And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It’s a percussion single shot rifle with the hammer down, so he’s out of action. He fired and failed to hit something viral. Good luck outrunning the moose though.
Not that uncommon. Remember, even after the American Civil War, guns were expensive items. Many still hunted with percussion muzzle-loaders after the introduction of 'modern' cartridge firearms.
Modern version of this is still seen in old bolt-gun and lever shooters in the Modern Sporting Rifle world.
Curiously, the "Little House on the Prairie" series got this right. Laura's father still hunted with a muzzle-loader in the 1880's.
My Great uncle "Willy" Strong Still hunted with a home made "long rifle" when I was a child. He told me that ammunition was so scares from "The Depression" up till the end of WW2 that it was common for boys to hunt with flintlocks, and old Musket's from the civil war. Poverty was the universal truth in Southern Appalachia.----Ray
having had the experience of being chased by a rutting bull up little belt creek in the highwood mountains of montana, I see no shame in running like hell if the opportunity presents it self. especially running between trees spaced narrower than his racks.
It’s a percussion single shot rifle with the hammer down, so he’s out of action. He fired and failed to hit something viral. Good luck outrunning the moose though.
ReplyDeleteThat's curious, the guy on the right has a muzzleloader while his companion has a lever action repeater.
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Not that uncommon. Remember, even after the American Civil War, guns were expensive items. Many still hunted with percussion muzzle-loaders after the introduction of 'modern' cartridge firearms.
DeleteModern version of this is still seen in old bolt-gun and lever shooters in the Modern Sporting Rifle world.
Curiously, the "Little House on the Prairie" series got this right. Laura's father still hunted with a muzzle-loader in the 1880's.
And, yeah, what NWpodcast says below.
looks like one of the old "Winchester Repeater" adverts. buy one or be 'the other guy'...
ReplyDeleteThe guy on the left is hiding behind a tree. Is that a bad thing?
ReplyDeleteyeah he should, he didn't find a tree to hid behind to reload
ReplyDeleteMy Great uncle "Willy" Strong Still hunted with a home made "long rifle" when I was a child. He told me that ammunition was so scares from "The Depression" up till the end of WW2 that it was common for boys to hunt with flintlocks, and old Musket's from the civil war. Poverty was the universal truth in Southern Appalachia.----Ray
ReplyDeleteA killer moose on the rampage? Must be advertising directed at guys unfamiliar with moose behaviour.
ReplyDeletehaving had the experience of being chased by a rutting bull up little belt creek in the highwood mountains of montana, I see no shame in running like hell if the opportunity presents it self. especially running between trees spaced narrower than his racks.
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