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I can't imagine they wouldn't.
@Pytokonda 🐏 they did, and they were hell to pump up
they had a "compressor" mounted to a wagon
so as the cart moved, it filled the tanks
which you then screwed into the gun
and they were your buttstock
Damn that is cool
While the detachable air reservoir was capable of around 30 shots, it took nearly 1,500 strokes of a hand pump to fill those reservoirs. Later, a wagon-mounted pump was provided.
Just seems a bit of place in time tbh. Would of guessed air rifles was a pretty new thing
the Girandoni was a novelty
but it was a **very effective** novelty
I imagine somebody was looking for a way to keep it "waterproof" or something.
shoot through a man at 150 paces
and it's what?
.50 something?
I didn't know Lewis and Clarke used air rifles, lol. I wonder if they wore coonskin caps like Davey Crockett
@Polychrome and you could reload it from the prone
Rapid, accurate fire
while concealed
and no smoke cloud
oh man
Insert "Price is Right" loser trombone sound here...
daisy powermaster 760 is a good air rifle, it's cheap, and more powerful than what it says on the box. Equal to a .22LR in my opinion.
one day my old man found a bunch of holes in some tin roofing, accused me of taking out his .22, I had to show him that with 20 pumps the 760 could poke holes in tin roof with ease.
I lost my air rifles when I was young. <:trumplaugh:666855109644386314> think I leave them in attic
Gamo makes a few .22 pellet guns
I have a nice Benjamin from the late 90's, premium walnut stock. I taught myself how to completely take it apart and rebuild it over the last 30 years.
I replaced the original pump hinge pin with something more serviceable. Original pin had to be taken out, put in with a shop press.
2000's I added a laser pointer to it
I remember when I learned that my old BB gun could shoot nails up to about 20 yards with accuracy
I destroyed a LOT of G.I. Joes that way, lol
Hello, Sid...
I used to hunt grey squirrels with mine <:trumplaugh:666855109644386314>
Doves and Robins don't taste bad.
dove is just a white pigeon
If I had to feed my kids, I'd just tell em it's chicken
I've been considering getting some chickens. I know it will piss my neighbors off though
So get some then <:trumplaugh:666855109644386314>