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(B2431) writes:
Widespread Ignorance About the National Guard
From: (Peter Stickney)
Date: 3/5/2004 9:32 PM Central Standard Time
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In article ,
(B2431) writes:
From: Cub Driver



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There was an armory at St Aidan's School in Brookline MA that was
outfitted with rolling-block Springfield rifles from the Civil War. I
don't *think* it dated from WWII--more likely WWI--but anything is
possible. One of those 45/70s found its way from St Aidan's collection
into mine. I used it for deer-hunting and plinking rats.


all the best -- Dan Ford
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The rolling block is actually post Civil War. Would you be interested in
selling it?

Dan, or is it Dan?
Hang on to it. The .45/70 has been proven to be a reliable one-shot
stop against Durham's most voracious Predator, the Rolling Beer Keg.

(I managed to prove this one afternoon at the Dover Municipal Gravel
Pit. I needed to sight in my Trapdoor, and somebody'd left behing an
ampty aluminum keg. I found that you could reliably knock it over at
200 yds with the old beast. Of course, it rang like a bell when yo
hit it. According to the cops who showed up to find out what the
commotion was, it sounded like a Heavy Metal version of the 1812
Overture, played at half speed.)

I would have used my trapdoor Springfield to avoid the half speed effect. I
truly regret having sold it, but a divorce can be quite a problem for a gun
collection.

Well, teh problem wasn't so much Rate of Fire, y'see, but Time of
Flight. At 200 Yds, it was taking the bullet the better part of a
second to get down there, So, it was "Boom!,......Bong!",
"Boom!.........Bong!" I suppose that wo could have worked up some
interesting counterpoint, if I'd brought the Garand along. AS it was,
the Abutters thought it was Some Strange Ritual in Progress, and
called the Police. No big deal though, we let them shoot a few rounds
and all was O.K.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster