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.
The gold inlaid 4 on the rib is curious. Back in the early days of cartridge firearms the very wealthy would buy a matched pair prominently marked 1 and 2. The shooter would fire #1 and exchange it with his servant for #2, the servant would then reload #1 and be ready to exchange guns after #2 was fired. I can't imagine who would be wealthy enough and shoot fast enough to require 4 shotguns and 3 servants to load them. Al_in_Ottawa
Paper shotgun shells are making a bit of a comeback. Federal and Rio are both making them now. I've still got a few live paper 12 gauge rounds laying around that I got from my grandfather.
Even better is the antique shell to go along with it.
ReplyDeleteThe gold inlaid 4 on the rib is curious. Back in the early days of cartridge firearms the very wealthy would buy a matched pair prominently marked 1 and 2. The shooter would fire #1 and exchange it with his servant for #2, the servant would then reload #1 and be ready to exchange guns after #2 was fired. I can't imagine who would be wealthy enough and shoot fast enough to require 4 shotguns and 3 servants to load them.
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I do like good wood and color case hardening.
ReplyDeletePaper shotgun shells are making a bit of a comeback. Federal and Rio are both making them now. I've still got a few live paper 12 gauge rounds laying around that I got from my grandfather.
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