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CliftonClowers
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Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?
11/08/05 08:16 AM

Has to be the Pennsylvania rifle. Flint lock, .40 to .60 caliber, 40 to 50 inch rifled barrel, full hardwood stock, open sights. No other country found it necessary to develop and then use this weapon and it served very well indeed from about 1760 to about 1840, performing some truly amazing tasks well and reliably. Some were issued to the British ranging units in the French and Indian War and the fur trappers of the far west depended on them to keep their bellies full and their topknots secure. Sure, 3 to 5 minutes of angle is no big deal now, but back then, compared with smoothbore fowlers and military muskets, the long rifle was a wonder. Fliintlocks are much more reliable than most people realize; they can be fired upside down and even in the rain if some care is taken with the pan, and the locks are not nearly as delicate as they seem.

And then the genius Browning invented the 1911 pistol.

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What is the quintessential American firearm?	NitroX	20/04/05 07:24 PM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	Lovec	21/11/05 10:12 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	CliftonClowers	11/08/05 08:16 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	Guncotton	25/07/05 04:22 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	mikeh416Rigby	12/07/05 11:23 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	RLI	17/05/05 02:48 PM
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Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	500grains	29/05/05 11:21 PM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	Rick_R	31/05/05 04:23 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	NitroX	12/07/05 12:08 PM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	BlainSmipy	01/12/05 09:36 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	vapodog	12/03/06 06:26 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	gmsemel	09/11/05 09:03 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	mikeh416Rigby	12/07/05 06:22 PM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	Gibbs505	11/07/05 12:25 PM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	475Guy	30/05/05 04:12 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	Rick_R	16/05/05 10:21 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	stu454	17/05/05 10:14 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	iqbal	11/05/05 04:04 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	DPhillips	11/05/05 11:25 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	NitroX	11/05/05 03:01 PM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	DPhillips	12/05/05 02:50 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	IronBuck	12/05/05 04:21 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	luv2safari	12/05/05 08:10 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	rgp	14/05/05 04:26 PM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	allenday	11/05/05 12:10 AM
Re: What is the quintessential American firearm?	ovis	21/04/05 05:18 AM
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