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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
You know, the Brown Bess, and the Kentucky long rifle, at the time of the writing of the Constitution were military-grade weapons. There were no other kind. Think about that.
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This is an interesting point. But they also had many different sizes of cannon from which they shot anything from solid balls to grape shot.
Repeating rifles and pistols were not even a glimmer in some arm mfgr's eye...well maybe a glimmer.
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