
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Slavia |
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In the new American Rifleman magazine, editor Mark Keefe writes:
(about gun shows): "On gun collector display tables, I've seen arms that range from what is likely the gun that was in the hands of Meriwether Lews as he and William Clark set out with the Corps of Discovery: a Girandoni air rifle that had been in Dr. Bob Beeman's collection for decades." (Keefe, Mark A. IV, 2009, "Correspondence/Editor's Letter," American Rifleman magazine, October, 2009, V. 157, No. 10, p. 8.)
I thought that Dr. Beeman donated the gun to the Army Heritage Center Foundation back in 2006:
http://www.armyheritage.org/media/press/2006-2.html
http://www.armyheritage.org/media/features.html
Does this mean the gun has entered the market again, or is it literary license? |
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:30 am |
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Not enough info to judge properly, but I will go with #3: Ill-informed reporter making sh!t up |
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:50 am |
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I'd like a Girandoni and then show up with it on re-enactment days. |
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:33 pm |
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I'd like a Girandoni and then show up with it on re-enactment days. |
I can see it now: Anton VanPelletzanden standing next to Lewis, Clark, and the Corps of Discovery - smearing himself with bear grease to keep the mosquitoes away. |
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:46 am |
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Exactly. And look at all the women I brought from the New World! They're exotic! |
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