Cool story from local paper

[SpikeBayonet]

I saw this story regarding a local gun with John Brown Raid (Civil War era) provenance in the local rag and though I'd share with the group:

http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/521581.html?nav=5006

 

[kingpin008]

For those of us who don't like to click on random links without at least an idea of what might be waiting for us, would you mind giving us maybe a sentence worth of description to go on?

 

[Derek Zeanah]

It starts like this:

CHARLES TOWN - Caleb Burns gently opened an aged holster this week to reveal a weapon that is believed to have been used by one of the raiders who overtook a Harpers Ferry arsenal in 1859.

 

[Swinglow]

Wow! Very impressive. I'd love to see it.

 

[DammitBoy]

 

[SpikeBayonet]

My apologies - will edit