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.
true story: friend hunted in Africa some years, his hunting partner passed away. the family asked him to bring the partner's rifle to them in another state. on the way he calls another friend, says he'll be passing through, I'll overnight at your place and we can shoot this beautiful rifle ( an English bolt action of large caliber made to hunt dangerous game in Africa). in the morning my friend gives him the rifle, he takes it and gets in a flat footed stance, his feet apart, linear to the plane of the target. he pulls the trigger and gets knocked backward into what develops as a sitting position. on the way down in one move he hands my friend the rifle.
Probably made for a wealthy customer from India. Post WWII, Westley Richards survived by buying back guns from India, reconditioning them and selling them in the USA. Al_in_Ottawa
Must have had a hard life in the African bush. Beautiful example.
ReplyDeleteNot one you'd find as a 'truck gun' on the rack in the pick up.
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ReplyDeletefriend hunted in Africa some years, his hunting partner passed away. the family asked him to bring the partner's rifle to them in another state. on the way he calls another friend, says he'll be passing through, I'll overnight at your place and we can shoot this beautiful rifle ( an English bolt action of large caliber made to hunt dangerous game in Africa). in the morning my friend gives him the rifle, he takes it and gets in a flat footed stance, his feet apart, linear to the plane of the target. he pulls the trigger and gets knocked backward into what develops as a sitting position. on the way down in one move he hands my friend the rifle.
Probably made for a wealthy customer from India. Post WWII, Westley Richards survived by buying back guns from India, reconditioning them and selling them in the USA.
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I'll stick with my SPAS 12, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI am intrigued;is a shot gun or big bore rifle? There are what look like ranging sights on it;100Yds. ans 150Yds. That wouldn't be for shot.
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