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Reply to "Nahhhh. They don't want our guns...."

Originally Posted by direstraits:

"The Girandoni Air Rifle was an airgun designed by Tyrolian inventor Bartholomäus Girandoni circa 1779. The weapon was also known as the Windbüchse ("wind rifle" in German)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_Air_Rifle

 

Good design, but ahead of the technical capabilities of its time.

 

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Ahead of the technical capabilities?  I'm not tracking.  Supposedly it performed as advertised and  way ahead of it's time to be sure.  After reading that link and several others including the L&C journals long beforehand which alerted me to the existence of such a rifle, I still don't understand how the reservoir maintained it's integrity.  I can't imagine what the psi would have been to achieve a velocity of a .46 caliber projectile comparable to a .45ACP.  Followed by successive shots.  Amazing!  And oh yeah....ahead of the technical capabilities of it's time.  Jeez, Bud.

 

However, according to the Journals, it did fulfill it's intended purpose of impressing the Native Americans.  H e l l, it impresses everyone to this day!

 

Wonder how effective it would have been at dispatching city dwelling back yard rodents?

 


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