The Arapaho Test (This'll be easy!)

Started by The Arapaho Kid, August 30, 2005, 08:53:18 PM

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Name this pistol.  Give it's caliber and number of shots.  Tell what unique feature it had and what Civil War Officer carried a pair of these?

Four-Eyed Buck

That's a LeMat. They were in .41 caliber, 9 shot, with a shot barrel underneath. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was said to carry these....Buck 8) ::) ;)
I might be slow, but I'm mostly accurate.....

The Arapaho Kid

Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on August 30, 2005, 09:23:42 PM
That's a LeMat. They were in .41 caliber, 9 shot, with a shot barrel underneath. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was said to carry these....Buck 8) ::) ;)
And the shorter barrel underneath the main barrel was for.....?  The Officer I was referring to was Stonewall Jackson.

Tensleep

He said shot barrel 'Rap, as in used for "shot" like shotgun.
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Quote from: Tensleep on August 30, 2005, 09:38:20 PM
He said shot barrel 'Rap, as in used for "shot" like shotgun.

So I just noticed!

Big John Denny

Take it easy. The Kid's always been kind of slow.
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Quote from: Big John Denny on August 30, 2005, 11:37:00 PM
Take it easy. The Kid's always been kind of slow.

Not slow per se.....I'm getting old and I need new glasses!

Big John Denny

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Arcey

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I think it was him Arcey, it was just too easy.
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