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That's a wrap! Thanks for a great season. See you all next year!

We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.

Final schedule to be finalized in February.

What is it?

dddd Gnome, gnome on the range!
edited January 2009 in Watering Hole / Off Topic / General Discussion
OK, time for a cabin fever quiz. What is the gun shown below? If you can, tell us something about it. HINT: It's not a Gatling even though there are some similarities.<br />
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  • dddd Gnome, gnome on the range&#33;
    edited January 2009
    No guesses? See it in action here!<br />
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    The Gardner gun was an early type of machine gun. It had one or two barrels, was fed from a vertical magazine or hopper and was operated by a crank. When the crank was turned, a feed arm positioned a cartridge in the breech, the bolt closed and the weapon fired. Turning the crank further opened the breechblock and extracted the spent round.<br />
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    From The Machine Gun By Chinn Naval Bureau of Ordnance Publication<br />
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    The original Gardener gun could have as many barrels as the customer desired although the two barrel variety is most common. Never used by the US during wartime the Gardener was popular with both the British Army and the Royal Navy.<br />
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    The SIA Model of 1885″ .45-70 Gardner Gun (pictured above) is the two barrel, water cooled, variety and is capable of firing 500 rounds/minute. SIA expects to be able to take orders between Feb and March this year. The gun carries an estimated price of $29,950.00.
  • jh gruntjh grunt
    I thought that you were going to tell us that this was your new toy.<br />
    Grunt
  • dddd Gnome, gnome on the range&#33;
    jh grunt wrote on Jan 6 2009, 10&#58;31 AM:
    I thought that you were going to tell us that this was your new toy.<br />
    Grunt
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    I wish! Might work great for clearing the skunks from under my deck.
  • dddd Gnome, gnome on the range&#33;
    Devereaux wrote on Jan 6 2009, 11&#58;59 AM:
    Actually, I rather liked the "Tommy Burst" clip that was on the sidebar of your link. We need to get some of those.
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    Yea! Show something like that on tv today and all the bleeding-heart liberals would suffer fatal heart attacks. Is that bad?
  • Push the Button WyattPush the Button Wyatt Deacon
    Do i understand you right,you have democrats under your deck ?Do me a favor,leave them there. <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/diablo.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':diablo:' />
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