Now THAT'S an air rifle

[ericire12]

Sorry! All is forgiven. 

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[Badgersmilk]

[alfsauve]

But it didnt have a pistol grip or a bayonet and it did not have a CLIP larger then 10 rds, so its ok by liberal standards

Actually the Girandoni air rifle held 20 rounds!!!  And could fire a staggering 22 rounds in a minute on one air charge.   There were additional air reservoirs and speed reloading tubes.   That was quite something for the turn of the century.

If you account for technological inflation it was definitely the assault rifle of it's day and might even qualify under some state laws today.

I suspect that not only was it to impress the natives, but given the long nature of their journey they may have been concerned on the viability of their black powder over the long trip.