To: cuban leaf
Agreed, the craziest was the guy that went to jail over a flintlock pistol from the 1700s?!?
12 posted on
11/19/2015 11:08:46 AM PST by
Duckdog
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
To: Duckdog
I own an “Allen Pepper-box” revolver, invented by Ethan Allen. (No relation to the revolutionary hero>)
It has a patent stamp on the hammer marked 1845.
I will not be taking it to NJ, even though the pistol is a great conversation piece. Six barrels that turn over as the ball is fired.
Mark Twain had a great comment about the revolver in his “Roughing It.” Look it up, it is classic Twain.
It was a favorite of the “49ers” that “rushed” for gold in California.
17 posted on
11/19/2015 12:54:05 PM PST by
BatGuano
(You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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