Fulton shooting position

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Two of America's service pistols, adopted just 75 years apart.

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Beautiful, but what on earth?!

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Cowboy loadout.

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Wasn’t much of a hunt but finally got a turkey with my Blunderbuss.

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“I believe in ammunition.” Steadily rebuilding my stockpile, so I can merrily blaze away all winter! (US m1816/22/55 Remington Maynard rifled musket, .69cal in foreground.)

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New Carry Gun

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I decided there weren’t enough Musketry related meme stickers out in the world! An utter vanity project, but if anyone in the world will laugh at them, they’re probably in this sub!

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No such thing as enough ammunition. M1863 Springfield (Miroku repro, defarbed by Watts), and about 600ish rounds of regulation .58cal cartridges for it. Some live, some blank, but definitely the most I’ve had in once place in awhile!

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Currently

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Got this white tail with my 1861 Springfield at about 75 yards

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It's Flintlock Wednesday

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If anyone was wondering you can in fact use these to fire a pietta 1851

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To those of us in the US, Happy 4th!

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Colonel Lemats Patent Grapeshot Revolver! .44cal and 20ga, because who needs a wrist anyway? Complete with historically correct buckshot and combustible cartridges, featuring the Lemat pattern conical, both by me! (Revolver by Pietta, defarbed by Lodgewood)

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A pair of real and functional canoe guns, too bad it’s almost 1k.

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Finally got me an 1858 Remington. She’s a beaut!

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Just 61 years newer than the US. Still shoots as marginally straight as it did 186 years ago.

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Just got my first gun! (Colt Walker)

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Lemat Revolver Acquired! Can’t wait to take it shooting.

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Opening day of Pennsylvania flintlock season!

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I present my first BP “gun”

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Over 1.5 lbs of willow black powder sun drying :) have good day

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Got hands on with an original German Wheellock last weekend at the Rock Island Auction Company.

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First attempt at paper cartridges

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Just a friendly reminder that black powder is not a toy! 🎉

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My Mountain Rifle

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Blasphemy V2 - Party in the front, business in the back

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Sharps Range Day

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Now this is what we need to work towards

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Is this blasphemy? This feels like it's blasphemy

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Brought home my new Pedersoli Sharps Long Range today... It's friggin beautiful

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Flintlock in IR

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Ok. So, hear me out. Scoped Navy. I’m open to criticism but it’s already in my head so it will be done.

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Finishing up a batch of 120 Confederate pattern .69 cal buckshot cartridges today! Only takes 1,080 shot, 240 knots and 240 pieces of paper...

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1860 Spencer infantry rifle, .56-50, reproduction by Armisport, in the trenches at Fort Blakeley, Alabama for the 158th anniversary reenactment of the last major battle of the American Civil War.

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Sunday hunting is prohibited in my area. But Sunday shooting isn’t ...

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Successfully made my first batch of rounds balls from lead ingots

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Wife got this for me at a garage sale

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I thought ya'll would like my meme

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First flintlock

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1859 Berdan Sharps, .54cal repro by Pedersoli with breech/lock upgrade by Flees. Ready for the range with some fresh wartime pattern “New Model” linen cartridges! .544” 440gr bullet over 75gr 1fg OE.

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Belt dump

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P58 Enfield Short Rifle, .577cal, repro by Parker Hale, defarbed by Todd Watts. .560” CS Enfield cartridges/bullets/arsenal packs by me, ready for a heavy duty range session!

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New arrival: Uberti 1858 Stainless 5.5” with the T&C 45 Colt fluted cylinder. Really well-balanced but prone to fingerprints. UPS guy was intrigued.

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Recently turned 18, got myself something nice to celebrate

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M1873 Springfield “Trapdoor” carbine, Mfg in 1881 as an infantry rifle and heavily “bubba’d”, now restored to military trim. .45-70gov’t, 405gr hollow base bullet over 55gr 2fg Swiss BP. The first rifle I learned to reload for, many moons ago!

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My American Civil War gun collection

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Nice!

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Burnside Carbine, patented by Ambrose Burnside in 1855. This example is tin-plated for US Navy usage. These were the third most common cavalry carbine of the American Civil War and used a .54cal metallic cartridge, primed by a separate musket cap. On display at Chickamauga, GA.

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*inches towards bid now button*

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We had some fun today at a family rendezvous

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Is this sacrilege?

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Found this at a yard sale for 50 bucks

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The musket meme stickers must continue! Arrived just in time for 2023! Have a wonderful New Year, folks.

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Got my first flintlock rifle

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P53 Enfield Rifled Musket, .577”cal, and a goodly measure of ammunition for same. These are .560” Pritchett-style bullets cloned from an original mold, in a gummed-band style cartridge copied from an original in my collection. It just don’t get more period correct!

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Scheel's has caps

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Model 1853 Sharps Carbine, .52cal, used by Abolitionist John Brown during the raid on Harpers Ferry, WV on October 16-18, 1859. One of “Beecher’s Bibles”.

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1882 u.s. patent 269766

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A .58 Cal. Box Lock That I Built A Few Years Back

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Detachable stock for my Colt 1860 Army.

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Made my first batch of paper cartridges yesterday. How’d I do?

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Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

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Stretching out to 400 yards today with my Pedersoli reproduction 1854 Lorenz rifled musket, .54cal. The historical military cartridge is truly the only way to run this warhorse, far and away my favorite muzzle-loader.

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GOEX IS SHIPPING HOLY BLACK AGAIN!

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Don't see any memes in here but y'all seemed to like my rifle so I'll take my chances

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I love the color green and I've never seen a green handled pistol before

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Factory, customs and an unfinished kit.

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Late 1970s muzzle loading craze got us into a lot of different crafts & weapons.

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Today is the USMCs 247th birthday, so I’m taking two of their Civil War era weapons to the range. (Repro) M1842 Springfield rifled musket, (original) M1817/22/57 Remington Maynard rifled musket, both in .69cal. Target pics coming soon! Semper Fi, from a friendly dogface.

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Gratuitous Lorenz family photo before they go back in the safe for winter! More info in the comments.

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Did this over Thanksgiving with my girlfriend. We both love history

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My shoulder might be a little bruised.

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Just finished up my .38 conversion

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😳

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Hundred degree days mean you have the range to yourself.

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Modern equivalents

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It’s Not A Grizz, But I’m One Step Closer To Being a Mountain Man

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It’s hard to get a modern gun in Poland so I got this black powder revolver and I love it :)

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Can't wait for deer season this year.

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US M1855 Rifled Musket, .58cal, and 10 packets of my regulation cartridges ready for the range! The rifle is an Armisport reproduction, re-barreled by Whitacre Machine Shop. McDowell forage cap by Dirty Billy.

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Experimenting with 3D printed percussion caps. This is my first BP revolver and I haven't fired it yet due to unavailability of commercial caps.

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Progression of Enfield Arms Guarded by a British Labrador

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After 5 months of patient waiting, I finally received my French Blunderbuss from Veteran Arms

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100m Enfield rifle

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I was sick of not being able to hit anything so I silver soldered a sight on my pistol

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Three 1854 Lorenz infantry rifles. Pedersoli reproduction on the left, original Type 1 in the center, original Type 2 on the right. (I am one bayonet short at the moment, forgive me.) My absolute favorite black powder firearms.

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Some minty German blackpowder goodness from 1887.

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The view this morning...

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Anyone have a volley or knock gun?

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First Elk with a muzzleloader

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1000 yard Black Powder Cartridge Rifle

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I guess I am spoiled, I’ve never used a bullet mold carved out of stone! On display at the RevWar Museum in Philly.

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My New Northwest Trade Gun

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Husqvarna Officer Model Nagant M1887

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How much will gun shops pay for this?

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5@25 yds dominant hand only. Quite surprising. Most likely luck.

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Roger & Spencer my favorite handgun

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my 1st and only flintlock build. 16ga smoothie.

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Model 1859 Berdan contract Sharps rifle, cal .54, reproduction by Pedersoli. Ready for testing session #3 with the linen cartridges! Had to install a new mainspring, which cut last round short. When the rain here quits it’s back to the firing line!

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Deer hunt with my flintlock was a success!

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Oh Musket Tree, Oh Musket Tree! Merry Christmas, folks! Hope Santa brings you powder and caps!

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Do cannons count? Here's my favorite big gun to fire: Model 1841 Mountain Howitzer

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What do you call the coloring on the frame of this SAA? I call it burnt metal but I'm not sure.

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EDC. Great Plains Scout, 1865.

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New Gun

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I helped a friend move and I got this for free new in box

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Flintlock Over the Mountain rifle

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Ready (mostly) for Primitive Biathlon season.

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My first gun ever. Colt Walker - I’m lovin it 😀

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I just want to let you know you guys have been a terrible influence.

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My small collection of smokepoles

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Swivel gun in the snow, 1” bore. Fort Ligonier, PA. French & Indian War.

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Inherited A Colt Navy, where to start?

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M1863 Springfield rifled musket, .58cal. Reproduction by Miroku, defarbed by Todd Watts, with about 400 regulation US cartridges!

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I like to use a walking stick to help steady my aim when hunting.

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The spread

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Added an original M1842 Springfield musket to the collection the other day, to keep my Armisport repro company. Made in 1844, and still in fighting shape! Can’t wait to take it to the range.

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Reproduction M1842 Springfield .69cal rifled musket, 100yd offhand, 760gr Burton “minies” over 65gr 1fg Old Eynsford. I’ll be icing my shoulder if anybody needs me. Lol

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US M1855 rifled musket, it’s accoutrements and ammunition. All reproductions, cartridges and Arsenal packet by me.

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Testing some prototype CS “Nessler” cartridges today in my M1842 rifled/sighted Springfield (armisport) today!

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(Very) Open Carry - made a holster for my Kentucky Pistol

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Latest addition - Just bought 1858 Pietta Remington

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Folding stock blunderbuss, anyone?

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120 more .58cal US regulation cartridges ready to go! I’ll be warming up my 1861 Colt contract rifled musket with a few cartridge boxes full of them very soon.

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My freshly-completed Hawken!

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I bought a paper cartridge kit. I'm happy with how they turned out.

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Cartridge BP of the Empire in it's natural habitat

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Has anyone considered getting a military heritage double barrel flintlock to make a sawn off?

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a nice day to shoot the Zouave on the farm.

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Flintlock Friday! Newly added to the collection, a p1730 Heavy Sea Service pistol used in the filming of Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World. I don't think it's possible to be more excited than I am now. More info in the comments!

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love this Guns!

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Bag dump

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Made a few more flasks

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Bought my 1st ever black powder gun.

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I just wanted to join the BP sub damnit

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My Remington 1858

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How much would these be worth and what are they called?

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its like the duality of man or something

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Civil War Plate Carrier! Steel plates, spring shoulder suspension, and tested by the US Ordnance Department in 1862. Stopped .58, .54, .44 and .36cal bullets successfully, but wasn’t adopted due to cost, weight, heat, and production constraints among other things.

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My personal colection

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M1863 Springfield rifled musket, .58cal, reproduction by Miroku, defarbed by Todd Watts. Regulation Burton “Minie, Williams “Cleaner” cartridges, and completed arsenal packets by me.

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I believe I am part of the cool kids club now

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Cartridge BP from the Empire

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Friday is for artillery!

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My birthday present to myself. Excited to go play.

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Reproduction 2nd Model LeMat Revolver

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Remington Beals revolver that I bought for $450

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Pietta 1858 Remington 44.

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