The .46 Caliber Semi-Automatic Rifle That Changed the World

Feuer Frei! · 02-23-13, 07:35 AM

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Behold the Girandoni air rifle, a 20 round high capacity tubular magazine and air reservoir which fired at roughly the same velocity as a modern .45 ACP. It can punch straight through a 2x4 at 100 yards.

Beautiful-looking Rifle....

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Platapus · 02-23-13, 12:13 PM

Nice weapon, not so sure about the "changing the world" claim though.

Armistead · 02-23-13, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Nice weapon, not so sure about the "changing the world" claim though.

I agree, maybe saved a few scalps, but we were headed west regardless.

Platapus · 02-23-13, 12:57 PM

Lesson to be learned: Don't find yourself caught between an expansionist country and a coast line. It does not bode well.

Armistead · 02-23-13, 01:16 PM

There use to be a show, may still exist, that scored the top 10 weapons in a class, pretty cool show. I think the AK won top rifle spot.

02-23-13, 10:07 PM

I'm looking at a few .25 Air Rifles that have a heck of a muzzle velocity.
Prices are really great on them also.

I had an old pump .177 years ago that would punch through 1/2" plywood at 100 feet easy.

The .25's I'm looking at should do pretty well at 400+ feet easy.

02-23-13, 12:13 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Nice weapon, not so sure about the "changing the world" claim though. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-23-13, 12:57 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Lesson to be learned: Don't find yourself caught between an expansionist country and a coast line. It does not bode well. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-23-13, 01:16 PM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	There use to be a show, may still exist, that scored the top 10 weapons in a class, pretty cool show. I think the AK won top rifle spot. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

02-23-13, 10:07 PM	#6
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm looking at a few .25 Air Rifles that have a heck of a muzzle velocity. Prices are really great on them also. I had an old pump .177 years ago that would punch through 1/2" plywood at 100 feet easy. The .25's I'm looking at should do pretty well at 400+ feet easy.