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Thomas Jefferson’s “Assault Rifle” – The Girardoni Air Rifle

MSG Laigaie

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Excellent weapon. Lewis and Clark carried one during their trek to the Great Northwest. They kept it in a boat and would bring it out and demonstrate it to the locals. The locals did not know how many were in the boat and it was a great deterrent (much like OC today).
 
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