Lewis and Clarke 46 cal. air rifle

[darrin5]

http://www.network54.com/Forum/45130...+spread+around

Not sure if it is a dupe but pretty damn cool.

 

[2cool9031]

If you are into airguns 40 shots....46 caliber rounds that were that powerful seems hard to believe. It will put a hole in a one inch pine board at 100yds. I'm sure not many shots will do that.

 

[87iroc]

Neat...

It only took one to convince the Indians I am sure.

They probably didn't mention it losing power over time

 

[treeman22]

The whole Lewis and Clark story is very interesting. When I read "undaunted courage", it was the first time I heard about air rifles being made so early.
If you need an interesting book to read, pick up "Undaunted Courage." Its a long book, but it tells the story of probably the most important adventure story in all of history. And the best part is, its true. If you like adventure stories, you will love this book.

 

[Loc n load]

Courage

I have read "Undaunted Courage" and it is a good read, another one that I recommend if you are interested in our local history is "Long Knife", written by James Alexander Thom. It is based on the story of George Roger's Clark, and it details what these men went through to settle Indiana and the surrounding region. It is 500 some pages, but certainly worth the time. The history of the air rifle is very interesting and they have obviously been around a lot longer than most folks realize. And been more capable than a lot of folks realize.

 

[2cool9031]

If you go on you tube ....There are videos of what air rifles are capable of.

 

[BE Mike]

From reading a few books on the subject, it seems like the air rifle L&C brought along was intended to keep the peace with the natives through a demonstration of superior fire power. They also never let the Indians know that this was their only one. Giving the Indians the impression that each member of the expedition had one of these 20 shot repeating air rifles, kept the Indians at bay. It was sheer genius.

 

[verv]

Wow I never new that even excisted. That was pretty amazing.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

From reading a few books on the subject, it seems like the air rifle L&C brought along was intended to keep the peace with the natives through a demonstration of superior fire power. They also never let the Indians know that this was their only one. Giving the Indians the impression that each member of the expedition had one of these 20 shot repeating air rifles, kept the Indians at bay. It was sheer genius.

I'd heard this before too... on INGO I think. It's a neat story and a neat rifle, that's for sure.