Justin
Moderator Emeritus
There have been a couple of posts made already about the Girandoni repeating air rifle carried by Lewis & Clark on their expedition across the US.
Some information here:
http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-channel.asp?ChannelID=300
In depth information from Dr. Beeman on Lewis & Clark's "Assault Rifle" here.
Thanks to Dr. Beeman's research, they have built an exact replica of the Girandoni repeating air rifle, and the US Army Heritage & Education Center has a short video documentary of the operation and firing of this weapon, which has a capacity of 22 rounds, and fires a .463 caliber ball at velocities equivalent to a .45 ACP.
Certainly shoots holes through the argument that "the 2nd Amendment is obsolete because there were no high-capacity rapid fire guns in the days when the Constitution was written."
Some information here:
http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-channel.asp?ChannelID=300
In depth information from Dr. Beeman on Lewis & Clark's "Assault Rifle" here.
Thanks to Dr. Beeman's research, they have built an exact replica of the Girandoni repeating air rifle, and the US Army Heritage & Education Center has a short video documentary of the operation and firing of this weapon, which has a capacity of 22 rounds, and fires a .463 caliber ball at velocities equivalent to a .45 ACP.
Certainly shoots holes through the argument that "the 2nd Amendment is obsolete because there were no high-capacity rapid fire guns in the days when the Constitution was written."