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20 May 2019 4:43 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill

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Personal logo Herkybird Supporting Member of TMP19 May 2013 6:56 a.m. PST

We had another go at using Berdan's Sharpshooters at the club yesterday, to see how it went, please go to: link

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Enjoy!

FireZouave19 May 2013 7:09 a.m. PST

Very nice! Just a note that the Berdan's wore a black feather on their caps.

SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER19 May 2013 8:21 a.m. PST

Beautiful AAR.

Supercilius Maximus19 May 2013 8:38 a.m. PST

So not the rifle used by Richard Sharp in all the Cornwell books then……?

Dark Knights And Bloody Dawns19 May 2013 8:42 a.m. PST

That's a baker rifle…

Supercilius Maximus19 May 2013 11:28 a.m. PST

No, he was the one in Zulu who wasn't Michael Caine.

Oberst Radl19 May 2013 11:35 a.m. PST

He wasn't Michael Caine when they weren't in Zulu, too.

vtsaogames19 May 2013 12:46 p.m. PST

Sharps rifle: real thing. Richard Sharpe: fiction.

mghFond19 May 2013 2:49 p.m. PST

Gasp…wait! You mean to say Richard Sharpe wasn't real ??? So next you're going to tell me there is no Easter bunny

vtsaogames19 May 2013 8:40 p.m. PST

I'm sorry. Do sit down.

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