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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Introduce Yourself » Howdy    View previous topic :: View next topic  Howdy   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:37 pm Wayne New Member Joined: 22 Feb 2012 Posts: 3 Hello, I recently became interested in air guns after learning how important they were in the Louis and Clark expedition. I used to own a Red Rider BB gun years ago. I remember how much fun I had with it and I thought I'd learn some more on the subject. Thanks Last edited by Wayne on Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:56 pm; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:50 pm Jr. Squirreler Veteran Member Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 419 Location: New York Welcome to the Forum Wayne!   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:09 pm Airhead Member Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 65 Location: Southern Ontario welcome aboard! let the education begin! _________________ Webley Alecto .177 Webley Alecto .22 Benjamin Trail AW NP Benjamin Classsic Walthers CP Sport Re: Howdy   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:33 pm radar Silver Status Member Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 1138 Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA Wayne wrote: I recently became interested in air guns after learning how important they were in the Louis and Clark expedition. What a cool way to get interested! You'll find this is addicting and there is never ending things to learn and do. I like mechanical things, and airguns are just about a pure form of this. Either spring-loaded or pumped up with air, they are pretty much a piece of precision, muscle-powered technology that has been under development for centuries and still is. Welcome! There are some of the best, most experienced minds in airgunning here and it's fairly laid back. -Rob _________________ It's never too late to have a happy childhood.   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:48 pm SMP Silver Status Member Joined: 04 Feb 2011 Posts: 1183 Location: Just south of "Out There"- Land O Lakes Ontario Howdy to you. Welcome to the forum. As radar said there is some serious experience and brain power rattling around in these cyber halls. I agree with Rob your reason for getting into airguns is seriously cool _________________ Sean   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:56 pm radar Silver Status Member Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 1138 Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA ^^^^ (Wayne...Sean = SMP's one of those minds--ask him stuff. Don't tell him I told you.) _________________ It's never too late to have a happy childhood.   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:03 pm SMP Silver Status Member Joined: 04 Feb 2011 Posts: 1183 Location: Just south of "Out There"- Land O Lakes Ontario radar wrote: ^^^^ (Wayne...Sean = SMP's one of those minds--ask him stuff. Don't tell him I told you.) Ya right...I think they should have checked you for a concussion Wayne don't listen to that man he's just trying to get me in trouble _________________ Sean   Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:02 pm radar Silver Status Member Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 1138 Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA _________________ It's never too late to have a happy childhood.   Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:33 pm thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA Welcome. And I agree it's a cool way to get interested . Most people don't know that Lewis and Clark had a high powered air gun on the expedition. Note in this (and it's a great short piece) that even as the guy goes on about this amazing gun, he still says at first "it's [u]only[/u] an air gun". http://lewisandclarktrail.com/lewisairgun.htm Anyway, welcome. _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)   Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:55 pm radar Silver Status Member Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 1138 Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA thepaladin wrote: ...he still says at first "it's only an air gun". http://lewisandclarktrail.com/lewisairgun.htm Anyway, welcome. Ya. And I have "only" an airgun that will punch .45 size holes in a concrete block. _________________ It's never too late to have a happy childhood.   Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:04 pm thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA Yeah, I know. The guy says that and then goes on to point out that the air rifle probably saved the expedition. That it held 20, forty caliber balls and would shoot 40 rounds without loss of muzzle velocity. That these rifles had been used as military ordnance in Europe and would blow a hole through an inch of wood....it was "only an air gun". It was a repeating rifle in 1803. Oh well. As I've noted before, as long as "they" say "only an airgun", then "they'll" be less likely to pass laws restricting them. _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)   Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:59 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: the air rifle probably saved the expedition Not only that, but I have read speculation that it altered the course of history as well. Had any group attacked and defeated the Corps of Discovery, that group would have had the largest cache of "modern" arms west of the Mississippi. The speculation is that demonstrations of the air rifle (and the supposition that there were more than just the one) may have prevented such an attack. Welcome to the forum. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:39 pm thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA That's something else the guy in the video goes into. It could have made any group of native Americans who got it the best armed in the west for 50 years. _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." 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