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| Garde de Paris | 04 Sep 2019 7:09 a.m. PST |
link An interesting article. The elite company of the Austrian Cuirassiers in 7YW carried a kind of grenade launcher carbine? Also, an air rifle invented for the Austrians by an Italian that might have been semi-automatic? Failed because of leaking gaskets? GdeP |
 StoneMtnMinis  | 04 Sep 2019 7:22 a.m. PST |
Very interesting article. Thanks for posting. |
| PraetorianHistorian | 04 Sep 2019 7:24 a.m. PST |
The Lewis and Clark Expedition actually took that semi-automatic air rifle on their expedition to hunt small game. It worked well enough for them. |
ScottWashburn  | 16 Sep 2019 4:21 a.m. PST |
L&C used their air rifle to over-awe the Indians. They would fire off a series of shots and say: "Look, we never have to reload". |
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