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Offline lefty

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Lewis & Clark's Air Rifle
« on: February 17, 2011, 04:04:37 PM »
This a rifle that I have not heard of before.  The video is about 8.5 minutes long but very interesting.  Wondering why they ceased to make these.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/451309/thread/1296928404/This+is+just+to+cool+not+to+spread+around
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Re: Lewis & Clark's Air Rifle
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2011, 06:36:21 PM »
Haven't watched this vid yet, but I was cruixin the WWW and ended up reading about this and other 'vintage' air rifles.. It's really interesting how old the technology is. The calibers were huge, too.
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Re: Lewis & Clark's Air Rifle
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2011, 05:37:28 PM »
Quote from: lefty on February 17, 2011, 04:04:37 PM
Wondering why they ceased to make these.

Probably has something to do with the "1500 pumps."

You can get a modern version, either in a production model (http://www.pyramydair.com/p/big-bore-909s-sam-yang.shtml) or there are several custom builders of large bore air rifles like Quackenbush.
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