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Read an article on the Lewis and Clark journey to the Pacific. They had an air rifle that apparently amazed the Indians. 20 to 22 Cal., and Oh yes, Italian made. Capable of shooting several times before being recharged. There is an article in "The Missouri Conservationist" mag about air rifles that is interesting if you have access.
 
I am almost positive that rifle is in the Smithsonian, or was at one time with the L&C exibit. IIRC it was .20 cal and looked alot like a blowgun with a paintball hopper on top of it. The pump looked like a bike pump.

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You can googe Missouri Conservation and read about the new rifles that are permitted in Missouri to hunt deer. They apparently use them in the city to get rid of deer. They say they cost $500. plus,
 
Quackenbush Airguns builds .50 cal air rifles that are capable (and have) taken down game as large as bison. Air rifles are pretty interesting once you get past the cheapo (yet admittedly fun) stuff that you can buy at Walmart and other major retailers. Check out Pyramid Air to see a retailer that covers virtually all bases when it comes to air-gunning.

Also, I am not 100% sure, but I think this is my first post in Blackpowder even though I am a 5 year member of THR!
 
Thanks for that link. Im going to research those some more. Glad you posted


USMC 2d Mar Div, 1st Mar Div, 3d Mar Div, 4th Mar Div and 5th Mar div spanning 1950 to 1973
 
At the last meeting of The Company of Military Historians, we had a speaker from the NRA who talked to us about the Girandoni Air Rifle. The Smithsonian has a copy, as does the Virginia Military Institute and Military History Institute at the Carlisle Military Barracks. The one at Carlisle has a replaced mainspring and it matches the description of the repair in one of the journals. However, examination of other existing Girandoni guns would be required to determine if any of them are viable contenders for being the Lewis & Clark airgun.
 
Thanks Gary. That makes alot of sense. The know that a file was used for the repair in the article I referenced.. Thjat was a journey. Everytime there was a portage they had to unload pack it and reload the boat plus pole the craft all day.
 
Snaggletooth, first I want to say Semper Fi!

Second, check this link out

You can click on the red type to read some of the different stuff about the gun, and there are some animations and what not. That's from the lewis-clark.org page, so pretty credible stuff. Whats particularly interesting to me is the fact that as a repeater, it was viewed by the natives as something akin to Zeus' thunderbolt and was apparently capable of keeping entire villages in check with it's inherent awesomeness.
 
The Pyramid Air daily blog will get you involved with everything airgun. Tom Gaylord knows everyone and everything in the world of air weapons. Great site.
 
Pyramid air is certainly a great place to look. I've been drooling over one of the Korean made .45 PCP's. A .45 Buffalo ball at 730 fps should be fun for plinking. :p Their number is 216 896 0893... extension 262.
 
I'd like to have a Quackenbush, but am always too slow to get on his waiting list.
 
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